The shield of achilles / Philip Bobbitt.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Anchor, 2003Description: 960 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0385721382 (paperback); 9780385721387 (paperback)DDC classification: 327 Online resources: Amazon.com Summary: For five centuries, the State has evolved according to epoch-making cycles of war and peace. But now our world has changed irrevocably. What faces us in this era of fear and uncertainty? How do we protect ourselves against war machines that can penetrate the defenses of any state? Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the “Long War†of 1914-1990, and at the future: the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precede| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | 327 BOB (Browse shelf) | Write Off | Write off File No.0908/IRC/NBS Dated Aug 16, 2018 | NBS8793 |
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For five centuries, the State has evolved according to epoch-making cycles of war and peace. But now our world has changed irrevocably. What faces us in this era of fear and uncertainty? How do we protect ourselves against war machines that can penetrate the defenses of any state? Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the “Long War†of 1914-1990, and at the future: the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precede
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