American National Security
American National Security by Amos A. Jordan, published by JHU Press on February 20, 2009, is the sixth edition of this comprehensive work, spanning 688 pages in English. This edition has been extensively rewritten to reflect significant changes in national security policy over the past decade, addressing the evolving strategic context and the challenges faced by the United States in the early twenty-first century.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of the current international environment and the factors influencing U.S. national security policy. The book discusses the Department of Homeland Security, changes in the intelligence community, and the implications of security needs following 9/11. It also covers a range of topics including economic security, terrorism, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence, while providing updates on security issues across various global regions. The inclusion of new material on globalization and human security further enhances the book’s relevance in today’s complex international landscape.
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The sixth edition of American National Security 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:
• An examination of the current international environment and new factors affecting U.S. national security policy making• A discussion of the Department of Homeland Security and changes in the intelligence community• A survey of intelligence and national security, with special focus on security needs post-9/11• A review of economic security, diplomacy, terrorism, conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, military intervention, and nuclear deterrence in the changed international setting• 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• New material on globalization, transnational actors, and human security
Previous editions have been widely used in undergraduate and graduate courses.
— James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, from the foreword
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