The age of the unthinkable

By Joshua Cooper Ramo

Subjects: United states, foreign relations, 2001-2009, Politics, World politics, United states, military policy, World politics--21st century, 973.931, Globalization, Nonfiction, Diplomatic relations, Civilization, modern, 21st century, Current Events, Military policy, World politics, 21st century, Foreign relations, E902 .r3588 2009

Description: Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis guarantee its worsening. Environmental strategies to protect species lead to their extinction.The traditional physics of power has been replaced by something radically different. In The Age of the Unthinkable, Joshua Cooper Ramo puts forth a revelatory new model for understanding our dangerously unpredictable world. Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, psychology, immunology, and the science of networks, he describes a new landscape of inherent unpredictability--and remarkable, wonderful possibility.