Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century Paperback – 5 May 2009

Review

'Philip Bobbitt is perhaps the outstanding political philosopher of our time.' -- Henry Kissinger

'This is a bold, wide-ranging and provocative book which grapples with one of the great challenges of our time' -- Timothy Garton-Ash

'he sets out with clarity and courage the first really comprehensive analysis of the struggle against terror' -- Tony Blair

'shows more convincingly than any other book I know why the defeat of terrorism must be brought about within the context of law'
-- General Sir Rupert Smith

'the most important exploration of the changing relationship between war and terrorism to date' -- John Gray --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Philip Bobbitt has served as a senior adviser at the White House, the Senate and the State Department in both Democratic and Republican administrations, and has held senior posts at the National Security Council, including Director for Intelligence Programs and Senior Director for Strategic Planning. He is currently Professor of Law and Director of the Center for National Security, Columbia University; and Senior Fellow, the Strauss Center for Law and International Security, the University of Texas. He has been Anderson Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Oxford Modern History Faculty, and Marsh Christian Senior Fellow of War Studies at King’s College, London. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has written books on nuclear strategy, social choice and constitutional law, as well as the celebrated The Shield of Achilles (Allen Lane/Penguin 2002). He lives in Austin, New York and London. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.