The age of the unthinkable
Subtitle: why the new global order constantly surprises us and what to do about it
By: Joshua Cooper Ramo.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780316118088
Subjects: World politics -- 21st century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009; United States -- Military policy
Description: Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, human immunology, psychology, and his own extraordinary experiences, Ramo delivers a brilliant new paradigm for understanding the dangerous--and dangerously unpredictable--new global order.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1: The sandpile effect. The nature of the age ; The old physics ; The sandpile ; Avalanche country ; Budweiser; title: pt. 2: Deep security. Mashup ; The general and the billionaire ; The management secrets of Hizb'allah ; The limits of persuasion ; Riding the earthquake ; The revolution and you.