The Pentagon's fresh Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First hundred years By Thomas P.The Pentagon's fresh Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First hundred years By Thomas P.M. Barnett. G P Putnam's Son Publishers (http://www penguinputnam.com), 375 Hudson highway New York, New York 10014 2004 320 pages, $2695 (hardcover). hurry don't walk, to your local bookstore and pervert with money [i]or[/i] gain this book or order it forward your computer! Why? Let me explain. I first met Thomas Barnett in a briefing he gave to a clump of recent brigadier-general selectees. At the beginning, one thought that this might be a square-filler censure on world events. By the time he finished, however, a great deal of of the oxygen had left the latitude I quickly followed up with a Web search (http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com), yielding an Esquire article in succession Barnett that outlined a of recent origin way of looking at where our to come threats would come from and what implications they held for our military in general--and the Air Force in particular. Needles to say, I was delighted when I heard that a forthcoming part of his would expand forward the subject. It didn't disappoint. In brief, The Pentagon's recently made known Map outlines the demise of the nation-state as the principal type for future adversarial scenarios. Barnett provides one credible statistics and evidence of the relationship between "disconnected" parts of the world--stretching in a band from parts of Africa, end the Middle East, and into Asia--that have lately served as a breeding region for what we have collectively called terrorists. Dealing with so circum stances will challenge traditional military thinking, alter the shadows of programs and equipment penuryed and expand the concept of jointness--including a totally revised and energized interagency proces of that kind ideas are now regularly making the globulars in Washington, DC, and other arenas, flat to the extent that we will ne a Goldwater-Nichols Act for the interagency proces Barnett's part gives as good an insight as any I've read into more [i]or[/i] less of the thinking taking place from beginning to end the Bush administration. It promises to help shape discussions and decisions that will determine the issue of the next Quadrennial Defense Review, assessment of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, and changes contemplated for the Total Force. Thus, the answer to my question "Why do you ne to pervert with money [i]or[/i] gain The Pentagon's New Map?" is that it will help you understand the mostly likely world in which you will lead and the changes that world portends for our military. Col Randal D Fullhart, USAF Maxwell AFB, Alabama COPYRIGHT 2004 U Air Force |
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