Global security and the War on Terror
Subtitle: elite power and the illusion of control
By: by Paul Rogers.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415419376
Subjects: National security; National security -- United States; Security, International; War on Terrorism, 2001-; World politics -- 1989-; World politics -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy
Description: This volume comprises a selection of Professor Paul Rogers' best essays on security issues from the Cold War to the war on terror and the Iraq War, arguing that the dominant Western socio-economic security paradigm is fundamentally misguided and unsustainable.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cold war and old war; title: Introduction; title: Learning from the Cold War nuclear confrontation (1998); title: Alternative military options in Europe (1989); title: A jungle full of snakes; title: Introduction; title: Military force projection and the new world order; title: (1991); title: Oil and US security (1991); title: Taming the jungle (1999); title: The new security paradigm (1999); title: Force and counterforce; title: Introduction; title: Directed energy weapons and the control of rogue; title: States (2000); title: Economic targeting and asymmetric warfare (2000); title: After 9/11; title: Introduction; title: 11 September and the new American Century (2002); title: Iraq and the War on Terror ? year 2 (2005); title: Iran : consequences of a war (2006); title: An illusion of control; title: The War on Terror ? the first five years (2006); title: The long war and the illusion of control (2006).