Resultaten gefilterd op "Stanford Security Studies"

Contractors and War

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Security Studies
• The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War,... Lees meer

Better Safe Than Sorry

Michael Krepon

• Hardcover | Engels
• Better Safe than Sorry helps place contemporary anxieties about nuclear proliferation into a historical context, and also looks at what lies ahead in ... Lees meer

Diversionary War

Amy Oakes

• Hardcover | Engels
• The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questio... Lees meer

Innovation, Transformation, and War

James Russell

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Security Studies
• Within a year of President George W. Bush announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003, dozens of attacks by insurgents had claim... Lees meer

Diversionary War

Amy Oakes

• Paperback | Engels
• The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questio... Lees meer

Hyperconflict

James Mittelman

• Paperback | Engels
• This book addresses two questions that are crucial to the human condition in the twenty-first century: does globalization promote security or fuel ins... Lees meer

Asian Rivalries

• Hardcover | Engels
• The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reali... Lees meer

The Dollar and National Security

Paul Viotti

• Hardcover | Engels
• Defense establishments and the armed forces they organize, train, equip, and deploy depend upon the security of capital and capital flows, mechanisms ... Lees meer

Endurance and War

Jasen J Castillo

• Hardcover | Engels
• Scholars and military practitioners alike have long sought to understand why some country's militaries fight hard when facing defeat while others coll... Lees meer

Military Adaptation in Afghanistan

• Hardcover | Engels
• When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a stab... Lees meer

Patriots for Profit

Thomas Bruneau

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles... Lees meer

Over the Horizon Proliferation Threats

• Paperback | Engels
• In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation... Lees meer

Contractors and War

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Security Studies
• The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War,... Lees meer

Ungoverned Spaces

• Paperback | Engels
• "Ungoverned spaces" are often cited as key threats to national and international security and are increasingly targeted by the international community... Lees meer

Transforming Command

Eitan Shamir

• Hardcover | Engels
• On today's complex, fragmented, fast-moving battlefield, where combatants adapt constantly to exploit one-another's weaknesses, there is a demonstrabl... Lees meer

Providing for National Security

• Hardcover | Engels
• Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of ... Lees meer

The Politics of Space Security

James Moltz

• Paperback | Engels
• The past five decades have witnessed often fierce international rivalry in space, but also surprising military restraint. Now, with an increasing numb... Lees meer

On Flexibility

Meir Finkel

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises--ones t... Lees meer

Asian Rivalries

• Paperback | Engels
• The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reali... Lees meer

The Nuclear Renaissance and International Security

• Hardcover | Engels
• Interest in nuclear energy has surged in recent years, yet there are risks that accompany the global diffusion of nuclear power--especially the possib... Lees meer

Waging War

Patricia A Weitsman

• Hardcover | Engels
• Military alliances provide constraints and opportunities for states seeking to advance their interests around the globe. War, from the Western perspec... Lees meer

Terrorism, War, or Disease?

• Hardcover | Engels
• The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attent... Lees meer

Beyond Great Powers and Hegemons

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book adds a new dimension to the discussion of the relationship between the great powers and the weaker states that align with them--or not. Prev... Lees meer

Proxy Warriors

Ariel Ahram

• Hardcover | Engels
• In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security--the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-off... Lees meer