The Empire of DisorderIn The Empire of Disorder, Alain Joxe offers the first truly comprehensive analysis of the new world disorder of the twenty-first century. The contemporary world, claims Joxe, is dominated by the American empire but not ordered by it. This "leadership through chaos," based on maintaining a "creeping peace," is at the root of the present organization of violence and barbary on a global scale. At the same time, national governments—including that of the United States—are declining in influence as the imperial system fosters transnational mafias, corporations, and markets. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
Civil Wars Everywhere | 20 |
State Decomposition and Globalization | 84 |
Frozen Peace | 92 |
Genesis of the Empire | 103 |
Debt Cancellation | 114 |
HobbesClausewitz | 151 |
Violence and Globalism | 176 |
Strategic Future | 190 |
Against a Permanent Global War | 206 |
NOTES | 217 |
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