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Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.325
EAN: 9780471780793
ISBN: 0471780790
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: April 20, 2007
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Editorial Review:
"For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist."
—Slate
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 generate a huge return. He shows how combating 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 what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Brand New FearMonger
Some of Robb's assessments state the obvious.
Others (irresponsibly) give would-be terrorists a blueprint for how to succeed.
In my opinion, Robb overstates the threat of terrorism.
Seriously, outside of Iraq, the U.S has not been hit since 9/11. There is little pay-off in becoming a terrorist mastermind. What did Bin Laden get for his efforts? He gets to spend the rest of his lfe hiding in a cave.
In the final chapter, Robb reveals his motive for the book. He uses fear to ... Read More
Rating: - Thought Leader
If you are a traditionalist and are expecting the usual treatise to counterinsurgency then you will be disappointed. This is an out of the box approach to war in the 21st century. This book is not modern updates to Galula, Kitson, Mao or Trinquier. Examples of some of the topics covered include; "Superempowered Competition", "Open Source Warfare", and Guerrilla Entrepreneurs". This book is not for the faint of heart, it will destroy your conventional notions about counterinsurgency and will require ... Read More
Rating:  - Welcome to the future, kid.
It sure requires a lot of effort to regard life as a pleasant experience when you have to wonder every day if you're going to get blown up in a bus on your way to work, or if there's going to be a sudden blackout, shortage of water or gas. This may seem like a distant scenario, something happening to some poor "unliberated" underdeveloped state - but according to John Robb, disruptions of this kind can take place anytime, anywhere. In fact, they're being prepared as we speak. New York, Madrid and ... Read More
Rating: - A desk-reference quality work
This book isn't of course as timeless as Lao Tsu's or von Clausewitz's, but it shares space on my desk with these and a few others, simply because it is the only concise fifth-generation warfare (and fourth) reference I've found. John Robb produced a minor watershed which I've tabbed with over a score of Post-It tabs. Nicely written and functionally useful. (Still, by the author's own admission, tentative in the face of our ignorance about the future's potential for yet-unrecognized means of conflict.)
Rating: - An interesting argument about globalization's implications for terrorism
This is an interesting little book. I think that it may promise more than it delivers, but its lesson is right on. The Foreword relates a key part of the book's thesis (page ix): "[Examples] involve the idea of turning the complexity and power of a developed modern economy from strengths to vulnerabilities."
For one thing, terrorists can use relatively inexpensive techniques to create huge problems. For instance, it cost al-Qaeda about $500,000 for the 9/11 attacks and cost the American economy ... Read More
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