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By Carne Ross New world orders Terror and Consent: the Wars for the 21st Century, Philip Bobbitt, Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 688pp, £25 With "war on terror" nearly seven years old, Philip Bobbitt, a distinguished US academic and former policymaker, has written a big book that attempts to reframe the way we think about terrorism and our response to it. [...] Bobbitt spends much time arguing that the term "war" is appropriate, but without considering properly the best argument for discarding the term, which the US homeland security chief, among others, has recently accepted - namely that "war" is what the terrorists want (as Bobby Sands wanted convicted IRA prisoners to be prisoners of war).
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New World Orders?
Terrorism will become more common and more destructive in the 21st century, warns Philip Bobbitt. He offers measured and humane responses to this threat. But is al-Qaeda really so new and uniquely dangerous, the evil reflection of our globalised liberal economies? By Carne Ross
New world orders Terror and Consent: the Wars for the 21st Century, Philip Bobbitt, Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 688pp, £25With "war on terror" nearly seven years old, Philip Bobbitt, a distinguished US academic and former policymaker, has written a big ...See the full content of this document
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