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On April 22, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA), is proud to be releasing The Pentagon's New Map, a groundbreaking work from Dr. Thomas Barnett, one of the world's foremost military strategists. 
Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced by what? 

Thomas Barnett has the answers. A senior military analyst with the U.S. Naval War College, he has given a constant stream of briefings to the highest of high-level civilian and military policymakers -- and now he gives it to you. The Pentagon's New Map is a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to do no less than predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. 

Barnett crystallizes recent American military history and strategy, sets the parameters for where our forces will likely be headed in the future, outlines the unique role that America can and will play in establishing international stability -- and provides much-needed hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in world history. 

The Pentagon's New Map is essential for anyone seeking to understand the Iraqs, Afghanistans, and Liberias of the present and future.