US National Security: New Threats, Old Realities
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072Z7TSQ3 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 233 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Unkind said I.R. and Security Scholars a must read!. I find this book vital and a resource useful for understanding the problems decision makers face in National Security. A must own in your personal library.. Zzz said One Star. One of the worst books I read. It is not written well, research is mediocre nothing positive about itEnough of masonic work of this not cool. Not objective only tries to impose certain views that are not true that is case for most of his books
In this increasingly globalized world, we still face inter-state wars and armed interventions, inter-communal strife that spills over national borders, and insurgencies or other movements and groups that resort to terrorism or other forms of political violence.This book addresses these threats, and the reciprocal use of force they engender, through a constructivist lens: one that assumes the ideas in the heads of policy makers, and their particular interpretations of “facts,” to be part of a highly subjective process. Beyond these human security concerns is the ongoing challenge of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to other states and terrorists—and the previously unthinkable specter of the weaponization of space. In additio
Paul R. Professor Viotti holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS from The George Washington University, an MA from Georgetown University, and a BS from the US Air Force Academy. Viotti is Executive Director of the Institute on Globalization and Security, University of Denver, where he is also a professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. . His
"By expanding the notion of national security beyond long-standing issues of interstate warfare, to include emerging challenges such as criminal networks, cyber threats, and space warfare, Paul Viotti's new book is an important addition to the national security debate. He reminds us, importantly, that our policies emanate from ideas grounded in interests, and that both are socially constructed. security policy. By framing critical policy choices in terms of socially constructed threats, he makes the case for integrating technology and the use of force with broader considerations of power and influence." -Colonel Thomas A. National Security is an essential guide."-Robert E. His discussion of the contentious issues of civil