The Pentagon's New Map/Definition

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A definition or brief description of The Pentagon's New Map.

A book on grand strategy and world development by Thomas P.M. Barnett, which postulates that world conflict is chiefly due to lack of "connectedness" of nations to the information-intensive core of nations; he also proposes a partnership, in peace enforcement, between the high-technology "takedown" function and the "nation-building" role