Global security and the War on Terror elite power and the illusion of control

Includes index.

Cold War and old war -- Introduction -- Learning from the Cold War nuclear confrontation (1998) -- Alternative military options in Europe (1989) -- A jungle full of snakes -- Introduction -- Military force projection and the new world order -- (1992) -- Oil and US security (1992) -- Taming the jungle (2000) -- The new security paradigm (2000) -- Force and counterforce -- Introduction -- Directed energy weapons and the control of rogue states (2001) -- Economic targeting and asymmetric warfare (2001) -- After 9/11 -- Introduction -- 11 September and the new American century (2002) -- Iran : consequences of a war (2006) -- An illusion of control -- Introduction -- The war on terror : the first five years -- The long war and the illusion of control.