THE BREAKING OF NATIONS: ORDER AND CHAOS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码： 00970010B36649

English Summary/英文概要： When communism collapsed in 1989 there was a fundamental change in the European state system. This landmark book presents a radical interpretation of the new international order. Many of what Cooper calls ’post-modern’ states, including the EU and Japan, operate on the basis of openness, law and mutual security. The United States, Cooper shows, has yet to decide whether to embrace the ’post-modern’ world of independence, or to pursue unilateralism and power politics.

The key question is how these states should deal with a world in which terrorists ignore borders and the familiar certainties of the Cold War alliances no longer exist. He argues theat Europeans have to be prepared to use the rougher methods of an earlier era - force, pre-emptive attack, deception - if they are serious about safeguarding the stability they have achieved. The Breaking of Nations is required reading for those seeking to understand the uncertain times in which we live.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当1989年共产主义崩塌，欧洲政府体系发生了重大的变化。这本书标志性地呈现了新国际秩序的重大变化。许多库伯称之为后现代政府，包括欧盟和日本，以开放、法律和互相保障为基础。库伯表示，美国还未决定接受这些个后现代世界的独立还是追寻霸权主义强权政治。
这关键的问题是这些个政府要如何处理恐怖分子横行无视界限以及不再存在的熟悉的冷战联盟的世界。他认为欧洲人应该开始筹划使用比早年更先进的方法-武力、先发制人、欺骗，要是他们足够严肃对待安全的维护。本书适合那些想要理解不稳定的时局的人。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：新共和国（New Republic）：一本原始且倍具争议的关于冷战后战争的世界，作者是当代政策争议话题最热门的评论员。
罗伯特•卡干（Robert Kagan），《天堂与力量》（Paradise and Power）作者：罗伯特•库伯（Robert Cooper）是超前的伟大学术界外交家。他对欧洲以及美国未来发展的远见卓识充满睿智和理想主义。本书把世纪对话巧妙地移到了下个舞台。
彼得•瑞德尔（Peter Riddell），《罗伯特•库伯的时代》（The Times on Robert Cooper）：记住罗伯特•库伯这个名字...这些年来他一直是外交办持证自由思想家。

About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特•库伯（Robert Cooper）是英国最资深的外交家之一。他是托尼•布莱尔（Tony Blair）前外交事务特别咨询官，目前为欧洲联盟委员会军事总负责人（Director-General of External and Politico-Military Affairs for the Council of the European Union）。本书写于2003年。

Robert Cooper is one of Britain’s most senior diplomats. A former special advisor on foreign affairs to Tony Blair, he is currently Director-General of External and Politico-Military Affairs for the Council of the European Union. He is the author of The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century (2003).

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