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According to security elites, revolutions in information, transport, and weapons solutions have shrunk the planet, leaving america and its allies more prone than ever before to violent threats like terrorism or cyberwar. As a result, they practice reactions driven by dread: theories of dropping dominoes, hysteria in place of sober question, and an embrace of preemptive battle to tame a chaotic world. Patrick Porter challenges these ideas. In The Global Village Myth, he disputes globalism's boasts and the outcomes that frequently waste blood and treasure in the quest for an unattainable "total" security. Porter reexamines the idea of the endangered global village by analyzing Al-Qaeda's global guerilla movement, armed forces tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and drones and cyberwar, two solutions often used by globalists to aid their views. His critique exposes the folly of devastating wars and the loss of civil liberties caused by the globalist venture. Exhibiting that technology expands somewhat than shrinks strategic space, Porter offers an alternative perspective to lead policymakers toward more reasonable reactions - and a wiser, more lasting grand strategy.
