The age of the unthinkable : why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what we can do about it /

Ramo, Joshua Cooper, 1968-

The age of the unthinkable : why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what we can do about it / Joshua Cooper Ramo. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009. - 279 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and index.

Pt. 1: The sandpile effect. The nature of the age ; The old physics ; The sandpile ; Avalanche country ; Budweiser -- Pt. 2: Deep security. Mashup ; The general and the billionaire ; The management secrets of Hizb'allah ; The limits of persuasion ; Riding the earthquake ; The revolution and you.

Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, human immunology, psychology, and his own extraordinary experiences, Ramo delivers a brilliant new paradigm for understanding the dangerous--and dangerously unpredictable--new global order.

9780316118088 0316118087


World politics--21st century.
Politica mundial--Siglo XXI


United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
United States--Military policy.
Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--2001-
Estados Unidos--Política militar

002 E 902 / R175a 2009

973.931