Global Disorder: America and the Threat of World Conflict

By Robert Harvey

In 1990, when the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended, economic and political analysts declared the world a safer place. But not political journalist Robert Harvey. The roar of international optimism only intensified the pangs of his geopolitical anxiety. In 1995, in The Return of the Strong, he warned Western democracies that the tides of economic globalization were sweeping the world toward a new crisis. Unfortunately, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, justified Harvey's alarm. It also prompted him to revise and update his analysis of the dangers facing the free world. Global Disorder not only examines the precarious state of world affairs in the aftermath of 9/11 but also offers far-reaching proposals for the reform of global security. In light of the emergence of the United States as the world's first megapower, Harvey explores the sources of international tension that have increasingly commanded the attention of the West and lays out the perils inherent in the globalization of capitalism without political or economic control. He presents constructive measures that he believes the West--especially the United States--must undertake to restore stability around the world and truly ensure international security.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786711329
• ISBN13: 9780786711321
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Very interesting, but poorly organized...

This book appears to be a set of individually written and unpublished essays that were later compiled and reordered into book format. The publisher did an absolutely horrible job of editing the book, and it is littered with spelling and grammatical errors, with at least one mistake per two or so pages. Even the back cover excludes words from a quote written by a reviewer of the book that seemingly gives the book a negative light in itself.The book can be easily read if one were to simply mentally autocorrect such errors and ignore them.However, the book redeems itself by giving tons upon tons of interesting ideas and pretty good analyses of current global issues. It is highly readable and enjoyable.