The age of the unthinkable : why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what to do about it
by
Ramo, Joshua Cooper.
Title
:
The age of the unthinkable : why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what to do about it
Author
:
Ramo, Joshua Cooper.
ISBN
:
9780316118088
9781408700594
Personal Author
:
Ramo, Joshua Cooper.
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
Physical Description
:
279 pages ; 25 cm
Contents
:
pt. 1: The sandpile effect. The nature of the age ; The old physics ; The sandpile ; Avalanche country ; Budweiser -- pt. 2: Deep security. Mashup ; The general and the billionaire ; The management secrets of Hizb'allah ; The limits of persuasion ; Riding the earthquake ; The revolution and you.
Abstract
:
Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, human immunology, psychology, and his own extraordinary experiences, Ramo delivers a brilliant new paradigm for understanding the dangerous--and dangerously unpredictable--new global order.
Subject Term
:
World politics -- 21st century.
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Military policy.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| VEGA Bordeaux | General Books | 000114260 | 973.931 RAM | 1 |