Global Security and the War on Terror : Elite Power and the Illusion of Control

by Rogers, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780203089170
• ISBN10: 0203089170
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134112036
• Copyright: 2007-07-04
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This collection of essays by Professor Paul Rogers argues that the post-Cold War security paradigm is fundamentally misguided and unsustainable and concludes with two new essays on the need for a new conception of global security rooted in justice and emancipation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Cold War and old war	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Learning from the Cold War nuclear confrontation (1998)	p. 11
Alternative military options in Europe (1989)	p. 31
A jungle full of snakes	p. 43
Introduction	p. 45
Military force projection and the new world order (1992)	p. 47
Oil and US security (1992)	p. 61
Taming the jungle (2000)	p. 69
The new security paradigm (2000)	p. 83
Force and counterforce	p. 105
Introduction	p. 107
Directed energy weapons and the control of rogue states (2001)	p. 109
Economic targeting and asymmetric warfare (2001)	p. 124
After 9/11	p. 149
Introduction	p. 151
11 September and the New American Century (2002)	p. 153
Iran: consequences of a war (2006)	p. 171
An illusion of control	p. 185
Introduction	p. 187
The war on terror: the first five years	p. 189
The long war and the illusion of control	p. 202
Notes	p. 208
Index	p. 221
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