World in Crisis : The End of the American Century.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Financial Crisis -- Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction -- The Predicted Financial Storm Has Arrived -- 2. The Contours of Recent American Foreign Policy -- Mechanistic Destruction: American Foreign Policy at Point Zero -- A Rational Perspective on Our Present Crises -- The Dilemmas of American Foreign Policy -- 3. Alliances and NATO -- Alliances and the American Election -- 4. Israel: A Stalemated Accident of History -- Israel: Mythologising a Twentieth-Century Accident -- Israel's Last Chance -- 5. The United States and War with Iran -- Israel, Iran and the Bush Administration -- Will the US Attack Iran -- 6. The Limits of Intelligence -- The Limits of Intelligence, The Cold War, Vietnam and Iraq -- 7. Technology and the Future of Warfare -- The Great Equalizer: Lessons From Iraw and Lebanon -- Defeat: Rumsfeld and the American Way of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
A survey of the major problems confronting the world today.
9781849644211
World politics -- 1995-2005. World politics -- 2005-2015. Balance of power. United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century -- Forecasting. United States -- Military policy. United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.