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100 1 _aBrown, Neville.
245 1 0 _aGlobal instability and strategic crisis /
_cNeville Brown.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2004.
300 _axix, 318 p. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aRoutledge advances in international relations and politics ;
_v26
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aMachine derived contents note: Global Instability and Strategic Revision -- Preface -- The Author -- The Strategic Revolution -- 1. Through 11 September -- (a) A Revolution Unfolds, 1985-2001 -- (b) Explosive Excision -- 2. The Poverty of Strategy -- 3. A War on Terror? -- 4. Saddam, Slow Decline and Rapid Fall -- Limited World War? -- 5. Social Instability -- (a) Upheavals Within? -- (b) Ultimate Limits to Growth -- (c) The Zen Zone -- 6. Macabre Lethality -- (a) Lethal Gases and Toxins -- (b) Martial Microbes -- (c) Fissile Ambiguity -- (d) Undercover Nuclear Attack -- 7. The Ascent of the Missile -- Defense Against Missiles -- 8. Ballistic Encounter -- (a) A Checkered Progression -- (b) Rigor, the First Victim? -- 9. Terrestrial Coverage -- (a) Defense from the Surface -- (b) The AirBorne Laser -- 10. The Heavens Subverted? -- (a) Celestial Awareness -- (b) Global Engagement -- (c) Information through Space -- The Quest for Strategy -- 11. Pax Atlantica -- 12. Arms in Moderation -- 13. Planetary Internationalism -- 14. Strategy Transcended -- (a) Open Conspiracy? -- (b) Celestial Encounter -- Appendix A Geodesy and Geophysics -- Appendix B Exotic Technologies.
650 0 _aBallistic missile defenses.
650 0 _aStrategy.
650 0 _aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
650 0 _aWorld politics
_y21st century.
653 _aDefence planning
653 _aMilitary strategy
653 _aMissile defence
653 _aOverseas item
653 _aPolitical stability
653 _aPower (International relations)
653 _aTerrorism
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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