Diplomacy's Value

Brian C Rathbun

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• What is the value of diplomacy? How does it affect the course of foreign affairs independent of the distribution of power and foreign policy interests... Lees meer

Divided Union

Scott A Silverstone

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, the United States was embroiled in competitive inter-state politics. Although it did not directly inv... Lees meer

Fighting for Rights

Ronald R Krebs

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Leaders around the globe have long turned to the armed forces as a "school for the nation." Debates over who serves continue to arouse passion today b... Lees meer

Final Solutions

Benjamin A Valentino

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Benjamin A. Valentino finds that ethnic hatreds or discrimination, undemocratic systems of government, and dysfunctions in society play a much smaller... Lees meer

All Options on the Table

Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• When is preventive war chosen to counter nuclear proliferation? In All Options on the Table , Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark looks beyond systemic and slow... Lees meer

Pivotal Deterrence

Timothy W Crawford

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• As the preponderant world power, the United States is a potential arbiter of war and peace between such feuding rivals as India and Pakistan, Turkey a... Lees meer

Nuclear Statecraft

Francis J Gavin

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging fro... Lees meer

Occupational Hazards

David M Edelstein

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Few would contest that the U.S. occupation of Iraq is a clear example of just how fraught a military occupation can become. In Occupational Hazards , ... Lees meer

The Undermining the Kremlin

Dale C Copeland

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• One of the most important questions of human existence is what drives nations to war--especially massive, system-threatening war. Much military histor... Lees meer

Anatomy of Mistrust

Deborah Welch Larson

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• The United States and the Soviet Union missed numerous diplomatic opportunities to resolve differences and control the arms race because neither state... Lees meer

Escaping the Deadly Embrace

Andrea Bartoletti

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war. Using histor... Lees meer

Logics of War

Alex Weisiger

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disprop... Lees meer

Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China demonstrates how structural and domestic variables influence how East Asian states adjust their strategy in... Lees meer

The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution

Robert Jervis

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Robert Jervis argues here that the possibility of nuclear war has created a revolution in military strategy and international relations. He examines h... Lees meer

China's Ascent

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sour... Lees meer

Myths of Empire

Jack L Snyder

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Overextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue agg... Lees meer

Deceit on the Road to War

John M Schuessler

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• In Deceit on the Road to War , John M. Schuessler examines how U.S. presidents have deceived the American public about fundamental decisions of war an... Lees meer

Insider Threats

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• "This compendium of research on insider threats is essential reading for all personnel with accountabilities for security; it shows graphically the ex... Lees meer

The Remnants of War

John Mueller

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• "War... is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbo... Lees meer

Securing Japan

Richard J Samuels

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• For the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan's security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and... Lees meer

Reliability and Alliance Interdependence

Iain D Henry

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence , Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence... Lees meer

Exporting the Bomb

Matthew H Kroenig

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out th... Lees meer

The Shadow of the Past

Gregory D Miller

• Hardcover | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• In The Shadow of the Past , Gregory D. Miller examines the role that reputation plays in international politics, emphasizing the importance of reliabi... Lees meer

Liddell Hart and the Weight of History

John J Mearsheimer

• Paperback | Engels | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• For almost half a century, Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895-1970) was the most highly regarded writer on strategy and military matters in the Englis... Lees meer