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Annihilation from within
Fred Charles Iklé
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Description for Annihilation from within
Technological progress and the evolving political order march to different drummers. Science advances at an accelerating pace while religion and politics move along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of all nations. This book outlines various measures that aims to help us avert the worst disaster. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JPWL; JWK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
In this eloquent and impassioned book, defense expert Fred Ikle predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm. It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession ... Read more
In this eloquent and impassioned book, defense expert Fred Ikle predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm. It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139526
SKU
V9780231139526
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Ref
99-15
About Fred Charles Iklé
Fred Charles Ikle was undersecretary of defense for policy during the Reagan administration and served Presidents Nixon and Ford as director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. In 1999 he was a member of the National Commission on Terrorism and in 2001 he became a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. He is a Distinguished Scholar at ... Read more
Reviews for Annihilation from within
The great value of Mr. Ikle's book: to make us consider the worst.
Walter Laqueur The Wall Street Journal Should be on every Pentagon reading list.
Austin Bay Washington Times Ikle addresses a reality we prefer to ignore.
George Walden Bloomberg A sobering exploration of the perils of progress.
Eric Cohen Weekly Standard A book that ... Read more
Walter Laqueur The Wall Street Journal Should be on every Pentagon reading list.
Austin Bay Washington Times Ikle addresses a reality we prefer to ignore.
George Walden Bloomberg A sobering exploration of the perils of progress.
Eric Cohen Weekly Standard A book that ... Read more