Table of Contents

Part 1: Cold War and Old War Introduction 1. Learning from the Cold War Nuclear Confrontation (1998) 2. Alternative Military Options in Europe (1989) Part 2: A Jungle Full of Snakes Introduction 3. Military Force Projection and the New World Order (1991) 4. Oil and US Security (1991) 5. Taming the Jungle (1999) 6. The New Security Paradigm (1999) Part 3: Force and Counterforce Introduction 7. Directed Energy Weapons and the Control of Rogue States (2000) 8. Economic Targeting and Asymmetric Warfare (2000) Part 4: After 9/11 Introduction 9. 11 September and the New American Century (2002) 10. Iraq and the War on Terror – Year 2 (2005) 11. Iran: Consequences of a War (2006) Part 5: An Illusion of Control 12. The War on Terror – The First Five Years (2006) 13. The Long War and the Illusion of Control (2006)