International Security category: 2908 books
Somalia - A Model for Collapsed State
A Model for Collapsed State
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2007
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,3, University of Potsdam (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät ), course: State Failure, Crisis, and Conflict Management, 11 entries in the bibliography,...
The US Government, Citizen Groups and the Cold War
The State-Private Network
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
This new book examines the construction, activities and impact of the network of US state and private groups in the Cold War.
By moving beyond state-dominated, ‘top-down’ interpretations of international relations and exploring instead the engagement and mobilization of whole societies...
Walking Away from Terrorism
Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
This accessible new book looks at how and why individuals leave terrorist movements, and considers the lessons and implications that emerge from this process.
Focusing on the tipping points for disengagement from groups such as Al Qaeda, the IRA and the UVF, this volume is informed by the...
Civil Resistance and Conflict Transformation
Transitions from armed to nonviolent struggle
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This book investigates the decision-making process, rationale and determining factors which underlie the strategic shifts of armed movements from violent to nonviolent resistance.
The revival of global interest in the phenomenon of nonviolent struggle since the 2011 Arab Spring offers a welcome...
by Thomas W. Lippman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people. Saudi Arabias unique place in Islam makes it indispensable to a constructive relationship between the non-Muslim West and the Muslim...
Foreign Intervention, Warfare and Civil Wars
External Assistance and Belligerents' Choice of Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This book examines the impact of foreign intervention in the course and nature of warfare in civil wars.
Throughout history, foreign intervention in civil wars has been the rule rather than the exception. The involvement of outside powers can have a dramatic impact on the course and nature...
Russian Foreign Policy
Sources and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
As Russia's economy has grown, so have the country's global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russia's strategic interests and goals, examining the country's domestic policies, economic development, security goals,...
Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis
A Study in Conflict Propaganda
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book explores contemporary propaganda and mainstream Western news media, with reference to the Ukraine crisis.
It examines Western media narratives of the immediate causes of the crisis, the respective roles of those who participated in or otherwise supported the demonstrations of 2013–2014...
Stable Nuclear Zero
The Vision and its Implications for Disarmament Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim...
by Jeffrey A. Larsen, Kerry M. Kartchner
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer "rogue" states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century argue that a time may come when...
America and Iraq
Policy-making, Intervention and Regional Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict.
Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy, ideology and culture, the book provides a broad set of reflections...
Corporate Warriors
The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
While the president is the commander in chief, the US Congress plays a critical and underappreciated role in civil-military relations—the relationship between the armed forces and the civilian leadership that commands it. This unique book edited by Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald will help...
Special Operations Forces in the 21st Century
Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
This book sets out the major social scientific approaches to the study of Special Operations Forces.
Despite consistent downsizing, over the past two decades the armed forces of the industrial democracies have seen a huge growth in Special Operations Forces (SOF). Through increasing numbers...