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A classic text, widely used in universities... It does an exemplary job of explaining the process of defining and implementing national security objectives. Hardly any significant subject is omitted from this very rich and readable volume.
Book Details
Foreword, General John Abizaid
Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Part I: National Security Policy
1. The International Setting
2. Traditional American Approaches to National Security
3. The Evolution of
Foreword, General John Abizaid
Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Part I: National Security Policy
1. The International Setting
2. Traditional American Approaches to National Security
3. The Evolution of American National Security Policy
Part II: National Security Policy
4. Presidential Leadership and the Executive Branch
5. Congress
6. Homeland Security
7. Intelligence and National Security
8. The Role of the Military in the Policy Process
9. Planning, Budgeting, and Management
10. Putting the Pieces Together
Part III: Ways and Means of National Strategy
11. Diplomacy and Information
12. Economics
13. Military Power
14. Conventional War
15. Irregular Threats
16. Counterterrorism, Counterinsurgency, and Stability Operations
17. Nuclear Policy
Part IV: International and Regional Security Issues
18. East Asia
19. South Asia
20. The Middle East
21. Sub-Saharan Africa
22. Russia
23. Europe
24. Latin America
Part V: Current and Future Issues in American National Security Policy
25. Looking Ahead
Notes
Index