Security

Homeland Security Cultures: Enhancing Values While Fostering Resilience explores the role that culture plays in the study and practice of homeland security in an all-hazards, whole-community, and all-of-government scope. It does so by analyzing and...

How threatening are al-Qaeda and the Islamic State? In Jihadism Constrained, Barak Mendelsohn suggests that although jihadi terrorism is a serious challenge, it must not be exaggerated. Transnational terrorist organizations and jihadi transnational...

The European Union's security strongly relies on the member states' capabilities of working together, sharing information and cooperating on issues of common interest. Security against transnational threats and challenges is better and more easily...

Today we live in times of proliferating fears. The daily updates on the ongoing 'war on terror' amplify fear and anxiety as if they were necessary and important aspects of our reality. Concerns about the environment increasingly take center-stage, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399575839Author John NixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Blue Rider PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928840039Author Shwe Lu MaungFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dewdrop Arts & TechnologyPublisher Dewdrop Arts & TechnologyWeight(grams) 203g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439252055Author Thomas B HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm)...

After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics,...

The art of successful negotiations over protracted conflicts presupposes a political commitment to peace and a willingness to compromise, which are sorely lacking in the current disorderly world. Part of the blame for this lies in weak and ineffective...

This revised edition of Seeking Security in an Insecure World provides a thorough, accessible introduction to contemporary security studies. All chapters are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war,...

This revised edition of Seeking Security in an Insecure World provides a thorough, accessible introduction to contemporary security studies. All chapters are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war, Russia's...

Since formed in 2002, DHS has been at the forefront of determining and furthering some of the most hotly debated security issues facing the U.S. and global community in the 21st century. Nearly 200 university programs with undergrad and graduate majors...

Religious political violence is by no means a new phenomenon, yet there are critical differences between the various historical instances of such violence and its more current permutations. Since the mid-1970s, religious fundamentalist movements have...

Technology-enabled influence operations, including disinformation, will likely figure prominently in adversary efforts to impede U.S. crisis response and alliance management in high-risk, high-impact scenarios under a nuclear shadow. Both Russia and...

Cyber-warfare is often discussed, but rarely truly seen. When does an intrusion turn into an attack, and what does that entail? How do nations fold offensive cyber operations into their strategies? Operations against networks mostly occur to collect...

This book is aimed at both professionals and students who desire to deepen their understanding of the processes involved in conflict intervention and resolution effectively. Reflecting on multi-disciplinary traditions, it throws new light on discursive...

The Cold War phrase "weapons of mass destruction" continues to be used despite significant changes in international political cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances. Today, the term "weapons of mass...

Gathering field work from almost twenty countries along with in-depth analysis and case studies, Religious Radicalism after the Arab Uprisings explores how radical groups, governments, and publics have responded to the Arab uprisings of 2011 and how...

Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently erupted. New circumstances have emerged that have resulted in...

Anticipating Surprise, originally written as a manual for training intelligence analysts during the Cold War, has been declassified and condensed to provide wider audiences with an inside look at intelligence gathering and analysis for strategic warning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789815011883Author Senia FebricaFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint ISEASPublisher ISEAS

Despite considerable progress in research and practice in the constructive transformation of intractable conflicts beginning in the 1970s, many terribly destructive conflicts have recently erupted. New circumstances have emerged that have resulted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646798391Author Us National Security CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Cosimo ReportsPublisher Cosimo ReportsWeight(grams) 113g

This book provides the reader with a history on the linkages between American Football and the American Way of War. It provides concise summaries of aspects of tactics, operations, and strategy, as well as international relations theory using football as...

Beyond the metaphorical use of healthy society as a normative goal of Peace Research (PR), there is little engagement in contemporary PR with questions of global health. Simultaneously, critical feminist approaches to the intersections of different forms...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732002906Author William W UrbanFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint William W. UrbanPublisher William W. UrbanWeight(grams) 359g

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Eight years after 9/11 and in the shadow of two protracted U.S. military campaigns in the Middle East, the enemy is not only undefeated but emboldened and resurgent. What went wrong-and what should we do going forward? Winning the Unwinnable War shows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931839495Author Brooks KleberFormat PaperbackPage Count 716Imprint Ross & PerryPublisher Ross & PerryWeight(grams) 1034g

The Cold War phrase "weapons of mass destruction" continues to be used despite significant changes in international political cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances. Today, the term "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) is used...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391490157Author Anand KumarFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint K W Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher K W Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735579764Author Todd A WeilerFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Todd A. WeilerPublisher Todd A. WeilerWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Globalization and technology have created new challenges to national governments. As a result, they now must share power with other entities, such as regional and global organizations or large private economic units. In addition, citizens in most parts...

Growing dependence on cyberspace for commerce, communication, governance, and military operations has left society vulnerable to a multitude of security threats. Mitigating the inherent risks associated with the use of cyberspace poses a series of thorny...

Security in Africa: A Critical Approach to Western Indicators of Threat questions the dominant Western narrative of security threats in Africa. Based on an analysis traditional security studies and Western security policy, it argues that commonly used...

Research and development in the emerging fields of biotechnology, including human enhancement and direct-effect genetic weapons, may very well change the nature of war and international politics. This biotech revolution in military affairs will offer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388161749Author Noor DahriFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Vij Books IndiaPublisher Vij Books IndiaWeight(grams) 277g

There is an increasing amount of literature on various aspects of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. While appreciating this scholarship, this volume highlights some of the omissions and concerns to make a quality addition to the ongoing...