National Security

NOTE EDITORE

This text analyzes the history, evolution, and processes of national security policies. It examines national security from two fundamental fault lines--the end of the Cold War and the evolution of contemporary terrorism, dating from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and tracing their path up tothe Islamic State (ISIS)and beyond. The book considers how the resulting era of globalization and geopolitics guides policy. Placing these trends in conceptual and historical context and following them through military, semi-military, and non-military concerns, National Security treats its subject as a nuanced and subtle phenomenon that encompasses everything from the global to the individual with the nation at its core. New to the Sixth Edition Fully updated withexpanded coverage of ISIS, the "new cool war" with Russia, cybersecurity challenges, natural resource wars and development, negotiations with Iran, border threats, and much more. Includes a completely new chapter on "lethal landscapes" such as developing world international conflicts in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East; the "siren song" of the Islamic State; and the dilemmas of guns, butter, and boots on the ground. Shifts the focus from globalization to a more widely-ranging look at security, from the individual level to the regional to the global.

SOMMARIO

Preface Part I: The Conceptual Nexus Chapter 1: National Security for a New and Changing Era Chapter 2: The Concepts and Logic of National Security Part II: The Historical Context Chapter 3: Influences from the Past: The American Historical Experience Chapter 4: The Post-1945 Challenge: The Nature and End of the Cold War Chapter 5: Moving to the Present: The Post-Cold War World Part III: Intermestic Environments and Change Chapter 6: The Domestic Environment Chapter 7: Domestic Battlegrounds and National Security Chapter 8: "Legacy" Military Problems Part IV: The Contemporary Environment and Changes Chapter 9: The Structure and Consequences of Modern Violence: Asymmetrical Warfare Chapter 10: Residues of 9/11: Terrorism, Iraq, and Afghanistan Chapter 11: Lethal Landscapes: The Future Menu Chapter 12: The Menu of Activism: Peacekeeping, State Building, Development, and Part V: On the Horizon Chapter 13: New Dimensions and Approaches to National Security: Borders, Energy and the Chapter 14: Looking Ahead Index

AUTORE

Donald M. Snow is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Alabama, where he specialized in international relations, national security, and foreign policy. He has also served as visiting professor at the U.S. Air, Army, and Naval War Colleges and the U.S. Air Command and Staff College.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781138640924
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 1.55 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 1 b/w image, 4 tables and 1 line drawing
• Pagine Arabe: 406
• Pagine Romane: xx