An epic examination into the historical role of the State and what the future might hold. For five centuries, the State has evolved according to epoch-making cycles of war and peace. But now our world has changed irrevocably. What faces us in this era of fear and uncertainty? How do we protect ourselves against war machines that can penetrate the defenses of any state? Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the "Long War” of 1914-1990, and at the future: the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precedent.
An epic examination into the historical role of the State and what the future might hold.For five centuries, the State has evolved according to epoch-making cycles of war and peace. But now our world has changed irrevocably. What faces us in this era of fear and uncertainty? How do we protect ourselves against war machines that can penetrate the defenses of any state? Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the "Long War” of 1914-1990, and at the future: the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precedent.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Philip Bobbitt teaches constitutional law at the University of Texas, where he holds the A.W. Walker Centennial Chair. He was formerly the Anderson Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Modern History faculty. He was later the Marsh Christian Fellow in War Studies at King's College, London. He has served as associate counsel to the president for intelligence and international security, legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair, the counselor on international law at the Department of State, as well as director of intelligence, senior director for critical infrastructure, and senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council. He has written several books on nuclear strategy, social choice, and constitutional law. He lives in Austin, Washington, and London.
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™Foreword Prologue Book I—State of War Introduction: Law, Strategy, and History Part I—The Long War of the Nation-State 1. Thucydides and the Epochal War 2. The Struggle Begun: Fascism, Communism, Parliamentarianism, 1914–1919 3. The Struggle Continued: 1919–1945 4. The Struggle Ended: 1945–1990 Part II—A Brief History of the Modern State and its Constitutional Orders 5. Strategy and the Constitutional Order 6. From Princes to Princely States: 1494–1648 7. From Kingly States to Territorial States: 1648–1776 8. From State-Nations to Nation-States: 1776–1914 9. The Study of the Modern State Part III—The Historic Consequences of the Long War 10. The Market-State 11. Strategic Choices 12. Strategy and the Market-State 13. The Wars of the Market-State: Conclusion to Book I Plates I-V Book II—States of Peace Introduction: The Origin of International Law in the Constitutional Order Part I—The Society of Nation-States 14. Colonel House and a World Made of Law 15. The Kitty Genovese Incident and the War in Bosnia 16. The Death of the Society of Nation-States Part II—A Brief History of the Society of States and the International Order 17. Peace and the International Order 18. The Treaty of Augsburg 19. The Peace of Westphalia 20. The Treaty of Utrecht 21. The Congress of Vienna 22. The Versailles Treaty 23. The Peace of Paris Part III—The Society of Market-States 24. Challenges to the New International Order 25. Possible Worlds 26. The Coming Age of War and Peace 27. Peace in the Society of Market-States: Conclusion to Book II Epilogue Postscript: The Indian Summer Appendix A Note on Eurocentrism A Note on Causality A Note on Periodicity Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
™Foreword Prologue Book I—State of War Introduction: Law, Strategy, and History Part I—The Long War of the Nation-State 1. Thucydides and the Epochal War 2. The Struggle Begun: Fascism, Communism, Parliamentarianism, 1914–1919 3. The Struggle Continued: 1919–1945 4. The Struggle Ended: 1945–1990 Part II—A Brief History of the Modern State and its Constitutional Orders 5. Strategy and the Constitutional Order 6. From Princes to Princely States: 1494–1648 7. From Kingly States to Territorial States: 1648–1776 8. From State-Nations to Nation-States: 1776–1914 9. The Study of the Modern State Part III—The Historic Consequences of the Long War 10. The Market-State 11. Strategic Choices 12. Strategy and the Market-State 13. The Wars of the Market-State: Conclusion to Book I Plates I-V Book II—States of Peace Introduction: The Origin of International Law in the Constitutional Order Part I—The Society of Nation-States 14. Colonel House and a World Made of Law 15. The Kitty Genovese Incident and the War in Bosnia 16. The Death of the Society of Nation-States Part II—A Brief History of the Society of States and the International Order 17. Peace and the International Order 18. The Treaty of Augsburg 19. The Peace of Westphalia 20. The Treaty of Utrecht 21. The Congress of Vienna 22. The Versailles Treaty 23. The Peace of Paris Part III—The Society of Market-States 24. Challenges to the New International Order 25. Possible Worlds 26. The Coming Age of War and Peace 27. Peace in the Society of Market-States: Conclusion to Book II Epilogue Postscript: The Indian Summer Appendix A Note on Eurocentrism A Note on Causality A Note on Periodicity Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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