g them, created the modern state. In such a world, every state knew that its enemy would be drawn from a small class of potential adversaries. This is no longer true, owing to advances in international communications, rapid computation, and weapons of mass destruction. The change in statecraft that will accompany these developments will be as profound as any that the State has thus far undergone." When Bobbitt wrote his book he did not know of what was about to occur a few months later in New York, the horrific terror of September 11, has highlighted more than ever the necessary need for nations to protect their sovereignty from all kinds of threats to their national security. Iain Carson of the Economist writes, "Since September 11th, the world's interest in defence has revived for the first time since the end of the cold war". Not surprisingly, the attacks
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