The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century

Building upon the works of Thomas Friedman, Samuel Huntington, and Francis Fukuyama, The Pentagon's New Map describes recent U.S. military history and strategy, discusses where America's forces will likely be heading in the near future, outlines the crucial role the nation needs to play in establishing international stability, and provides much needed hope at one of the most difficult times in American history.

This bold and important book strives to be a practical "strategy for a Second American Century." In this brilliantly argued work, Thomas Barnett calls globalization "this country’s gift to history" and explains why its wide dissemination is critical to the security of not only America but the entire world. As a senior military analyst for the U.S. Naval War College, Barnett is intimately familiar with the culture of the Pentagon and the State Department (both of which he believes are due for significant overhauls). He explains how the Pentagon, still in shock at the rapid dissolution of the once evil empire, spent the 1990s grasping for a long-term strategy to replace containment. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Barnett argues, revealed the gap between an outdated Cold War-era military and a radically different one needed to deal with emerging threats. He believes that America is the prime mover in developing a "future worth creating" not because of its unrivaled capacity to wage war, but due to its ability to ensure security around the world. Further, he believes that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to create a better world and the way he proposes to do that is by bringing all nations into the fold of globalization, or what he calls connectedness. Eradicating disconnectedness, therefore, is "the defining security task of our age." His stunning predictions of a U.S. annexation of much of Latin America and Canada within 50 years as well as an end to war in the foreseeable future guarantee that the book will be controversial. And that's good. The Pentagon's New Map deserves to be widely discussed. Ultimately, however, the most impressive aspects of the book is not its revolutionary ideas but its overwhelming optimism. Barnett wants the U.S. to pursue the dream of global peace with the same zeal that was applied to preventing global nuclear war with the former Soviet Union. High-level civilian policy makers and top military leaders are already familiar with his vision of the future—this book is a briefing for the rest of us and it cannot be ignored. --Shawn Carkonen

The Holy Land of Caernarvonshire has its origin in slate mining. As the industry spread through the region Welsh Nonconformist chapels sprang up and were named after places mentioned in the Bible. The communities around the chapels named their villages accordingly, and the communities are called so unto this day, even if the Ordnance Survey does not indicate all of them on their maps. I can find Carmel and Nasareth, and I know there's a Bethlehem but I can't find it. This photo shows the terminus known as Cesarea, another name you won't find on the map [note that all my photos are mapped, so you can see where this is by following the link on the right]. It's actually down the lane from Upper Llandwrog, whence the operator of one of the buses seen above. Thomas of Upper Llandwrog is better known as Silver Star of Cesarea... a long standing user of Bristol saloons whose last remaining LH was only withdrawn last year. [Edit: Silver Star has now ceased to trade] This was the first and only time I went to Cesarea because the bus on the right, Crosville ERG276, a dual purpose RELL6G in Crosville Wales livery and Bws Gwynedd red front, took me there and straight back to Caernarfon again. Before deregulation, this route was operated only by Silver Star; I was reluctant to ride out on their buses because they didn't do round trips from Caernarfon. Their services seemed to start from different places, most of which weren't on the map, and I didn't fancy being marooned on a mountainside without pubs. This photo was taken in 1987, when operators were coming to terms with their freedom to run on whatever routes they wished. I don't remember who "fired the first shot" but Crosville Wales were running on Silver Star's route while at the same time Silver Star were competing on Crosville Wales's Nantlle service. I don't think that Crosville Wales were likely to muster any loyalty from the communities who had been served by their bysus bach y wlad for as long as they could remember. But it was a nice ride out and it cost me nowt because my staff pass was valid on the Crosville Wales buses. Now that I think of it, I kick myself for being a cheapskate and not returning to Caernarfon on the other bus. I was with two other enthusiasts who are reputed for their thriftiness, so I remained with the party, but I could have ridden on ex-West Yorkshire Road Car 1344, JWU335J, and rejoined them at the other end. Happily, JWU survives, having been stored by Silver Star for many years. It is now reported with a preservationist in Manchester. Unfortunately, ERG276 is no more.

Portfolio practise shot for my City and Guilds certificate. Trying different approaches to light and distance to establish different DOF levels across the photo frame. The watch represents the invention of the Maritime Clock in 1761 by John Harrison. This revolutionised world travel and trade, which was dominated by shipping, which benefitted from more accurate mapping and naviation. John Harrison competed was competing for a prize of ?20,000, afforded by an Act of Parliament seeking to find an answer to the longitude problem, accurate to within 1/2 a degree, or 30 miles. Basically it works from checking the time on the watch when you are in another place at midday. If the time is 2 pm, it is possible to accurately determine your position east or west. He started work on H1 in 1730 and it was 1761 before H4 went to sea trials with his son. Oh... and he was born in Wakefield...

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