Snow Thinking About National Security

Strategy, Policy, and Issues
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-44920-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 199 Seiten

Perhaps the most basic national security question that U.S. leaders and the body politic continuously face is where and under what circumstances to consider and in some cases resort to the use of armed force to ensure the country’s safety and well-being. The question is perpetual—but the answer is not. This insightful text helps students make sense of the ever-changing environment and factors that influence disagreement over national security risks and policy in the United States.

The book takes shape through a focus on three considerations: strategy, policy, and issues. Snow explains the range of plans of action that are possible and resources available for achieving national security goals, as well as the courses of action for achieving those goals in the context of a broad range of security problems that must be dealt with. However, there is little agreement among policymakers on exactly what is the nature of the threats that the country faces. Snow helps readers frame the debate by suggesting some of the prior influences on risk-assessment, some of the current influences on national security debates, and suggestions for how future strategy and policy may be shaped.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Snow, Donald

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. The Context; 1. U.S. Policy in Transition; 2 The Uses of Force: War, What Is It Good For?; 3. Shifting Rationales: Humanitarian Intervention; 4. The American Half-Century: The Cold War Paradigm; Part II. Influences; 5. Factors in the New Environment: Possibilities and Limitations; 6. The Syrian/ISIS(L) Microcosm: The Face of the Present—and Future?; 7. Paradigm for a New Era

Über Autor(innen)

Donald Snow is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama. He is author and editor of numerous volumes on U.S. national security, foreign policy, and international relations. His most recent book is The Case Against Military Intervention.