| Description |
xxix, 186 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Map: Eurasia -- Map: The Middle East -- Map: Central Asia -- Map: South Asia -- Map: East Asia -- Map: Southeast Asia -- Map: U.S. Military Presence in Asia -- 1. No Room on the Chessboard -- 2. Disruptive Technologies -- 3. Reshaping the Asian Military -- 4. The Second Nuclear Age -- 5. Is There an Eastern Way of War? -- 6. Across the Strategic Divide: New Powers and the Old Order |
| Summary |
In this book, Professor Bracken reveals new details about the Iraqi missile and biological warfare program, showing how close Israel actually came to a germ attack during the Gulf War; explodes the comforting Western belief that "globalization" will inevitably lead Asian nations into peaceful economic competition. In fact, he says, it works the other way: economic progress both spurs and makes possible the development of weapons of mass destruction; shows how American bases, allies, and interests are increasingly endangered by Asian nationalism; and teaches us how to navigate not the post-cold war era, but what he names The Second Nuclear Age. Professor Bracken provides a new intellectual framework for a world in which being the only superpower poses as many dangers as it does opportunities. Fire in the East is a template for thinking about the future in the new global order |
| Notes |
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index |
| Subject |
Weapons of mass destruction.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| SUBJECT |
Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Armed Forces.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002455
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Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008606 -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002298
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| LC no. |
99020103 |
| ISBN |
0060193441 |
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0060931558 (paperback) |
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