· Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century - Philip Bobbitt - Google Books. The wars against terror have begun, but it will take 4/5(3). · Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century. by. Philip Bobbitt. · Rating details · ratings · 30 reviews. An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of The Shield of Achilles (“magisterial”— The New York Times, “a classic for future generations”—The New York Review of Books)/5. Terror and Consent argues that, like so many states and civilizations in the past that suffered defeat, we are fighting the last war, with weapons and concepts that were useful to us then but have now been superseded. Philip Bobbitt argues that we need to reforge links that previous societies have made between law and strategy; to realize how the evolution of modern states has now produced a globally /5(33).
Large Softcover Format. This book is in VERY GOOD used condition overall. The cover has light wear. Special Attributes - N/A. This sprawling and probing account of violence in the modern world begins with the bold claim that almost everything currently "known" about terrorism "must be thoroughly rethought." Bobbitt, a noted constitutional scholar, argues that explanations for terrorism that focus on cultural and religious clashes or poverty and underdevelopment miss the bigger picture. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features.
His previous book, The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History, was an outstanding historical study of the confluence of strategy and law as manifested during what Bobbitt frames as epochal wars, beginning with the Thirty Years' War and concluding at the beginning of the war on terrorism. In essence, Terror and Consent is a sequel to The Shield of Achilles. Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West’s struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass destruction will be commodified and the wealthiest societies even more vulnerable to destabilizing, demoralizing terror. Terror and Consent argues that, like so many states and civilizations in the past that suffered defeat, we are fighting the last war, with weapons and concepts that were useful to us then but have now been superseded. Philip Bobbitt argues that we need to reforge links that previous societies have made between law and strategy; to realize how the evolution of modern states has now produced a globally networked terrorism that will change as fast as we can identify it; to combine humanitarian.
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