Contemporary security and strategy / edited by Craig A. Snyder.

Contributor(s): Snyder, Craig A, 1965- | Snyder, Craig AMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 372 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780230241503 (pbk.)Subject(s): National security | Security, International | Strategy | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace | POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / GeneralDDC classification: 355/.03 LOC classification: UA10.5 | .C667 2012Other classification: POL012000 | POL034000 | POL011000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Contemporary Security and Strategy -- Realism and Security Studies -- Beyond Strategy: Critical Thinking on the New Security Studies -- Environmental Security -- Human Security -- Security Implications of the Arms Trade -- The Causes of War -- Military Strategy and the New World Order -- The Transformation of War -- Nuclear Strategy -- Challenges and Opportunities for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime -- Terrorism and Insurgency -- Intervention: The Utility of Force in International Politics -- Great Powers and the International System: Between Unilateralism and Multilateralism -- Regional Security and Regional Conflict.
Summary: "This text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the 21st century. The third edition has been expanded to cover non-military challenges to security, and includes new learning aids"--
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-355) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Contemporary Security and Strategy -- Realism and Security Studies -- Beyond Strategy: Critical Thinking on the New Security Studies -- Environmental Security -- Human Security -- Security Implications of the Arms Trade -- The Causes of War -- Military Strategy and the New World Order -- The Transformation of War -- Nuclear Strategy -- Challenges and Opportunities for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime -- Terrorism and Insurgency -- Intervention: The Utility of Force in International Politics -- Great Powers and the International System: Between Unilateralism and Multilateralism -- Regional Security and Regional Conflict.

"This text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the 21st century. The third edition has been expanded to cover non-military challenges to security, and includes new learning aids"--

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