Averting Global War

Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy

By: H. Gardner

Write A Review

Hardcover | 9 April 2008 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
296 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06

Hardcover

$84.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $21.25 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. These include: The ongoing "war on terrorism"; NATO enlargement to Russian borders; US intervention in Iraq; US confrontation with Iran; the feud between Israel and the Palestinians; the widening "zone of conflict" from Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa; the global ramifications of North Korea's nuclear program and China's claims to Taiwan; Venezuela's "Bolivarian Revolution" and the "war on drugs" in Latin America, the domestic socio-political effects of Latin American immigration upon the US. The book's goal is to articulate an irenic American strategy intended to resolve, or at least transform, a number of these disputes and conflicts so as to prevent them from further "deepening" or "widening"--and to avert the real possibility of major power confrontation involving both clandestine and overt methods of warfare.

Industry Reviews

"Averting Global War is an artful and arresting defense of the need for American policy-makers to adopt meaningful and wise strategies for handling the growing number of regional problems throughout the world. In a comprehensive manner, Hall Gardner demonstrates how violence and perhaps even wars among the major power may result if the wrong approaches are taken to these growing challenges." - Robert Jackson, Author of Temptations of Power: the US in Global Politics since 9/11

"Hall Gardner zeroes in on the new world disorder, and alerts us to the geostrategic dangers inherent in our unsettled time." - Susan Eisenhower, President of The Eisenhower Group, Inc., and Chairman Emeritus, The Eisenhower Institute

Mentioned in Politique Americaine, No10, Printemps 2008 by Ruth Lambertz

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Family & Relationships Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Human Geography History Military History Warfare & Defence Politics & Government International Relations

Diplomacy Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Central Government Central Government Policies

Preface	p. ix
Introduction "Crying Wolf" Once Again?	p. 1
Triptych of Terrorism	p. 13
The Uncoordinated NATO-EU "Double Enlargement": Toward the Isolation of Russia?	p. 37
Iraq: Sinking Deeper into Mesopotamian Quicksand	p. 65
Iran: Nuclear High Tension and Holocaust Polemics	p. 79
Israel and Palestinian Fratricide: Beyond the "Two State Solution"?	p. 101
An Ever-widening Zone of Conflict, Terrorism, and Black Market Activities: From Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 117
North Korea: Beyond "Backdoor" Multilateralism	p. 141
China and Blue-water Dreams: Toward a Sino-Russian Alliance?	p. 163
Three Dimensions of "Montezuma's Revenge": Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Vision, "War on Drugs," and "Illegal" Immigration	p. 179
American Hypertrophy and Strategic Options: Toward a Geostrategy for Global Peace	p. 209
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 277
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Averting Global War

Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Diplomacy

The Future Is Peace

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

Wartime Letters

London and Moscow 1941-1945

Going to Tehran

Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran

A Guide to Mao's China

Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness

Speaking Out Against Israel's Genocide in Palestine

The First Pariah State

How the Proslavery Confederacy Menaced the World

The Materiality of Diplomacy in the Hellenistic-Roman Mediterranean

Gifts, Bribes, Offerings

Resurgence of the Warfare State

The Crisis Since 9/11

Peace Makers

Shaping the modern world: the men and women of the Foreign Office in WWII

The Curious Diplomat

A memoir from the frontlines of diplomacy

The Future Is Peace

World Order

Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Killing Hope

Us Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

Lessons in Diplomacy

Politics, Power and Parties

With the Falling of the Dusk

The compelling and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Talking to My Country and The Queen is Dead

The Consul

An Insider Account from Australia's Diplomatic Frontline

Allies at War

The Politics of Defeating Hitler

A Promised Land

China's Grand Strategy and Australia's Future in the New Global Order

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs Vol. 1

Introduction to Global Politics

4th Edition

Australian Foreign Policy

Relationships, Issues, and Strategic Culture

This product is categorised by