Why We're Losing the War on TerrorISBN: 978-0-7456-4196-6
Hardcover
180 pages
December 2007, Polity
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New Internationalist
"Rogers' analysis is insightful and his damning appraisal of the
past, and pessimistic vision of the future, are sobering."
Political Studies Review
"A very good overview of the motives and consequences of US
policy since 9/11. Rogers is particularly good at analysis of
military affairs, but ably locates it within the wider political
context and provides some revealing insights."
International Affairs
"Rogers writes with authority and incisiveness."
Times Higher Education
"Paul Rogers is one of the foremost British academic
commentators on the American-led 'war on terror'. Like all
ambitious and mature scholars, he takes as his field the entire
terrain of conflict, from the technological and economic factors,
to the political, social and ideational factors that have shaped
public policy. Rogers' view is refreshing because he is not bound
by the traditional strictures of critical political economy that
tend to place undue emphasis on single factors. While he quite
rightly places the economics of national interest squarely in his
sights, he also takes a great deal of effort to show how both
technological and ideational factors come into play."
International Peacekeeping.
"Paul Rogers has produced the best guide I have read to the
post-9/11 international security environment; its origins, nature,
and consequences."
Mark Phythian, University of Leicester
"Paul Rogers' short book packs a mass of tough wisdom and
reasoned provocation into its 180 pages. He sees the war in Iraq as
a delusion; one that condemns us to a long war against
'Islamo-fascism'. This book is not prescriptive, but challenges us
all to a debate. Everyone involved with the practice and policy of
national security should read, think and argue about it."
Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Royal United Services
Institute