Security

Humankind has always sought out innovative and new ways of waging war, establishing new forms of warfare. Set against a background of global strategic instability this process of innovation has, over the last two decades, produced a new and complex...

The global security situation is challenging and constantly changing. Responding to threats requires the effective coordination of the various levers of national power. These must now go beyond the traditional diplomatic, information, military and...

Although the authors believe that the level of conventional and nuclear forces in Europe should and will be reduced, they do not consider that the military instrument will have lost all of its value in European political affairs. They still see a need to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333455869Author J. HemsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 163Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 237g

In the past two decades, many have posited a correlation between the spread of globalization and the decline of the nation-state. In the realm of national security, advocates of the globalization thesis have argued that states' power has diminished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393334579Author Maxwell D. TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

There are a number of factors that elevate Turkey's status in the international arena and make it an important regional actor. As a longstanding member of the western world, a candidate country to the European Union, a staunch ally of the United States,...

Accumulating Insecurity examines the relationship between two vitally important contemporary phenomena: a fixation on security that justifies global military engagements and the militarization of civilian life, and the dramatic increase in day-to-day...

G. Gordon Liddy has never shrunk from a fight, and in "Fight Back" he offers a clear, proactive, and informed approach to combating criminal and terrorist threats. Backed by advice from three seasoned experts who offer military, medical, and personal...

Most cultural and legal codes agree that the intentional killing of civilians, whether in peacetime or war, is prohibited. This is the norm of civilian immunity, widely considered to be a fundamental moral and legal principle. Yet despite this fact, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333376492Author Joseph RotblatFormat PaperbackPage Count 291Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 404g

Based largely on field visits and interviews with key individuals, this is the first study to focus on Pakistan's security policies under the rule of General Zia ul-Haq.Book InformationISBN 9780312060671Author Palgrave Macmillan LtdFormat HardbackPage...

Over the past twenty years, controversy has raged over the greatly expanded role of Congress in the formulation of US national defence policy. Barry Blechman, who served as Assistant Director to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a...

This work focuses on one of the most potentially explosive theatres of superpower rivalry: the vast, politically turbulent region embracing the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, forty-two littoral states, and one third of the world's population. Indian and...

In the war on terror, both 'sides' have taken great pains to justify their actions in moral terms. As force is employed so are sophisticated arguments which directly invoke the just war traditions of the West and Islam. This book offers an exploration of...

Edited by three leading scholars of peace and conflict, Resolving Conflict brings together the work of international experts to provide an in-depth study of thirty-three peace/conflict organizations in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine...

In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world. And when they arrive in countries like India and Malaysia - which are often...

To remove the threat of nuclear annihilation changes in attitudes are required, such as the acceptance of the concept of common security to take the place of reliance on nuclear deterrence to keep the peace. This book gives an insight into thinking about...

This far-ranging volume offers both a broad overview of the role of the military in contemporary Asia and a close look at the state of civil-military relations in sixteen Asian countries. It provides in-depth discussion of civil-military relations in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013288692Author Said SaddikiFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

A comprehensive examination of the complex domestic environment and the quarrelsome neighbors that contribute to Lebanon's condition as one of the most violent and unstable countries in the Middle East. Global Security Watch-Lebanon is the first volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990574316Author Montgomery McFateFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint Wilberforce CodexPublisher Wilberforce CodexWeight(grams) 798g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963865465Author Philip GoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 233g

This book brings together an impressive range of academic and intelligence professional perspectives to interrogate the social, ethical and security upheavals in a world increasingly driven by data. Written in a clear and accessible style, it offers...

A revealing examination looks at the decision-making in four NATO capitals about waging war in Kosovo and Iraq. Written by a combat veteran who also served on the faculty of the Naval War College, Waging War to Make Peace: U.S. Intervention in Global...

Mobile Money is a booming industry in an increasing number of countries worldwide. The project results from increased demand for guidance and technical assistance from governments after the 2008 publication of an exploratory paper, Integrity in Mobile...

A recent National Security Strategy report singles out nuclear proliferation as one of the gravest threats to the United States. Much of this fear is focused on North Korea and Iran, two "rogue states" that have violated nonproliferation rules...

There is a long history of state governments providing support to nonstate armed groups fighting battles in other countries. Examples include Syria's aid to Hamas, Ecuador's support for FARC, and Libya's donation of arms to the IRA. What motivates states...

In this collection of papers, the theory of defensive strategy and the ways of implementing it are explored by scholars and military professionals from East and West. These papers are a result of workshops organised by the Pugwash conferences on science...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876096888Author Bigio JamilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Council on Foreign Relations PressPublisher Council on Foreign Relations...

An original study on the strategic dimensions of Kenya encompasses in-depth examinations of the Kenya Armed Forces, political and military relations with key neighboring countries, and Kenya's crucial strategic relationship with the United States. Kenya...

This book details the domestic security concerns of Pakistan, encompassing the dangers of insurgencies, the effects of religious extremism and terrorism, and the malfunction of its political institutions. In recent years Pakistan has emerged as a major...

Should states use military force for humanitarian purposes? What are the challenges to international society posed by humanitarian intervention in a post-September 11th world? This path-breaking work brings together well-known scholars of law,...

Soviet military policy has been one of the most important and perplexing issues confronting the United States since 1945. Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations have focused renewed attention on these vital questions. In this timely reader, ten...

"Duck and cover" are unforgettable words for a generation of Americans, who listened throughout the Cold War to the unescapable propaganda of civil defence. Yet it would have been impossible to protect Americans from a real nuclear attack, and,...

Border clearance processes by customs and other agencies are among the most important and problematic links in the global supply chain. It takes three times as many days, nearly twice as many documents, and six times as many signatures to import goods in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987691514Author Randy SpenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Esda BooksPublisher Esda BooksWeight(grams) 129g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965856461Author Eligar SadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876097755Author Jamille BigioFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Council on Foreign Relations PressPublisher Council on Foreign Relations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312283742Author KAGANFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PL