American National Security

Provides contemporary perspectives on limited war, economic challenges to national security, and research and development. Reviews the changing security environment in key regions of the world, and identifies issues that the US must face in the next century, such as peace operations, conflict and arms control, and the widening array of missions undertaken by US armed forces. Includes discussion questions, plus b&amp;w maps and political cartoons. This fifth edition is updated since 1993. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Politics & Social Sciences

Jordan, Amos A.

Mazarr, Michael J.

Taylor, William J.

Politics & Government

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

This fifth edition of American National Security is a timely update of a classic classroom text, providing contemporary perspectives on limited war, economic challenges to national security, and research and development. It reviews the changing security environment in key regions of the world: Russia, East Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Europe. And it identifies the issues that the United States must face in the next century: peace operations, conflict and arms control, and the widening array of missions undertaken by U.S. armed forces.
"We have chosen to emphasize 'power,' broadly defined, as the central dimension of international and national security. This is not to deny that various trends and forces are increasingly pressing states toward more cooperative, less confrontational behavior; rather it is to focus on the fact that on important issues many states―including all the great powers―apply a power calculus in dealing with other international actors."―from the fifth edition of American National Security
Praise for previous editions:
"A classic text, widely used in universities... It does an exemplary job of explaining the process of defining and implementing national security objectives. Hardly any significant subject is omitted from this very rich and readable volume."― Foreign Affairs
Contents
Foreword by Senator Sam Nunn
Part I―National Security Policy: What Is It, and How Have Americans Approached It? 
1. National Security: The International Setting
2. Military Power and the Role of Force in the Post-Cold War Era
3. Traditional American Approaches to National Security
4. The Evolution of American National Security Policy
Part II―National Security Policy 
5. Presidential Leadership and the Executive Branch in National Security
6. The Impact of Congress on National Security Policy
7. Intelligence and National Security
8. The Role of Military in the National Security Policy Process
9. Defense Planning, Budgeting, and Management
10. The National Security Decision-making Process: Putting the Pieces Together
Part III―Issues of National Strategy 
11. Low-level Conflict
12. Limited War
13. Nuclear Strategy
Economic Challenges to National Security
15. Research and Development
Part IV―International and Regional Security Issues 
16. Russia
17. East Asia
18. The Middle East
19. Sun-Sarahan Africa
20. Latin America
21. Europe
Part V: Approaches to National Security for the Early Twenty-first Century 
22. Peace Operations
23. Conflict and Arms Control
24. National Security Perspectives for the Early Twenty-first Century

History

Taylor Jr., William J.

Military

Johns Hopkins University Press

The sixth edition of American National Security has been extensively rewritten to take into account the significant changes in national security policy in the past decade. Thorough revisions reflect a new strategic context and the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the early twenty-first century. Highlights include:• An examination of the current international environment and new factors affecting U.S. national security policy making• A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security and changes in the intelligence community• A survey of intelligence and national security, with special focus on security needs post-9/11• A review of economic security, diplomacy, terrorism, conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence in the changed international setting• An update of security issues in East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Central Asia, and Latin Ameri

Engineering & Transportation

Meese, Michael J.

Nielsen, Suzanne C.

Engineering

The Johns Hopkins University Press

The sixth edition of American National Security has been extensively rewritten to take into account the significant changes in national security policy in the past decade. Thorough revisions reflect a new strategic context and the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the early twenty-first century. Highlights include:
• An examination of the current international environment and new factors affecting U.S. national security policy making • A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security and changes in the intelligence community • A survey of intelligence and national security, with special focus on security needs post-9/11 • A review of economic security, diplomacy, terrorism, conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence in the changed international setting • An update of security issues in East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean • New material on globalization, transnational actors, and human security
Previous editions have been widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses.

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