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The Pentagon's new map : war and peace in the twenty-first century / Thomas P.M. Barnett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.Description: 435 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0399151753 (alk. paper)
  • 9780399151750 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • UA23 .B337 2004
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Contents:
New rule sets -- The rise of the "lesser includeds" -- Disconnectedness defines danger -- The core and the gap -- The new ordering principle -- The global transaction strategy -- The myths we make -- Hope without guarantees.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

New rule sets -- The rise of the "lesser includeds" -- Disconnectedness defines danger -- The core and the gap -- The new ordering principle -- The global transaction strategy -- The myths we make -- Hope without guarantees.

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.