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Intelligence Analysis
How to Think in Complex Environments
Av Wayne Michael Hall, Gary Citrenbaum
Inbunden, 2009
784 kr
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This book offers a vast conceptual and theoretical exploration of the ways intelligence analysis must change in order to succeed against today's most dangerous combatants and most complex irregular theatres of conflict.Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments fills a void in the …
Nuclear Winter, Deterrence, and the Prevention of Nuclear War
Av Peter C. Sederberg, Peter C. Sederberg
Inbunden, 1986
925 kr
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This book is comprised of essays by nationally recognized scholars and public figures who urge a reassessment of the impact of the nuclear winter hypothesis on current ideas of nuclear deterrence, limited nuclear war, and war fighting doctrines. It provides a timely discussion of the policy …
Language Competence
Implications for National Security
Inbunden, 1986
807 kr
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This book looks at the historic use of foreign language by the U.S. armed forces. Through research into military documents, many of which are generally inaccessible, the author has investigated the purpose and extent of language capability in the armed services. A necessary skill in the acquisition …
Language Competence
Implications for National Security
Häftad, 1986
312 kr
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This book looks at the historic use of foreign language by the U.S. armed forces. Through research into military documents, many of which are generally inaccessible, the author has investigated the purpose and extent of language capability in the armed services. A necessary skill in the acquisition …
Military Assistance in Recent Wars
The Dominance of the Superpowers
Av Stephanie G. Neuman, Unknown
Inbunden, 1987
784 kr
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Strategic War Termination
Av Stephen J. Cimbala, Stephen J. Cimbala
Inbunden, 1986
925 kr
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The first book to analyze strategic war termination from a policy perspective, Strategic War Termination explores present US policy on termination and recommends strategies for improving it. Taking into account the impact of new weapons technologies, adversaries' expectations, and counter-command …
Nuclear Weapons, Policies, and the Test Ban Issue
Av William R. Van Cleave, S. T. Cohen
Inbunden, 1987
925 kr
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For nearly forty years, U.S. deterrence policy has depended on nuclear weapons, making the modernization of those weapons a key goal of every administration. Nuclear Weapons, Policies, and the Test Ban Issue presents a cogent discussion of the reasons why the United States should actively continue …
From Potsdam to Poland
American Policy toward Eastern Europe
Inbunden, 1986
925 kr
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This authoritative volume analyzes decision-making in American foreign policy using Eastern Europe as a case study. It focuses on specific functional issues, such as the influence of the American-Eastern European ethnic population on policy, the economic relationship between the U.S. and Eastern …
Commercializing SDI Technologies
Inbunden, 1987
952 kr
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This highly specialized volume examines the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for the first time, with critical emphasis on the impact SDI will have on technologically based industries. It reviews the policies and structures in the government, academia, and industry necessary to take full …
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
The Nuclear Ships Dispute Between New Zealand and the United States
Inbunden, 1987
925 kr
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On February 4, 1985, the New Zealand government refused port access to the American warship U.S.S. Buchanan, on the grounds that it might be carrying nuclear weapons. The events leading up to this refusal, the refusal itself, and later developments relating to it are the subject of this book. The …
Soviet Submarine Operations in Swedish Waters
1980-1986
Inbunden, 1987
925 kr
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Milton Leitenberg has done us a great service. His balanced and comprehensive reconstruction of the history of Soviet submarine operations in Swedish waters will benefit all students of Soviet policy and practice in Northern Europe. The accompanying discussions of the domestic and international …
Refugees
Extended Exile
Av W. R. Smyser
Inbunden, 1987
784 kr
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One of this century's greatest tragedies, and one of our greatest challenges, has been the movement of millions of refugees. . . . This book, by an expert in the field, gives a comprehensive view of where we have been, and where we are likely to go, in coping with this world's endless stream of …
Games of Chicken
Four Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy
Inbunden, 1988
925 kr
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Games of Chicken proposes basing nuclear weapons policies on both historical and analytical arguments. Schwartzman analyzes the trade-off between the aggression risk, which U.S. policy has sought to minimize, and the pre-emption risk, which has been ignored. This analysis is then applied to policy …
South Africa
In Transition to What?
Av Helen Kitchen, Helen Kitchen
Häftad, 1988
342 kr
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The contributors come from a range of backgrounds, but meet one imperative qualification: residence or repeated physical presence in South Africa. By bringing together this notable collection of authors, Kitchen impresses upon readers (especially Americans) that the South Africa that will emerge …
South Africa
In Transition to What?
Inbunden, 1988
952 kr
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The contributors come from a range of backgrounds, but meet one imperative qualification: residence or repeated physical presence in South Africa. By bringing together this notable collection of authors, Kitchen impresses upon readers (especially Americans) that the South Africa that will emerge …
Lethal Frontiers
A Soviet View of Nuclear Strategy, Weapons, and Negotiations
Av Alexei G. Arbatov, Kent D. Lee
Inbunden, 1988
925 kr
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Lethal Frontiers is one of the first samples of Soviet scholarship on nuclear strategy readily available to Western readers. A rising star in the Soviet foreign policy establishment, Arbatov offers a remarkable view of the evaluation of U.S. nuclear policy and strategy. This scholarly book is free …
Freedom of Expression in the American Military
A Communication Modeling Analysis
Av Cathy Packer
Inbunden, 1989
925 kr
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Much of the freedom of expression enjoyed by civilians in the United States, and guaranteed to them by the constitution, is illegal for American military personnel. Freedom of Expression in the American Military addresses the issues at the root of this First Amendment dichotomy. The author examines …
Terrorism and the State
A Critique of Domination Through Fear
Inbunden, 1989
925 kr
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Terrorism and the State is a volume on the political economy of terrorism. Emphasizing the role of ideological systems in the definition of political violence, this book is theoretical, historical, and critical. It first presents and refutes the two most commonly expressed definitions of terrorism: …
Mountain High, White Avalanche
Cocaine and Power in the Andean States and Panama
Häftad, 1989
600 kr
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The Latin Amnerican drug trade has become one of the major problems confronting the United States in the late twentieth century. The key dynamic of that trade is cocaine, which is primarily produced in the Andean nations of Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. The cocaine trade's influence, however, has …
Gorbachev's Military Policy in the Third World
Av Mark N. Katz
Inbunden, 1989
784 kr
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Mark Katz's highly readable and useful overview of Soviet military interest in the Third World will be an important resource for anyone doing research in this field. Francis Fukuyama, Deputy Director for East-West Relations, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of StateIn his timely and …
Speak No Evil
The Promotional Heritage of Nuclear Risk Communication
Av Louis Gwin
Inbunden, 1990
784 kr
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Are the nuclear industry's efforts to prepare the public during emergency situations adequate? This study critiques risk communication programs and questions whether these programs have convinced residents close to nuclear power plants to follow instructions in an emergency. The government invests …
Gorbachev's Economic Strategy in the Third World
Inbunden, 1990
784 kr
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Giovanni Graziani examines Gorbachev's reforms in terms of economic relations with the Third World and presents a detailed and sophisticated statistical analysis of Soviet economic assistance and trade. This book critically evaluates all the statistical data from Soviet and United Nations sources …
Gorbachev's Economic Strategy in the Third World
Häftad, 1990
332 kr
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Giovanni Graziani examines Gorbachev's reforms in terms of economic relations with the Third World and presents a detailed and sophisticated statistical analysis of Soviet economic assistance and trade. This book critically evaluates all the statistical data from Soviet and United Nations sources …
Soviet Nuclear Policy Under Gorbachev
A Policy of Disarmament
Inbunden, 1991
784 kr
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This work offers a broad interpretation of the extraordinary changes that have taken place in Soviet arms control policy since Mikhail Gorbachev became Soviet head of state in March of 1985. Gorbachev's policy is usually portrayed as an effort to ease the Soviet defense burden and to improve …
Reconstituting America's Defense
The New U.S. National Security Strategy
Av Paul N. Stockton, James J. Tritten m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
784 kr
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This book analyzes President Bush's new Regional Defense Strategy--the master plan that will guide the transformation of U.S. defense policy for the post-Cold War era. Most recent books on defense prescribe how U.S. policy ought to change or critique past policies without taking Bush's new strategy …
Our New National Security Strategy
America Promises to Come Back
Inbunden, 1992
925 kr
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This book is an analysis of President Bush's Regional Defense Strategy first unveiled in Aspen, Colorado, on August 2, 1990. This strategy involves a mix of active, reserve, and reconstitutable forces, and General Colin Powell's Base Force. If implemented, the new strategy and force structure would …
United States and the Pacific Islands
Häftad, 1992
346 kr
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Although the Pacific islands were front-page news during the 1941-1945 Pacific War, today they are seldom in the American consciousness--except as a perception of Micheneresque tropical paradises. But the islands--10,000 strong and scattered over nearly one-fifth of the earth's surface--still …
Outbreak of the First World War
Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure
Inbunden, 1995
952 kr
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This study examines what led the leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany to launch major military offensives at the beginning of the First World War. The focus is on understanding why these two countries adopted high-risk offensive strategies during an international confrontation rather than a …
United States and Arms Control
The Challenge of Leadership
Av Allan Krass
Inbunden, 1997
925 kr
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The United States has committed itself to an unprecedented number and variety of arms control and nonproliferation obligations in the past decade. At least ten major new agreements have been signed since 1986, and some of them have now been in force for several years. After a brief review of Cold …
