International Security category: 2908 books
by John W. Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
A guide for facility managers of varying types of facilities including, apartment buildings/complexes, office buildings, retail stores, educational facilities (schools), restaurants, and countless others. It will look specifically at the physical similarities inherent in all buildings/facilities and...
Nuclear Proliferation and International Order
Challenges to the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century.
Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the NPT is in serious trouble and may not be...
The Future of Extended Deterrence
The United States, NATO, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Are NATO’s mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO’s mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today’s commitments...
Cyber War
The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Against All Enemies, former presidential advisor and counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke sounds a timely and chilling warning about America’s vulnerability in a terrifying new international conflict—Cyber War! Every concerned American should read...
Open Skies
Transparency, Confidence-Building, and the End of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
This book recounts and analyzes the history of one of the best-kept diplomatic and security secrets of the last half-century—the Open Skies Treaty: a treaty that allows the U.S., the Russian Federation, and over 30 other signatories to fly unarmed reconnaissance aircraft over one another's territory....
War, Conflict and Human Rights
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
War, Conflict and Human Rights is an innovative inter-disciplinary textbook, combining aspects of law, politics and conflict analysis to examine the relationship between human rights and armed conflict.
This third edition has been fully revised and updated, and contains a completely new chapter...
Balancing Liberty and Security
An Ethical Study of U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, 2001-2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
This work examines the philosophical foundations of information ethics and their potential for application to contemporary problems in U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance. Questions concerning the limits of government intrusion on protected Fourth Amendment rights are examined against the backdrop...
The Geopolitics of American Insecurity
Terror, Power and Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
This edited volume examines the political, social, and cultural insecurities that the United States is faced with in the aftermath of its post-9/11 foreign policy and military ventures. The contributors critically detail the new strategies and ideologies of control, governance, and hegemony America...
Surprise Attack
From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
“A valuable examination of U.S. national security crises past and present.” —Kirkus Reviews
Surprise Attack explores sixty plus years of military and terror threats against the United States. It examines the intelligence tools and practices that provided warnings of those attacks and...
Drones and the Future of Air Warfare
The Evolution of Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
This book examines the evolution of airpower and specifically the growth and proliferation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs).
While most existing literature examines either the law or ethics of RPAs, and some newer scholarship looks to the battlefield effectiveness (the gains from strikes...
Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia
From Policy to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy by Western donors. A global cast of contributors examines SSR in a variety of policy fields in Southeast Asia, paying specific attention to the adaption of 'Western' reform concepts by local actors.
The NATO Intervention in Libya
Lessons learned from the campaign
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book explores ‘lessons learned’ from the military intervention in Libya by examining key aspects of the 2011 NATO campaign.
NATO’s intervention in Libya had unique features, rendering it unlikely to serve as a model for action in other situations. There was an explicit UN Security...
After Snowden
Privacy, Secrecy, and Security in the Information Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Was Edward Snowden a patriot or a traitor?
Just how far do American privacy rights extend?
And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security?
These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of...
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
RAND Counterinsurgency Study--Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2008
This study explores the nature of the insurgency in Afghanistan, the key challenges and successes of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency campaign, and the capabilities necessary to wage effective counterinsurgency operations. By examining the key lessons from all insurgencies since World War II, it finds...