2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis

Alok Deb

Archive data: Maj Gen Alok Deb was Deputy Director General at MP-IDSA (07-Nov-16 to 30-Sep-19) Maj Gen Alok Deb, SM, VSM (Retired) was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1977.… Continue reading 2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis read more

For a book published in 2021 and preceding the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is remarkably topical and prescient. It forecasts a future where great power ambition and a sense of infallibility of a superpower lure it towards utilising ‘compellence’ as a strategy towards attaining its goal of world domination, leading to predictable consequences. This conflict, interestingly, does not throw up the expected winners or losers; it on the contrary, leads to the establishment of a new world order, which comes close to embodying the Cold War phrase, ‘Nuclear Armageddon’.

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