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How 9/11 Changed Our Ways of War by James Burk 9780804786591
RRP: £108.00£93.40Following 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: £116.00£100.22While, 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: £116.00£100.22The 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: £124.00£107.04When 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: £32.00£28.21The 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: £116.00£100.22Debate 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: £91.00£78.92State 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: £23.99£20.84More 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: £21.99£19.19In 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: £33.00£29.92The 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: £108.00£93.80Aerial 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: £38.00£33.27We 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: £45.00£39.18Warlords 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: £29.99£26.50Game 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: £25.99£22.49Non-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: £87.00£75.53The 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: £27.99£24.14This 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: £82.00£71.66This 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... -
Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger by Harvey Molotch 9780691155814
RRP: £42.00£33.44Remember 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: £121.00£94.00In 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
£41.07The 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
£46.97In 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: £17.49£13.28Perhaps 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
£69.52The 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
£67.24In 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
£17.67Gary 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: £102.00£91.24Sustainability 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: £78.99£71.37Nuclear 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: £43.99£39.59As 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... -
Countering the New Terrorism by Ian O. Lesser 9780833026675
£22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833026675Author Ian O. LesserFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 163mm * 13mm -
United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968: The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies by Michael Wayne Santos 9781793602176
RRP: £108.00£94.71Between 1945 and 1968, the possibility of Mutual Assured Destruction led to a host of odd realities, including the creation of an affable cartoon turtle named Bert who taught millions of school children that nuclear war was survivable if they simply... -
The North American Arctic: Themes in Regional Security by Dwayne Ryan Menezes 9781787356627
RRP: £27.99£23.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787356627Author Dwayne Ryan MenezesFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL Press -
The Ecology of Violent Extremism: Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Human Security by Lisa Schirch 9781786608451
RRP: £45.00£39.98The Ecology of Violent Extremism brings together leading theorists and practitioners to describe an ecological or systems approach to violent extremism. Nothing can be fixed until it is understood. News media keep us alarmed to the close---up devastation... -
The Image of the Enemy: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries since 1945 by Paul Maddrell 9781626162389
RRP: £84.00£74.17Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it acted on by policymakers, and does it have a positive or... -
When Proliferation Causes Peace: The Psychology of Nuclear Crises by Michael D. Cohen 9781626164949
RRP: £89.00£78.91Does state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international relations scholarship. Michael D. Cohen argues that nuclear weapons acquisition often does dangerously... -
The Rise and Fall of Intelligence: An International Security History by Michael Warner 9781626161030
RRP: £80.00£71.11This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond. During the Cold War, only the alliances clustered around the two... -
Pakistan's Counterterrorism Challenge by Moeed Yusuf 9781626160453
RRP: £48.00£42.41Pakistan, which since 9/11 has come to be seen as one of the world's most dangerous places and has been referred to as "the epicenter of international terrorism," faces an acute counterterrorism (CT) challenge. The book focuses on violence being... -
Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First Century by Andreas Krieg 9781626166776
RRP: £89.00£78.51Surrogate Warfare explores the emerging phenomenon of "surrogate warfare" in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and... -
The Marines, Counterinsurgency, and Strategic Culture: Lessons Learned and Lost in America's Wars by Jeannie L. Johnson 9781626165557
RRP: £93.50£82.81The United States Marine Corps has a unique culture that ensures comradery, exacting standards, and readiness to be the first to every fight. Yet even in a group that is known for innovation, culture can push leaders to fall back on ingrained preferences... -
Energy Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security by Frank R. Spellman 9781598888164
RRP: £107.00£93.45In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real. Energy Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security,...