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The Political Economy of Private Security: How European States Privatize, Regulate and Produce Domestic Security by Helge Staff
RRP: $54.83$51.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783643913524Author Helge StaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Lit VerlagPublisher Lit VerlagWeight(grams) 146g -
Explaining Contemporary Asian Military Modernization: The Myth of Asia's Arms Race by Sheryn Lee
RRP: $148.35$128.17This book proposes a novel theoretical framework of 'interactive arming', in order to explain armament dynamics in contemporary Asia. Frequently, the modernisation of contemporary naval forces in Asia is described as an "arms race", with... -
Military Coercion and US Foreign Policy: The Use of Force Short of War Melanie W. Sisson 9780367459963
RRP: $47.72$41.96This book examines the use of military force as a coercive tool by the United States, using lessons drawn from the post-Cold War era (1991-2018).The volume reveals that despite its status as sole superpower during the post-Cold War period, US efforts to... -
Europe's Angry Muslims: The Revolt of The Second Generation by Robert S. Leiken
RRP: $23.85$18.02Bombings in London, riots in Paris, terrorists in Germany, fury over mosques, veils and cartoons--such headlines underscore the tensions between Muslims and their European hosts. Did too much immigration, or too little integration, produce Muslim... -
The Securitisation of Islam: Covert Racism and Affect in the United States Post-9/11 by Clara Eroukhmanoff
RRP: $109.65$77.62This book is a timely analysis of the securitisation of Islam since 9/11 and presents an original study of Islamophobia and White fragility in a context where far-right extremism is rising in Europe and the US. It unpacks how it is possible for various... -
Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics by Rosemary A. Kelanic
RRP: $43.86$38.56Black Gold and Blackmail seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions. In extreme cases, such as Imperial Japan in 1941, great powers fought wars to grab oil... -
In the Hegemon's Shadow: Leading States and the Rise of Regional Powers by Evan Braden Montgomery
RRP: $63.21$54.92The relationship between established powers and emerging powers is one of the most important topics in world politics. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how the leading state in the international system responds to rising powers in peripheral... -
Countering Insurgencies and Violent Extremism in South and South East Asia by Shanthie D'Souza
RRP: $54.17$47.92This volume of case studies examines the rise in violent extremism, terrorism and insurgency in South and South East Asia, and subsequent state responses.The South and South East of Asia has experienced various forms of extremism and violence for years,... -
The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security: From Military to Market Amanda Chisholm 9781399501156
RRP: $109.65$89.37Explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global South security workforces within private military and security companies Advances the concept of militarism through empirically rich ethnographic insights of... -
China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), UK) 9781032493640
RRP: $116.10$100.76The IISS Strategic Dossier China's Belt and Road Initiative provides a geopolitical and geo-economic assessment of President Xi Jinping's flagship foreign-policy initiative. The dossier explores the Belt and Road Initiative's role in China's domestic... -
Contemporary Military Reserves: Between the Civilian and Military Worlds Eyal Ben-Ari (Security and Peace at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel) 9781032307206
RRP: $161.25$139.14This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies. A combination of budgetary pressures, new missions and emerging military roles during the past three decades has led the armed forces of democracies to rethink the... -
Communicating with Intelligence: Writing and Briefing for National Security by M. Patrick Hendrix
RRP: $74.82$65.26Writing and briefing are fundamental to the intelligence profession. The ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and coherently is basic to all intelligence disciplines, even the most technical. Communicating with Intelligence, Third Edition is a... -
International Ecopolitical Theory: Critical Approaches by Eric Laferriere
RRP: $36.11$31.14The 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... -
Development and Security in Southeast Asia: Volume I: The Environment by Carolina G. Hernandez
RRP: $141.90$123.21This title was first published in 2003. This three-volume set examines the relationship between government and civil society in their efforts to define and pursue security. Including the results of an extensive research program, each volume is organized... -
Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention by Deborah Mayersen
RRP: $56.75$49.59The twentieth century has been labelled the 'century of genocide', and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on... -
Climate Change and Resource Conflict: The Role of Scarcity by Judith Bretthauer
RRP: $56.75$49.59This book examines the links between climate change and resource scarcity to violent conflict. Does climate change cause conflicts? This book analyses the economic, political and social conditions under which countries with low levels of freshwater or... -
Gender and Civilian Victimization in War Jessica L. Peet (University of Southern California, USA) 9781138290846
RRP: $49.01$43.06This book explores the role of gender in influencing war-fighting actors' strategies toward the attack or protection of civilians.Traditional narratives suggest that killing civilians intentionally in wars happens infrequently and that the perpetration... -
Civil Militia: Africa's Intractable Security Menace? by David J. Francis
RRP: $56.75$50.10This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security. It questions why the African political scene is increasingly inundated with the... -
Super Bomb: Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb by Ken Young
RRP: $43.86$38.56Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly... -
Dark Pasts: Changing the State's Story in Turkey and Japan by Jennifer M. Dixon
RRP: $65.79$57.10In Dark Pasts, Jennifer M. Dixon asks why states deny past atrocities, and when and why they change the stories they tell about them. In recent decades, states have been called on to acknowledge and apologize for historic wrongs. Some have apologized,... -
Reputation And International Politics by Jonathan Mercer
RRP: $36.11$31.66By approaching an important foreign policy issue from a new angle, Jonathan Mercer comes to a startling, controversial discovery: a nation's reputation is not worth fighting for. He presents the most comprehensive examination to date of what defines a... -
Military Ethics and Peace Psychology: A Dialogue:a Special Issue of peace and Conflict by Jean Maria Arrigo
$50.36First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780805894356Author Jean Maria ArrigoFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Psychology PressPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams)... -
How 9/11 Changed Our Ways of War by James Burk
RRP: $32.24$27.95Following 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 Supply Side of Security: A Market Theory of Military Alliances by Tongfi Kim
$69.02The Supply Side of Security conceptualizes military alliances as contracts for exchanging goods and services. At the international level, the market for these contracts is shaped by how many countries can supply security. Tongfi Kim identifies the... -
A Transformation Gap?: American Innovations and European Military Change by Theo Farrell
RRP: $30.95$26.88NATO member states are all undergoing some form of military transformation. Despite a shared vision, transformation has been primarily a US-led process centered on the exploitation of new information technologies in combination with new concepts for... -
China's Techno-Warriors: National Security and Strategic Competition from the Nuclear to the Information Age by Evan A. Feigenbaum
RRP: $79.98$69.61In the spring of 1987, the father of China's strategic missile program, Qian Xuesen, told colleagues that China must steel itself for a century of sustained "intellectual warfare." His use of a military metaphor was not a linguistic quirk, but reflected... -
China's Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics by Robert S. Ross
RRP: $33.53$29.01Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. This... -
The European Union as an Actor in Security Sector Reform: Current Practices and Challenges of Implementation by Oya Dursun-Ozkanca
RRP: $112.22$97.45This book critically analyzes the European Union's role in Security Sector Reform (SSR), a topical issue with regards to European security. While the literature on SSR has increased significantly in the past decade, too little remain in the way of... -
Maritime Security in Southeast Asia by Chong Guan Kwa
RRP: $56.75$49.59This book confronts both the maritime security challenges and responses. In Southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the last twenty years, taken on a much greater importance, due to the Law of the Sea convention, which has resulted in a 200 nautical... -
Constructing the Cyberterrorist: Critical Reflections on the UK Case by Gareth Mott
RRP: $174.15$151.29This book maps and analyses the official British construction of the threat of cyberterrorism. By using interpretive discourse analysis, this book identifies 'strands' from a corpus of policy documents, statements, and speeches from UK Ministers, MPs,... -
Strategic Security Public Protection: Implications of the Boko Haram Conflict for Creating Active Security & Intelligence DNA-Architecture for Conflict-Torn Societies by Maiwa'azi Dandaura-Samu
RRP: $116.10$17.61This book explores the theory and practice of security conflict intervention by examining the experience of the Boko Haram security assault conflict. Through an examination of the realities of conflict it provides pragmatic approaches to strategic... -
US–China Foreign Relations: Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia by Robert S. Ross
RRP: $47.72$41.96This book examines the power transition between the US and China, and the implications for Europe and Asia in a new era of uncertainty.The volume addresses the impact that the rise of China has on the United States, Europe, transatlantic relations, and... -
Cyberspace and Instability Robert Chesney 9781399512497
RRP: $122.55$99.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399512497Author Robert ChesneyFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 757g -
Women, Peace, and Security: Feminist Perspectives on International Security by Caroline Leprince
RRP: $38.69$34.19Greater participation by women in peace negotiations, policy-making, and legal decision-making would have a lasting impact on conflict resolution, development, and the maintenance of peace in post-conflict zones. Women, Peace, and Security lays the... -
War and International Relations: A Critical Analysis Balazs Szanto (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 9780367748029
RRP: $49.01$43.06This book provides a critical overview of the occurrence of war in the international system by examining the concept from multiple perspectives and theoretical backgrounds.War is an essential concept in international affairs, if for no other reason than... -
NORAD: In Perpetuity and Beyond by Andrea Charron
RRP: $38.69$34.19The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has undergone wide-ranging changes since 2006, when it was given a new maritime warning mission and the NORAD Agreement was signed in perpetuity. Andrea Charron and James Fergusson trace NORAD's recent... -
Ethical Security Studies: A New Research Agenda Jonna Nyman (University of Leicester, UK) 9781138912328
RRP: $56.75$49.59At a time of grave ethical failure in global security affairs, this is the first book to bring together emerging theoretical debates on ethics and ethical reasoning within security studies. In this volume, working from a diverse range of... -
The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform by Thomas Fingar
RRP: $30.95$26.88China'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... -
The Polythink Syndrome: U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS by Alex Mintz
RRP: $25.79$22.63Why 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... -
Endurance and War: The National Sources of Military Cohesion by Jasen J. Castillo
RRP: $69.66$60.36Scholars and military practitioners alike have long sought to understand why some country's militaries fight hard when facing defeat while others collapse. In Endurance and War, Jasen Castillo presents a new unifying theory-cohesion theory-to explain...