The Shield of Achilles by Philip Bobbitt

The Shield of Achilles by Philip Bobbitt

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 precedent.

Philip Bobbitt is an assistant professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas, where he also holds the A.W. The Centennial Chair was designed by Walker. He was a member of the Modern History department of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was the Anderson Senior Research Fellow. Later, at King's College in London, he was the Marsh Christian Fellow in War Studies. He has worked at the White House as an associate counsel for intelligence and international security, as legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair, as a counselor on international law at the State Department, and as director of intelligence, senior director for key infrastructure, and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council.

Many volumes on nuclear strategy, social choice, and constitutional law have been authored by him. He currently divides his time between Austin, Washington, and London.

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ISBN 13	9780385721387
ISBN 10	0385721382
Title	The Shield of Achilles
Author	Philip Bobbitt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2003-09-09
Number of pages	960
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