Thomas M. Nichols Volgorde van de boeken

"Technology and increasing levels of education expose people to more information than ever before. These gains, however, also fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that derails debates on numerous issues. With only a quick trip through WebMD or Wikipedia, average citizens believe themselves to be as informed as doctors and diplomats. All voices demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as elitism. The Death of Expertise shows how this rejection of experts developed: the openness of the internet, the emergence of a customer satisfaction model in higher education, and the transformation of the news industry into a 24-hour entertainment machine. Paradoxically, greater democratic dissemination of information, rather than producing an educated public, has instead created an army of ill-informed, angry citizens who denounce intellectual achievement. Now updated with a new forward that explains how all these related issues came to a head in the wake of Donald Trump's election."--Page 4 of cover.

NATO has been a "nuclear" alliance since its inception, with nuclear weapons integral to its military planning and deterrence strategy. For over 40 years, NATO allies have worked to align conventional and nuclear forces, doctrines, and strategies linking the defense of Europe to that of the United States. However, the evolving security landscape necessitates a reevaluation of tactical or non-strategic nuclear weapons (NSNWs). Two key conclusions arise from this analysis. First, since the Cold War's end, the issue of how to address weapons designed for a bygone era remains understudied, both within and outside government circles. While tactical weapons may seem less formidable than strategic ones, they pose significant security and political risks that warrant greater attention. Second, the current status quo regarding these arms is unacceptable. NATO must make decisive choices, develop a coherent strategy, and establish clear plans regarding its nuclear posture. Decisions about the role of nuclear weapons are crucial to NATO's future identity. At the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, the Alliance committed to a Deterrence and Defense Posture Review (DDPR) to tackle these challenging questions ahead of the May 2012 NATO Summit. The United States and its allies need to define future threats, clarifying NATO's identity, purpose, and force requirements. So far, NATO remains at a crossroads.

In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded. The great powers are moving toward norms less restrictive of intervention, preemption, and preventive war. This evolution is taking place not only in the United States but also in many of the world's most powerful nations, including Russia, France, and Japan, among others. As centuries of tradition and law are overturned, will preventive warfare push the world into chaos?Eve of Destruction is a provocative contribution to a growing international debate over the acceptance of preventive military action. In the first work to identify the trends that have led to a coming age of preventive war, Thomas M. Nichols uses historical analysis as well as interviews with military officials from around the world to trace the anticipatory use of force from the early 1990s—when the international community responded to a string of humanitarian crises in Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo—to today's current and potential actions against rogue states and terrorists. He makes a case for a bold reform of U.S. foreign policy, and of the United Nations Security Council itself, in order to avert outright anarchy.