ABSTRACT
Prelude to the present order 25
A New World Order? 30
New World Disorder? 42
An end to ‘high politics’? 51
Is war inevitable? 55
Key points 60
Notes 61
Recommended reading 61
Useful web links 61
Once the expenditure of effort [in war] exceeds the value of the political object the object must be renounced and peace must follow.
