The Pentagon's new map
Subtitle: war and peace in the twenty-first century
By: Thomas P.M. Barnett
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: World politics -- 1989-; United States -- Military policy
Description: Military strategist Barnett provides a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Building on the works of Thomas L. Friedman and Francis Fukuyama, and then taking a leap beyond, this book offers hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in history.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: New rule sets; title: The rise of the "lesser includeds"; title: Disconnectedness defines danger; title: The fore and the gap; title: The new ordering principle; title: The global transaction strategy; title: The myths we make; title: Hope without guarantees