Brave new war :
Robb, John, 1962-
Brave new war : the next stage of terrorism and the end of globalization / John Robb. - Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, c2007. - xvi, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-195) and index.
Preface
Pt. 1. The Future of War is Now
Ch. 1. The Super-Empowered Competition.
Ch. 2. Disorder on the Doorstep.
Ch. 3. A New Strategic Weapon --
Pt. 2. Global Guerrillas
Ch. 4. The Long Tail of Warfare Emerges.
Ch. 5. System Disruption.
Ch. 6. Open Source Warfare --
Pt. 3. How Globalization Will Put an End to Globalization.
Ch. 7. Guerrilla Entrepreneurs.
Ch. 8. Rethinking Security.
Ch. 9. A Brittle Security Breakdown.
War in the twenty-first century will be very different from what we've come to expect. Terrorism and guerrilla warfare are rapidly evolving to allow nonstate networks to challenge the structure and order of nation-states. It is a change on par with the rise of the Internet and China, and will dramatically change how you and your kids will view security.
In Brave New War, the counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions—like sabotaging an oil pipeline—that will generate a huge return. He shows how taking steps to combat the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most—worldwide economic and cultural integration—and the crucial steps we must take now to safeguard our systems and ourselves against this new method of warfare.
9780470261958
Terrorism
Globalization
Guerrilla warfare
Transnational crime
Security, International
National security
Private security services
363.325
Brave new war : the next stage of terrorism and the end of globalization / John Robb. - Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, c2007. - xvi, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-195) and index.
Preface
Pt. 1. The Future of War is Now
Ch. 1. The Super-Empowered Competition.
Ch. 2. Disorder on the Doorstep.
Ch. 3. A New Strategic Weapon --
Pt. 2. Global Guerrillas
Ch. 4. The Long Tail of Warfare Emerges.
Ch. 5. System Disruption.
Ch. 6. Open Source Warfare --
Pt. 3. How Globalization Will Put an End to Globalization.
Ch. 7. Guerrilla Entrepreneurs.
Ch. 8. Rethinking Security.
Ch. 9. A Brittle Security Breakdown.
War in the twenty-first century will be very different from what we've come to expect. Terrorism and guerrilla warfare are rapidly evolving to allow nonstate networks to challenge the structure and order of nation-states. It is a change on par with the rise of the Internet and China, and will dramatically change how you and your kids will view security.
In Brave New War, the counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions—like sabotaging an oil pipeline—that will generate a huge return. He shows how taking steps to combat the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most—worldwide economic and cultural integration—and the crucial steps we must take now to safeguard our systems and ourselves against this new method of warfare.
9780470261958
Terrorism
Globalization
Guerrilla warfare
Transnational crime
Security, International
National security
Private security services
363.325