Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 278
Trim: 6¼ x 8¾
978-0-7425-2866-6 • Paperback • October 2006 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
978-0-7425-7802-9 • eBook • October 2006 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
Laura Neack is professor of political science at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Chapter 1: Elusive Security
Chapter 2: National Security
Chapter 3: Terrorism
Chapter 4: Identifying External Security Threats
Chapter 5: Defending against External Security Threats
Chapter 6: Going on the Offensive
Chapter 7: International Security
Chapter 8: The United Nations and International Security
Chapter 9: Keeping the Peace
Chapter 10: Human Security
Conclusion: Reimagining Our Choices
This is a well-written and convincing read. . . . A good reference work for students, academics and others working with security issues on a national or international level.
— Naima Mouhleb, Uppsala University; Journal of Peace Research
Guided by a provocative and disquieting thesis that national security fails at every level, Neack skillfully analyzes how the international system, especially the United Nations, protects states and the great power state system. This comprehensive treatment, a blend of theory and policy, generalizations and comparative cases, is bound to inform and stimulate.
— Karen A. Mingst, University of Kentucky
Includes historical framework and analysis of current controversial security policies such as the war on terror and preemptive versus preventive war
Explores the changing nature of external and internal security threats, with special attention to terrorism and the transformation of warfare
Explains how the difficulties and failures of United Nations peace and security efforts can be understood by examining how the UN system was built on a state-first security ethic
Discusses recent proposals for the promotion of an international responsibility to protect human beings from violence
Provides extended discussion boxes to illustrate concepts and debates
Ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses on national security, international security, strategic studies, terrorism, global problems, and the United Nations