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Seeking Security in an Insecure World

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ISBN-10: 144220804X

ISBN-13: 9781442208049

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Dan Caldwell, Robert E. Williams

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Now in a thoroughly updated edition, this comprehensive yet concise introduction to international security explores the constantly changing conditions that lead to an insecure world. The text offers a broad overview of both traditional and new conceptions of security. With clear and lively prose, compelling examples, and solid scholarship, it engages both students of international relations and general readers who wish to gain a better understanding of what security means today and how it can best be achieved.
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.14" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
The Meaning of Security Today
Traditional Sources of Insecurity
Conventional Weapons and War
Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Arms Control
Chemical and Biological Weapons
The Terrorist Threat
The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
New Sources of Insecurity
Infectious Disease and Health Insecurity
Transnational Criminal Organizations and Trafficking
Insecurity in Cyberspace
Political And Social Conditions of Insecurity
The State of the State (I): The Transformation of National Security
The State of the State (II): The Rise of Human Security
Economics and Security
The Environment and Security
Seeking Security in an Insecure World
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors