A new book on global “stragery” has hit the shelves, and it looks to be turning a few heads. Brave New War is written by the venerable John Robb of Global Guerillas, a fascinating blog on “the first epochal war of the 21st Century.” Mr. Robb is one of the major hubs of the alternative military strategy subnetwork of the blogosphere. Other stars such as Thomas Barnett and the Boyd Acolytes at Defense and the National Interest have sparked a lot of debate between us here at Coming Anarchy, Mark at Zenpundit, Dan at TDAXP, Schloky, Curtis from Phatic Communion the ChicagoBoyz and all our other 4/5GW homies. Many blogfriends of Coming Anarchy have already read and reviewed the book, and they approve. Let me give a quick rundown of what they are saying:

ZenPundit says “Brave New War is the must read book of 2007.”

AE says that the book is well-written, and “reads more like an action novel than a ponderous policy book.” He commends Robb “for tying together all of the theorists our corner of the blogosphere follow into a compelling, coherent narrative.”

Michael Tanji enjoyed the argumentation: “Point raised, supporting data, analysis, point made. No $.25 words, no fluff. It’s a 188-page narrative of what is going wrong and where things are headed if we don’t get our **** together as far as how we think about the conflicts of the now.”

Check out the full reviews of each (and of course the comments). I am still waiting for reviews from Eddie and of course the global-guerilla contrarian Dan from TDAXP.

I haven’t picked up the book yet myself as I am drowning in energy security stuff for the thesis, but it seems fairly short and well-written so I might get it for my upcoming trip to Canada for reading on the plane. Really looking forward to it.

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