Shield of Achilles, the by Philip Bobbitt

Shield of Achilles, the 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 the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence and the Director of the Center for National Security at Columbia University. He is also Senior Fellow at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas. He has served as Associate Counsel to the President, Legal Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair, the Counselor on International Law for the Department of State, and Director for Intelligence Programs, Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure, and Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council. Formerly Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Modern History faculty, he was subsequently Senior Fellow in War Studies at Kings College, London. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in New York, London, and Austin.

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ISBN 13	9780375412929
ISBN 10	0375412921
Title	Shield of Achilles, the
Author	Philip Bobbitt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-05-14
Number of pages	919
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