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