At the dawn of the millennium, the West was facing a new threat far removed from the previous century’s enemies of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
Rather than grand territorial ambitions, these new dangers came from hostile countries wanting only to wreak havoc and instil fear in the US and Europe, through terrorism and nuclear sabre-rattling.
A hangover from imperialism and Soviet allegiances, the countries were said to be united by a hatred of the West and being seemingly hellbent on…