Catastrophic Consequences by Steven R. David - 9780801889882

Name: Catastrophic Consequences by Steven R. David - 9780801889882
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press

Catastrophic ConsequencesCivil Wars and American Interests\nAuthor(s): Steven R. David\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States\nImprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801889882, 978-0801889882\nSynopsis\nCivil war and other types of radical domestic upheaval are replacing international war as the preeminent threat to American security and economic well being, according to Steven R. David. Catastrophic Consequences argues that civil conflicts are of even greater importance than deliberate efforts to harm the United States because the damage they inflict is unintended and therefore impossible to deter. David examines the prospects for and potential aftereffects of instability in four nations vital to [url] national interests-Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, and Mexico. It is not, he argues, a rising China that threatens America, but one that is falling apart. Likewise, it is not a hostile Pakistani regime over which the United States s.