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Author: Craig A. Snyder Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 312
Book Description
This rigorously-edited text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the 21st century. The second edition has been expanded to cover developments in global and regional security; nuclear proliferation; terrorism; intervention and peacekeeping and includes 8 entirely new chapters.
Author: Craig A. Snyder Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 312
Book Description
This rigorously-edited text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the 21st century. The second edition has been expanded to cover developments in global and regional security; nuclear proliferation; terrorism; intervention and peacekeeping and includes 8 entirely new chapters.
Author: Craig A. Snyder Publisher: Red Globe Press ISBN: 9781349273591 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
This rigorously-edited text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the post-Cold War World. The book starts by providing an account of the evolution of strategic thought and the main theoretical perspectives on the study of international security. It proceeds to address key developments, issues and debates in the world of international security and insecurity that have emerged or been dramatically changed with the fall of communism and superpower bipolarity: the rise of peace enforcement, the military application of information technology, regional conflict and co-operation and nuclear proliferation.
Author: Craig A. Snyder Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1137327138 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 392
Book Description
This text brings together a range of specially-commissioned chapters to provide an accessible introduction to Security Studies in the 21st century. Thethird edition has been expanded to cover non-military challenges to security, and includes new learning aids.
Author: Thomas M. Kane Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136622810 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 311
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Understanding Contemporary Strategy provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of modern strategy. Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the major themes through a combination of classical and modern strategic theory, history and current practice. The book is split into three main sections: Definition and Context : including discussion of the human, technological, intelligence, ethical and grand-strategic dimensions Strategy in the Geographic Environments: land, sea, air and space Contemporary Strategic Challenges: terrorism, insurgency and nuclear strategy. Each chapter presents the reader with a succinct summary of the topic, but also provides a challenging analysis of current issues, supporting students with pedagogical features such as suggested further reading, boxed case studies and study questions. This book will be essential reading for upper-level students of strategic studies, war studies, military history and international security.
Author: David Patterson Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 0128092815 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 558
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Contemporary Security Management, Fourth Edition, identifies and condenses into clear language the principal functions and responsibilities for security professionals in supervisory and managerial positions. Managers will learn to understand the mission of the corporate security department and how the mission intersects with the missions of other departments. The book assists managers with the critical interactions they will have with decision makers at all levels of an organization, keeping them aware of the many corporate rules, business laws, and protocols of the industry in which the corporation operates. Coverage includes the latest trends in ethics, interviewing, liability, and security-related standards. The book provides concise information on understanding budgeting, acquisition of capital equipment, employee performance rating, delegated authority, project management, counseling, and hiring. Productivity, protection of corporate assets, and monitoring of contract services and guard force operations are also detailed, as well as how to build quality relationships with leaders of external organizations, such as police, fire and emergency response agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security. Focuses on the evolving characteristics of major security threats confronting any organization Assists aspirants for senior security positions in matching their personal expertise and interests with particular areas of security management Includes updated information on the latest trends in ethics, interviewing, liability, and security-related standards
Author: Alan Collins Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0198862199 Category : Security, International Languages : en Pages : 582
Book Description
Contemporary Security Studies is a uniquely engaging introduction to Security Studies, covering the key theories and contemporary issues in the field.
Author: John Baylis Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199289786 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 418
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Provides a coverage of issues of war and peace such as terrorism, irregular warfare and weapons of mass destruction. This work contains a set of reflections on the role of military power in the contemporary world. It analyzes conflicts from Afghanistan to the Iraq War and looks at the debates about the lessons that can be learned from these wars.
Author: David J. Galbreath Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351235605 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 391
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Contemporary European Security explores the complex European security architecture and introduces students to the empirical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to studying the subject. Written by experts in each subfield, it addresses key topics within the wider strategic context of international security. Presenting traditional and critical debates to illuminate this ever-changing field it addresses specifically: European security since 2000 and the end of the Cold War. The evolution of International Relations theories in understanding security in Europe. The role of NATO in the post-war period and its strategy, impact and enlargement. The institutionalisation of the CSCE and the political tensions within the OSCE. The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy and recent policy initiatives in defence. Feminist conceptions of European security. European military innovation. Security challenges in the post-Soviet space and the growing instability in the Middle East and North Africa. The emergence of human security. Internal and societal security. This essential textbook will be of key interests to students and scholars of European Security, Security and Military studies, Strategic Studies, European Politics and International Relations.
Author: Colin S. Gray Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780198280309 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
Modern Strategy explains how strategic reasoning makes sense of the great complexity of war on land, at sea, in the air, in space and even cyberspace.
Author: Craig A. Snyder
Author: Craig A. Snyder
Author: Craig Snyder
Author: Craig A. Snyder
Author: Craig A. Snyder
Author: Thomas M. Kane
Author: David Patterson
Author: Alan Collins
Author: John Baylis
Author: David J. Galbreath
Author: Colin S. Gray