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Soft Targets and Crisis Management: What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know Michael J. Fagel (Aurora Safety, Founder, CEO, Illinois, USA) 9780367596095
RRP: $83.98$74.47Uniting the best of Michael Fagel and Jennifer Hesterman's books in the fields of homeland security and emergency management, the editors of this volume present the prevailing issues affecting the homeland security community today. Many natural and... -
Western Military Interventions After The Cold War: Evaluating the Wars of the West by Marek Madej
RRP: $88.18$77.18This book offers an examination of the effectiveness of Western military interventions in the post-Cold War era. It constitutes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the conditions, conduct and consequences of post-Cold War armed conflicts, in... -
Women’s Perspectives on Human Security: Violence, Environment, and Sustainability by Richard Matthew
RRP: $138.60$119.55Violent conflict, climate change, and poverty present distinct threats to women worldwide. Importantly, women are leading the way creating and sharing sustainable solutions.Women's security is a valuable analytical tool as well as a political agenda... -
Hybrid Warfare: Future and Technologies Ralph Thiele 9783658351083
RRP: $115.48$103.66Hybrid warfare is becoming a long-term strategic challenge for NATO and the EU. This book examines its conceptual foundations, actors and technologies from a holistic, systemic perspective. In particular, new, disruptive technologies have a catalytic... -
(In)Security and the Production of International Relations: The Politics of Securitisation in Europe by Jonas Hagmann
RRP: $20.98$18.80This book provides a framework for analysing the interplay between securitisation and foreign affairs, reconnecting critical security studies with traditional IR concerns about interstate relations. What happens to foreign policymaking when actors,... -
Visual Security Studies: Sights and Spectacles of Insecurity and War by Juha A. Vuori
RRP: $283.50$247.13The present volume engages visuality in security from a variety of angles and explores what the subfield of Visual Security Studies might be. To structure this experimentation, and to encourage a more careful and multifaceted approach to visuality and... -
Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2017 by Tim Huxley
RRP: $220.50$191.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860792154Author Tim HuxleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint RoutledgePublisher RoutledgeWeight(grams) 824g -
Myth of Global Chaos by Yahya M. Sadowski
RRP: $52.50$45.76When the Cold War ended in 1989, American hopes for a new world order were quickly disappointed. A new wave of violence soon erupted, engulfing places from Rwanda and Somalia to Chechnya and Bosnia. These new "clashes of civilizations,"... -
Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security by Loch K. Johnson
RRP: $52.48$45.51Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been... -
Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship by Ronald R. Krebs
RRP: $130.20$113.32Leaders around the globe have long turned to the armed forces as a "school for the nation." Debates over who serves continue to arouse passion today because the military's participation policies are seen as shaping politics beyond the military,... -
Courting Science: Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century by Damon V. Coletta
RRP: $58.78$50.69In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American Century ends sooner rather than later may depend on America's capacity for self-reflection and, ultimately,... -
Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias by Ariel I. Ahram
RRP: $41.98$36.83In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security-the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several "high profile"... -
Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? by Paul Midford
RRP: $191.10$73.96In 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... -
Normalizing Japan: Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice by Andrew L. Oros
RRP: $52.48$45.51Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan's military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. It argues that Japanese security... -
Hegemony or Empire?: The Redefinition of US Power under George W. Bush by David Grondin
RRP: $283.50$246.29American power has been subjected to extensive analysis since September 11, 2001. While there is no consensus on the state of US hegemony or even on the precise meaning of the term, it is clear that under George W. Bush the US has not only remained the... -
The Role of Small States in the European Union Baldur Thorhallsson 9780754614234
RRP: $283.50$246.29A fully documented text which addresses a key issue of EU decision-making which is surfacing again in proposed institutional reforms. It looks at the role of smaller states, deals with the important criteria of distribution and redistribution of EU... -
Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy against Global Terror by Ian Shapiro
RRP: $46.20$36.46In this powerfully argued book, Ian Shapiro shows that the idea of containment offers the best hope for protecting Americans and their democracy into the future. His bold vision for American security in the post-September 11 world is reminiscent of... -
EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Trends and Prospects by Emil J. Kirchner
RRP: $88.18$77.18This book assesses EU-Japan security relations, examining how they have developed in individual security sectors and how they could be affected by international developments. The conclusions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic... -
Indian Nuclear Strategy: Confronting the Potential Threat from both China and Pakistan by Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book examines India's nuclear strategy as it confronts the potential threat from both China and Pakistan. The potential threats - traditional as well as non-traditional CBRN threats - will be examined as will India's approach to dealing with them... -
Implementing the Responsibility to Protect: A Future Agenda Cecilia Jacob (Australian National University) 9780367265526
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book examines core thematic approaches to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and analyzes case studies regarding the implementation of this important global norm. The volume analyzes this process at international, regional and local levels, and... -
India in Global Nuclear Governance by Reshmi Kazi
RRP: $283.50$246.29In the prevailing international security situation, the world community, including India believes nuclear security must be conferred high priority for global peace and security. As a responsible member of this community, India finds itself prioritising... -
ISR and the Gulf: An Assessment by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
RRP: $199.48$172.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860792192Author The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)Format PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint International Institute for Strategic... -
Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy against Separatists by Ahsan I. Butt
RRP: $37.78$33.39In Secession and Security, Ahsan I. Butt argues that states rather than separatists determine whether a secessionist struggle will be peaceful, violent, or genocidal. He investigates the strategies, ranging from negotiated concessions to large-scale... -
Defense 101: Understanding the Military of Today and Tomorrow by Michael E. O'Hanlon
RRP: $44.08$38.58In Defense 101, a concise primer for understanding the United States' $700+ billion defense budget and rapidly changing military technologies, Michael O'Hanlon provides a deeply informed yet accessible analysis of American military power. After an... -
Over the Horizon: Time, Uncertainty, and the Rise of Great Powers by David M. Edelstein
RRP: $41.98$36.83How do established powers react to growing competitors? The United States currently faces a dilemma with regard to China and others over whether to embrace competition and thus substantial present-day costs or collaborate with its rivals to garner... -
Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments, and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions by Marina E. Henke
RRP: $94.50$82.28How do states overcome problems of collective action in the face of human atrocities, terrorism and the threat of weapons of mass destruction? How does international burden-sharing in this context look like: between the rich and the poor; the big and the... -
Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation by Alexander Lanoszka
RRP: $98.70$85.85Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether... -
U.S. Military Detention Operations in Post-Abu Ghraib Iraq by Jeffrey Meriwether
RRP: $159.60$24.55Detention operations are vital to U.S. military doctrine and crucial to the success of combat and recovery missions. This book shows that the image of abuse from Abu-Ghraib were but one small, harmful element in an overwhelmingly successful detention... -
On Posthuman War: Computation and Military Violence by Mike Hill
RRP: $46.18$40.30Tracing war's expansion beyond the battlefield to the concept of the human being itself As military and other forms of political violence become the planetary norm, On Posthuman War traces the expansion of war beyond traditional theaters of battle... -
Regional Organisations and Security: Conceptions and practices Stephen Aris (Center for Security Studies, Switzerland) 9781138933705
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book aims to examine the conceptions and practices of security adopted by Regional Organisations (ROs) across the globe.Since the end of the Cold War, there has been an increased focus on regions as a relevant realm for security, with actors within... -
Britain, the Hashemites and Arab Rule: The Sherifian Solution Timothy J. Paris 9781138883970
RRP: $100.78$87.80Timothy Paris examines Winston Churchill's involvement in the struggle for power in a number of Middle Eastern countries between 1920 and 1925. His study traces the development of the Sherifian policy, a policy that was devised by the British.Book... -
Gendering Human Security in Afghanistan: In a Time of Western Intervention by Ben Walter
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book employs the concept of human security to show what the term means from the perspective of women in Afghanistan. It engages with a well-established debate in academic and policy-making contexts regarding the utility of human security as a... -
International and Regional Security: The Causes of War and Peace Benjamin Miller (University of Haifa, Israel) 9781138187252
RRP: $96.58$84.27This volume is a collection of the best essays of Professor Benjamin Miller on the subjects of international and regional security.The book analyses the interrelationships between international politics and regional and national security, with a special... -
Power and Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threat by Stephen John Stedman
RRP: $52.50$46.60The aim of the Managing Global Insecurity project is to launch a reform effort of the global security system in 2009. That task is both ambitious and urgent.... The time to act is now. -from the Foreword by Javier Solana The twenty-first century will be... -
Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense by James M. Lindsay
RRP: $73.50$65.00Arms control and missile defense are once again at the forefront of the American national security agenda. Not surprisingly, the debate has broken down along well-worn lines. Arms control advocates dismiss the idea of missile defense as a dangerous and... -
Socially Responsible Innovation in Security: Critical Reflections by J. Peter Burgess
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book examines the possibility of socially responsible innovation in security, using an interdisciplinary approach. Responsible innovation in security refers to a comprehensive approach that aims to integrate knowledge related to stakeholders... -
The Nexus of Economics, Security, and International Relations in East Asia by Avery Goldstein
RRP: $58.78$50.69While, 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... -
Life and Death in Captivity: The Abuse of Prisoners during War by Geoffrey P. R. Wallace
RRP: $81.90$71.65Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? In Life and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual... -
Strategies of Arms Control Stuart Croft 9780719048784
RRP: $41.98$30.49Bringing the subject of arms control into the arena of complex, multi-polar international relations, this text traces the history of agreements over weapons back to ancient times. The author puts forward a typology of arms control: it occurs at the end... -
Great Powers and Strategic Stability in the 21st Century: Competing Visions of World Order by Graeme P. Herd
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats. This edited volume examines the...