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National Security for a New Era

ISBN: 9780205622252 | 0205622259
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
In this new edition of National Security in a New Era, renowned security scholar Donald M. Snow continues to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the United States national security situation and the security policies the U.S. adopts. This text examines national security from two fundamental fault lines the end of the Cold War and the 9/11 terrorist attacks and considers how the resulting era of globalization and geopolitics guides policy. Placing this trend in conceptual and historical context and following it through mili... MORE
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Prefacep. x
The Changing Problem of National Securityp. 1
Previewp. 1
The Nature of Changep. 3
How Much Has Changed?p. 4
New Dynamics in the Environment?p. 5
Globalization and Geopoliticsp. 11
Conclusion: Where From Here?p. 13
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 13
Selected Bibliographyp. 14
The Contextp. 17
Fault Lines: World Politics in a New Millenniump. 19
Previewp. 19
The First Fault Line: The World After the Cold Warp. 22
Russian Resurgence?p. 23
Undeniable Benefitsp. 24
Debatable Changesp. 26
The Second Fault Line: The World After September 11p. 30
The Rules of War: Who Is a POW?p. 33
Dynamics of the New International Systemp. 35
Globalization and/or Geopoliticsp. 36
The American Role in the New World Systemp. 37
What Should the United States Do?p. 40
Challenge!: Your Own Personal Inventoryp. 45
Conclusion: The Continuing Role of Forcep. 46
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 47
Selected Bibliographyp. 47
Geopolitics: America and the Realist Paradigmp. 49
Previewp. 49
Realism and the Realist Paradigmp. 52
Basic Concepts and Relationshipsp. 53
Sovereigntyp. 54
Vital Interestsp. 55
Finding the Boundary Between Vital and Less-Than-Vital Interestsp. 57
Power Politicsp. 58
Measuring Powerp. 60
Paradigm Summaryp. 62
Critiques and Anomalies of the Realist Paradigmp. 64
Critiquesp. 64
The Limits of Power: Dealing with Saddamp. 65
Anomaliesp. 69
Conclusion: The Realist Paradigm Todayp. 71
Challenge!: Justifying the U.S. Invasion of Iraqp. 72
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 74
Selected Bibliographyp. 74
The American Experiencep. 76
Previewp. 76
Conditioning Factors in the American Traditionp. 77
American Ahistoricismp. 77
Accident of Geographyp. 79
The Anglo-Saxon Heritagep. 80
Dealing with Dependence on Persian Gulf Oilp. 81
Evolution of the American Experiencep. 82
The Formative Period, 1789-1945p. 83
Antimilitary Biasp. 84
The Citizen-Soldierp. 85
Myth of Invincibilityp. 86
Mobilization and Demobilizationp. 87
Total War Preferencep. 87
Readiness and Pearl Harborp. 88
The Cold War, 1945-1989p. 89
The Role of the Mediap. 92
The Media and the Iraq Warp. 94
The Impact of Democratic Institutionsp. 95
Conclusion: The Contemporary Period, 1989 to Presentp. 96
Challenge!: How Much Has Changed?p. 98
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 99
Selected Bibliographyp. 99
The Nature, End, and Consequences of the Cold Warp. 101
Previewp. 101
The Cold War Systemp. 103
Characteristicsp. 105
Better Dead Than Red? Better Red Than Dead?p. 107
Sources of Changep. 108
Forms of Military Competitionp. 109
Conventional Forcesp. 111
Nuclear Forcesp. 113
The Capitalist Bombp. 115
Deadlock of the Competitionp. 116
The Economic Dimensionp. 116
The Military Dimensionp. 117
Convergencep. 118
Cold War Residuesp. 121
Russia and the Successor Statesp. 121
Chechnya and the Pipelinep. 123
Challenge!: The Former Soviet Union and the War on Terrorismp. 124
Russian Resurgencep. 125
Conclusion: The End of the Cold War in Perspectivep. 127
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 128
Selected Bibliographyp. 128
Globalization and Beyond: New Influences on National Securityp. 130
Previewp. 130
The Bretton Woods System, 1945-1971p. 132
The Settingp. 132
The Bretton Woods Institutionsp. 134
The ITO and the Anti-Free Tradersp. 136
The Breakdown of Bretton Woodsp. 137
The Transitional Period, 1971-1990p. 139
American Declinep. 140
American Revivalp. 141
The Globalizing Economy, 1990-Presentp. 142
Characteristics and Valuesp. 143
Objections to Globalizationp. 147
The Rejectionistsp. 151
New Additions to the National Security Agendap. 152
Conclusion: Globalization and Other Factors in American Securityp. 157
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 159
Selected Bibliographyp. 160
The Changing Worldp. 163
Security, Interests, and Powerp. 165
Previewp. 165
Thinking about Securityp. 166
Military and Nonmilitary Elements of Securityp. 167
Challenge!: Defining Terrorism as a Security Threatp. 169
Israel, Syria, the Golan Heights, and Waterp. 170
Levels of Securityp. 172
Risk and Risk Managementp. 174
What Should the United States Do About North Korea?p. 175
Thinking about Interestsp. 177
Levels of Interestsp. 177
Vital and Less-than-Vital Interests and Iraqp. 180
Security and Interests in the Contemporary Environmentp. 182
Applying Instruments of Powerp. 183
Using the Instrumentsp. 184
The Contemporary Balance of Instruments of Powerp. 186
Conclusion: The Changing Nature of Influencep. 187
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 189
Selected Bibliographyp. 189
The Domestic Environmentp. 191
Previewp. 191
The Historic Domestic Contextp. 194
The Structure of Domestic Politicsp. 198
The Executive Branchp. 199
The President, the Constitution, and National Securityp. 200
The Congressp. 206
The Congress, the Constitution, and National Securityp. 207
Applications: The Homeland Security Response to the Environmentp. 213
The Department of Homeland Securityp. 214
Background and Evolutionp. 214
The Homeland Security Response to September 11p. 216
Ongoing Problems and Controversiesp. 219
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commissionp. 221
Challenge!: The "Angry Librarians" and Civil Libertiesp. 222
Conclusion: The Environment Since September 11, 2001p. 223
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 224
Selected Bibliographyp. 224
Traditional Military Problemsp. 226
Previewp. 226
Nuclear Forces and Deterrencep. 228
Seminal Events of the Nuclear Agep. 228
Theories of Deterrencep. 231
Nuclear Residuesp. 233
The Chinese Nuclear Threatp. 239
Conventional Forces and the Futurep. 241
Traditional Rolesp. 242
Light and Heavy Forces?p. 245
Traditional Residuesp. 246
Military Manpowerp. 246
Military Reformp. 247
Challenge!: Military Service After Iraqp. 248
Creighton Abrams and the Role of the Reservesp. 251
Conclusion: The Continuing Relevance of Traditional Forcesp. 252
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 254
Selected Bibliographyp. 254
The Legacies of Iraqp. 256
Previewp. 256
Marching or Stumbling into Iraq?p. 260
The Road to War: Was the United States Justified?p. 260
Was the Mission Feasible?p. 263
Hidden Agendas in Iraq?p. 264
What Went Wrong and Why?p. 270
Iraq and Vietnamp. 271
Challenge!: What If It Were All True in Iraq?p. 273
How Will the Iraq War End?p. 276
The Legacies of the Iraq Warp. 278
The Political Legacy: Be Careful Where You Intervenep. 280
The Military Legacy: What Kind of Foe to Prepare Forp. 281
Iraq and the American Military: What Kind of Forcep. 283
The Draft Optionp. 286
Conclusion: Security after Iraqp. 288
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 288
Selected Bibliographyp. 289
New Challengesp. 291
Asymmetrical Warfare: The "New Kind of War"p. 293
Previewp. 293
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Warfarep. 296
Evolution of Asymmetrical Warfarep. 297
Sun Tzu on Asymmetrical Warfarep. 298
The Contemporary Settingp. 300
Asymmetrical Futures?p. 307
Fourth-Generation Warfarep. 307
New Internal Warsp. 311
The "Battle" for Sierra Leonep. 313
The Iraq Hybridp. 315
Conclusion: New Form or New Face of War?p. 316
Challenge!: Is There a New Kind of War?p. 317
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 318
Selected Bibliographyp. 318
Terrorismp. 320
Previewp. 320
Defining Terrorismp. 322
Terrorist Actsp. 323
Terrorist Targetsp. 326
The Morality of Saving Targetsp. 328
Terrorist Objectivesp. 329
Perspectives On and Causes of Terrorismp. 331
Three Perspectivesp. 331
Three Causesp. 333
Profiling Suicide Terroristsp. 335
Terrorism Since September 11p. 336
The GWOT: Dealing with Terrorismp. 339
Terrorism Suppression: Antiterrorism and Counterterrorismp. 342
The Cost-Effectiveness of Suppressing Terrorismp. 343
International Versus National Effortsp. 344
Other Aspects of the Problemp. 345
Conclusion: A Terrorism Strategy?p. 346
Challenge!: Terrorism and Youp. 349
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 350
Selected Bibliographyp. 350
Peacekeeping and State Building: The New Dilemmap. 352
Previewp. 352
The Contemporary Scenep. 353
Failed and Failing States: The Contextp. 356
What Is a Failed State?p. 357
Indonesia as a Potentially Failing Statep. 359
Concepts and Forms of Interventionp. 362
Basic Distinctionsp. 364
Peacekeepingp. 366
The Talk-Shoot Relationship in Peacekeepingp. 369
State Buildingp. 370
KFOR and UNMIKp. 376
Challenge!: What Should the United States Do in Afghanistan?p. 378
Conclusion: The Future of Peacekeeping and State Buildingp. 379
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 379
Selected Bibliographyp. 380
Extending Security in a Post-Iraq Worldp. 382
Previewp. 382
Border Securityp. 384
An Impenetrable Border?p. 391
Natural Resource Securityp. 392
Petroleum Energy Securityp. 392
Water Securityp. 395
Challenge!: Oil and Terrorp. 396
Environmental Securityp. 398
Global Warmingp. 399
The United States and Kyotop. 401
Hurricane Katrinap. 402
Health/Disease Securityp. 404
Conclusion: Expanded Security Horizonsp. 406
Study/Discussion Questionsp. 408
Selected Bibliographyp. 408
Indexp. 410
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