Global security and the War on Terror : elite power and the illusion of control / by Paul Rogers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cold war and old war -- Introduction -- Learning from the Cold War nuclear confrontation (1998) -- Alternative military options in Europe (1989) -- A jungle full of snakes -- Introduction -- Military force projection and the new world order -- (1991) -- Oil and US security (1991) -- Taming the jungle (1999) -- The new security paradigm (1999) -- Force and counterforce -- Introduction -- Directed energy weapons and the control of rogue -- States (2000) -- Economic targeting and asymmetric warfare (2000) -- After 9/11 -- Introduction -- 11 September and the new American Century (2002) -- Iraq and the War on Terror ? year 2 (2005) -- Iran : consequences of a war (2006) -- An illusion of control -- The War on Terror ? the first five years (2006) -- The long war and the illusion of control (2006).