TY - BOOK AU - David,Steven R. TI - Catastrophic Consequences: Civil Wars and American Interests SN - 9780801895104 AV - JZ1480.A5D38 2008 U1 - 303.6/4 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Civil war - Economic aspects - China KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 A New Kind of Threat -- 2 Saudi Arabia: Oil Fields Ablaze -- 3 Pakistan: Loose Nukes -- 4 Mexico: A Flood of Refugees -- 5 China: Collapse of a Great Power -- 6 The Coming Storm -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z N2 - In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318447 ER -