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It Takes More than a Network: The Iraqi Insurgency and Organizational Adaptation by Chad C. Serena 9780804789035
RRP: $127.71$110.60It Takes More than a Network presents a structured investigation of the Iraqi insurgency's capacity for and conduct of organizational adaptation. In particular, it answers the question of why the Iraqi insurgency was seemingly so successful between 2003... -
Global Responses to Maritime Violence: Cooperation and Collective Action by Paul Shemella 9780804792035
RRP: $139.32$121.00Global Responses to Maritime Violence is a full discussion of maritime security short of war that goes beyond the current literature in both scope and perspective. The chapters in this volume examine terrorism, piracy, armed robbery at sea, illegal... -
Waging War: Alliances, Coalitions, and Institutions of Interstate Violence by Patricia A. Weitsman 9780804787994
RRP: $139.32$120.49Military alliances provide constraints and opportunities for states seeking to advance their interests around the globe. War, from the Western perspective, is not a solitary endeavor. Partnerships of all types serve as a foundation for the projection of... -
Classical Geopolitics: A New Analytical Model by Phil Kelly 9780804796644
RRP: $101.91$89.15Geopolitics is the study of how the projection of power (ideological, cultural, economic, or military) is effected and affected by the geographic and political landscape in which it operates. Despite the real world relevance of geopolitics, a common... -
Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective by Catherine McArdle Kelleher 9780804796354
RRP: $32.24$27.95Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective explains the origins, evolution, and implications of the regional approach to missile defense that has emerged since the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and has culminated with the missile defense... -
The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform by Thomas Fingar 9780804796040
RRP: $127.71$111.12China's rise has elicited envy, admiration, and fear among its neighbors. Although much has been written about this, previous coverage portrays events as determined almost entirely by Beijing. Such accounts minimize or ignore the other side of the... -
Forging the Sword: Doctrinal Change in the U.S. Army by Benjamin Jensen 9780804795609
RRP: $117.39$101.81As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army has rewritten its capstone doctrine manual, Operations,... -
The Polythink Syndrome: U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS by Alex Mintz 9780804795159
RRP: $107.07$93.54Why do presidents and their advisors often make sub-optimal decisions on military intervention, escalation, de-escalation, and termination of conflicts? The leading concept of group dynamics, groupthink, offers one explanation: policy-making groups... -
PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking by Phillip C. Saunders 9780804794626
RRP: $139.32$121.00In recent years there have been reports of actions purportedly taken by People's Liberation Army (PLA) units without civilian authorization, and of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) civilian leaders seeking to curry favor with the military-suggesting that a... -
Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan: The Politics of Alliance by Gale A. Mattox 9780804794442
RRP: $139.32$121.00This book examines the experiences of a range of countries in the conflict in Afghanistan, with particular focus on the demands of operating within a diverse coalition of states. After laying out the challenges of the Afghan conflict in terms of... -
How 9/11 Changed Our Ways of War by James Burk 9780804786591
RRP: $139.32$120.49Following the 9/11 attacks, a war against al Qaeda by the U.S. and its liberal democratic allies was next to inevitable. But what kind of war would it be, how would it be fought, for how long, and what would it cost in lives and money? None of this was... -
The Nexus of Economics, Security, and International Relations in East Asia by Avery Goldstein 9780804782739
RRP: $149.64$129.28While, over the last 30 years, the global economy's center of gravity has shifted to East Asia, the region has remained surprisingly free of interstate military conflict. Yet this era of peace and growth has been punctuated by periodic reminders of... -
Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century: Theory, History, and Practice by Thomas G. Mahnken 9780804782418
RRP: $149.64$129.28The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory- even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability to respond to threats. Its most consequential challenge is the rise of China, which increasingly has the... -
Military Adaptation in Afghanistan by Theo Farrell 9780804785884
RRP: $159.96$138.08When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a stabilization and reconstruction deployment. However, as the campaign has evolved and the insurgency has... -
The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests, Second Edition by James Moltz 9780804778589
RRP: $41.28$36.39The past five decades have witnessed often fierce international rivalry in space, but also surprising military restraint. Now, with an increasing number of countries capable of harming U.S. space assets, experts and officials have renewed a long-standing... -
Looking for Balance: China, the United States, and Power Balancing in East Asia by Steve Chan 9780804778206
RRP: $149.64$129.28Debate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage" China; and whether the rise of... -
State Failure in the Modern World by Zaryab Iqbal 9780804776738
RRP: $117.39$101.81State failure is seen as one of the significant threats to regional and international stability in the current international system. State Failure in the Modern World presents a comprehensive, systematic, and empirically rigorous analysis of the full... -
Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq by Dan Caldwell 9780804776660
RRP: $30.95$26.88More than two million Americans have now served in Afghanistan or Iraq; more than 5,000 Americans have been killed; and more than 35,000 have been grievously wounded. The war in Afghanistan has become America's longest war. Despite these facts, most... -
Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? by Paul Midford 9780804772174
RRP: $28.37$26.72In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of Japan's military power, in which Japanese troops would fight alongside their American... -
American National Security by Amos A. Jordan 9780801891540
RRP: $42.57$38.60The 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... -
The American Way of Bombing: Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones by Matthew Evangelista 9780801452802
RRP: $139.32$121.00Aerial bombardment remains important to military strategy, but the norms governing bombing and the harm it imposes on civilians have evolved. The past century has seen everything from deliberate attacks against rebellious villagers by Italian and British... -
Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age by Francis J. Gavin 9780801451010
RRP: $49.02$42.92We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our... -
Warlords: Strong-arm Brokers in Weak States by Kimberly Marten 9780801450761
RRP: $58.05$50.54Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era,... -
Game Changer: The Impact of 9/11 on North American Security by Jonathan Paquin 9780774827072
RRP: $38.69$34.19Game Changer will be of interest to students and scholars of North American history, international relations, political science, and terrorism studies and to general readers with an interest in security, politics, or the legacy of 9/11.Book... -
Disarming Intervention: A Critical History of Non-Lethality by Seantel Anais 9780774828543
RRP: $33.53$29.01Non-lethal weapons take many forms - from rubber bullets to electroshock and long-range acoustic devices - which their proponents argue are ethical, legal, and humane. Social scientists, historians, legal scholars, and activists have long challenged the... -
International Ecopolitical Theory: Critical Approaches by Eric Laferriere 9780774813211
RRP: $112.23$97.43The global community's ability to deal effectively withenvironmental problems is contingent on the successful integration ofinternational relations theory with ecological thought. Yet, while mostscholars and policymakers recognize the connection between... -
Unsettled Balance: Ethics, Security, and Canada's International Relations by Rosalind Warner 9780774828666
RRP: $36.11$31.14This book will be required reading for students and scholars of Canadian foreign policy, international relations, security studies, and political geography.Book InformationISBN 9780774828666Author Rosalind WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint... -
Unsettled Balance: Ethics, Security, and Canada's International Relations by Rosalind Warner 9780774828659
RRP: $105.78$92.44This book will be required reading for students and scholars of Canadian foreign policy, international relations, security studies, and political geography.Book InformationISBN 9780774828659Author Rosalind WarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint... -
Cooperation and Drug Policies in the Americas: Trends in the Twenty-First Century by Roberto Zepeda 9780739195970
RRP: $140.61$128.69This volume examines drug policies and the role of cooperation in the Americas. Many current and former politicians have discussed the failures of the war on drugs and the need for alternative approaches. Uruguay as well as Colorado and Washington have... -
Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger by Harvey Molotch 9780691155814
RRP: $54.18$43.14Remember when an unattended package was just that, an unattended package? Remember when the airport was a place that evoked magical possibilities, not the anxiety of a full-body scan? In the post-9/11 world, we have become focused on heightened security... -
To Deter and Punish: Global Collaboration Against Terrorism in the 1970s by Silke Zoller 9780231195461
RRP: $156.09$121.26In the late 1960s and early 1970s, governments in North America and Western Europe faced a new transnational threat: militants who crossed borders with impunity to commit attacks. These violent actors cooperated in hijacking planes, taking hostages, and... -
Business and Security: Public-Private Sector Relationships in a New Security Environment by Alyson J.K. Bailes 9780199274505
$52.98The private business sector suffered both directly and indirectly from the terrorist strikes of 11 September 2001. Many business workers perished in the New York World Trade Center, and the insurance, transport, and tourism industries were hard hit by... -
Executive Policing: Enforcing the Law in Peace Operations by Renata Dwan 9780199258246
$60.59In the United Nations peace operations in Kosovo and East Timor, the police components were responsible for the enforcement of law and order, establishing local police forces, and protecting and promoting human rights. This executive authority... -
The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and the Rumors of War by Dana Allin 9780199754496
RRP: $22.56$17.13Perhaps the most worrisome scenario in world politics right now is the possibility that Iran's commitment to building a nuclear weapon will lead Israel to launch a pre-emptive attack. The recent turmoil in Iran has strengthened the hand of the... -
Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification by Henry Shue 9780199233137
$89.68The dramatic declaration by U.S. President George W. Bush that, in light of the attacks on 9/11, the United States would henceforth be engaging in "preemption" against such enemies as terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction forced a wide-open... -
Globalization and the National Security State by T. V. Paul 9780195393903
$86.74In 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... -
The Shield and the Cloak: The Security of the Commons by Gary Hart 9780195306163
$22.79Gary Hart has long been one of the nation's foremost experts on national security, combining a deep knowledge of national security policy with first-hand experience of the political realities that influence how America safeguards itself and its interests... -
Sustainability of the Food System: Sovereignty, Waste, and Nutrients Bioavailability by Noelia Betoret 9780128182932
RRP: $131.58$117.70Sustainability of the Food System: Sovereignty, Waste, and Nutrients Bioavailability addresses the concept of global sustainability, focusing on three key areas of action within the food production system: food sovereignty, environmentally friendly food... -
Nuclear Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy by James Doyle 9780128032718
RRP: $101.90$92.07Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference covering the cutting-edge technologies used to trace, track and safeguard nuclear material. Sections cover... -
Environmental and Animal Rights Extremism, Terrorism, and National Security by Elzbieta Posluszna 9780128014783
RRP: $56.75$51.07As concerns about human treatment of the environment and animals have increased over the years, so have decentralized and extremist groups related to these causes. Environmental and Animal Rights Extremism, Terrorism, and National Security analyzes the...