The Pentagon's New Map; War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century

Elizabeth Connor (Jacket Design) New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. Third printing. Hardcover. [8], 435, [3] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper map. Notes. Index. Signed by author. Signed with formula D3=Gap and arrows. Thomas P.M. Barnett (born 1962) is an American military geostrategist. He developed a geopolitical theory that divided the world into "the Functioning Core" and the "Non-Integrating Gap" that made him particularly notable prior to the 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq when he wrote an article for Esquire in support of the military action entitled "The Pentagon's New Map" (which would later become the title of a book that would elaborate on his geopolitical theories). The central thesis of his geopolitical theory is that the connections the globalization brings between countries are synonymous with those countries with stable governments and rising standards of living. These countries form the Functioning Core. These regions contrast with those where globalization has not yet penetrated, which is synonymous with political repression, poverty, disease, and conflict. These areas make up the Non-Integrating Gap. Key to Barnett's geostrategic ideas is that the United States should "export security" to the Gap in order to connect those regions with the Core, even if this means long periods of nation-building. Barnett's cutting-edge approach to globalization combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to do no less than predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century outlines a new grand strategy for American foreign policy. It is an iteration of a PowerPoint presentation that Barnett has been making for years that is known simply as "The Brief." At least two versions of Barnett's presentation have aired on C-SPAN as of 2005. In December 2004, the network broadcast one of Barnett's recent presentations followed with a live call-in program in which Barnett discussed his book and its effects. Barnett was asked by the United States Air Force to give the presentation to every new officer who attained the rank of general. In late 2004, Barnett's employer (the Naval War College) gave him the choice of either writing the second book or retaining his job. He chose the former, and wrote Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating. Barnett also continues to write articles as a contributing editor at Esquire and consult on global security issues as a senior managing director at Enterra Solutions. Condition: Very good / Very good.

Keywords: Manthorpe Curve, Terrorism, Cebrowski, Core-Gap Model, Globalization, Asymmetrical Warfare, Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Cantor Fitzgerald, Crisis Response, Henry Gaffney, Greg Jaffe, Net-centric, Cold War, Global Transaction Strategy, Military Operations Ot

ISBN: 9780399151750

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