American National Security

American National Security

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<P>The sixth edition of <I>American National Security</I> has been extensively rewritten to take into account the significant changes in national security policy in the past decade. Thorough revisions reflect a new strategic context and the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the early twenty-first century. Highlights include:</P><P>• An examination of the current international environment and new factors affecting U.S. national security policy making<BR>• A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security and changes in the intelligence community<BR>• A survey of intelligence and national security, with special focus on security needs post-9/11<BR>• A review of economic security, diplomacy, terrorism, conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence in the changed international setting<BR>• An update of security issues in East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia and Central Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean<BR>• New material on globalization, transnational actors, and human security</P><P>Previous editions have been widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses.</P>