num_pages: 180
description: In The Breaking of Nations, Robert Cooper shows that the key question confronting postmodern states is how they should deal with a world in which missiles and terrorists ignore borders and where the certainties of the Cold War alliances no longer exist. He argues that Europeans have to be prepared to use the rougher methods of an earlier era - force, pre-emptive attack, deception - if they are serious about safeguarding what they have achieved. He also articulates a doctrine of co-operative imperialism and underlines the moral values that lie behind foreign policy choices.
language: English
title: The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century
titlecomplete: The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century
genres: Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction, International Relations, History, Economics
ratings_count: 220
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orwell Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Arthur Ross Book Award
category: Silver Medal
publisher: Atlantic Books