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The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy » Read Now
by Lynn E. Davis, Jeremy Shapiro. 277 pgs.

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How should the Army transform to meet the new strategic challenges?
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The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy » Read Now
by Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk. 145 pgs.

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This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases, including case studies of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and major public health challenges currently confronting the United States.
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Economic Strategy and National Security: A Next Generation Approach » Read Now
by Patrick J. DeSouza. 420 pgs.

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The Asian financial crisis, the advent of the Euro, the current banana trade war, and the erosion of America's manufacturing base all illustrate the changing and complex agenda for American foreign policy entering the new millennium. This book arises from a two-year project by the Council on Foreign...
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The Asian financial crisis, the advent of the Euro, the current banana trade war, and the erosion of America's manufacturing base all illustrate the changing and complex agenda for American foreign policy entering the new millennium. This book arises from a two-year project by the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the world's premier foreign policy think tanks, to articulate a "Next Generation" approach to American foreign policy. The book concludes that our conception of American security must change to address financial and technological opportunities, as well as emerging threats.
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U.S. Domestic and National Security Agendas: Into the Twenty-First Century » Read Now
by Sam C. Sarkesian, John Mead Flanagin. 260 pgs.

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This book is a critical analysis of the issues and problems in the U.S. domestic arena and how these affect and interplay with the formulation and implementation of U.S. national security. The threats and challenges of the external environment are examined and analyzed with respect to their impact...
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This book is a critical analysis of the issues and problems in the U.S. domestic arena and how these affect and interplay with the formulation and implementation of U.S. national security. The threats and challenges of the external environment are examined and analyzed with respect to their impact on the domestic political-social environment. Special attention is placed on the national security establishment. The result is a book that identifies major linkages between the domestic and national security agendas, showing how these agendas affect each other, and what such linkages mean in terms of national security policy and the ability of the United States to design and implement a national security policy that will be appropriate for the 21st century.
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National Security versus Civil Liberties, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by Nancy V. Baker. 21 pgs.

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...as national security versus civil...they erode our national unity and diminish...opening up some policy avenues and...Hearings Citing national security concerns...
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The Structures of National Security Decision Making: Leadership, Institutions, and Politics in the Carter, Reagan, and G. H. W. Bush Years, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by William W. Newmann. 35 pgs.

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...making for U.S. national security is not a static...following the policy process of three...opponents of the policy would not be...aspects of U.S. national security (Carter...
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The State of the National Security State, in Parameters » Read Now
by David Jablonsky. 17 pgs.

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...foundations of national security ... was beneath...Lippmann, U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the...Military Strategy, Policy Papers in International...Evolution of U.S...
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How Important Is National Security Structure to National Security Policy?, in World affairs » Read Now
by Arthur Cyr. 21 pgs.

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...priorities to the security assistants...rather than policy analysis, although...important foreign policy problems, while...Agency, the National Security Council...
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Law in Order: Reconstructing U.S. National Security, in The National Interest » Read Now
by William Wechsler. 12 pgs.

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...Reconstructing U.S. National Security. by William...S. foreign policy are as vitally...enforcement and national security communities...S. foreign policy. Nor...
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Causes of Change in National Security Processes: Carter, Reagan, and Bush Decision Making on Arms Control, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by William Newmann. 35 pgs.

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...When it comes to national security and foreign policy, the study of U...to the outcome of national security policy. Policy is a reaction...Christopher, ed. 1995. National...
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Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy » Read Now
by John Lewis Gaddis. 428 pgs.

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...Postwar American National Security Policy JOHN LEWIS...U.S. foreign policy objectives." In...later be called "national security" studies, and...Considerations of national...
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Security in a Changing World: Case Studies in U.S. National Security Management » Read Now
by Volker C. Franke. 203 pgs.

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Franke and his contributors examine some of the most pertinent management, leadership, and accountability issues related to U.S. national security. Through the use of case studies, they place readers at the center of difficult decisions and enable them to recognize the importance of the issues at...
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Franke and his contributors examine some of the most pertinent management, leadership, and accountability issues related to U.S. national security. Through the use of case studies, they place readers at the center of difficult decisions and enable them to recognize the importance of the issues at hand and their greater policy implications and to discern lessons beyond the cases themselves. An instructor's manual is available upon request.
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U.S. National Security Policy and Strategy, 1987-1994: Documents and Policy Proposals » Read Now
by Robert A. Vitas, John Williams Allen. 314 pgs.

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Covering the transition from the Cold War to an uncertain post-Cold War era, this volume shows policy makers and political leaders grappling with the loss of a paradigm that provided intellectual stability for 50 years. It examines changes in the security landscape, institutions, weapons, and U.S...
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Covering the transition from the Cold War to an uncertain post-Cold War era, this volume shows policy makers and political leaders grappling with the loss of a paradigm that provided intellectual stability for 50 years. It examines changes in the security landscape, institutions, weapons, and U.S. military actions. The volume includes U.S. government documents covering national security institutions, changing visions of the international security landscape, post-Cold War East-West relations, nuclear strategy and arms control, and U.S. involvement in Central America, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, and Haiti. Each chapter begins with an introduction to frame the issues, events, and policy proposals.
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The Politics of National Security: Congress and U.S. Defense Policy » Read Now
by Barry M. Blechman, W. Philip Ellis. 256 pgs.

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Over the past twenty years, a revolution has occurred in relations between the American executive and legislative branches. Once a passive observer of the President's decisions on defense policy, the Congress has assumed a more aggressive role in decisions on the defense budget, arms control, war...
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Over the past twenty years, a revolution has occurred in relations between the American executive and legislative branches. Once a passive observer of the President's decisions on defense policy, the Congress has assumed a more aggressive role in decisions on the defense budget, arms control, war powers, sales of weapons abroad, and covert operations. Based on interviews with members of Congress and their staffs, The Politics of National Security describes and analyzes this fundamental change in the United States political system, concentrating on the political factors behind the Congress' greater assertiveness. The book explains how and why the transformation occurred and addresses the consequences for the defense of American interests abroad. Providing insights into the inner workings of Congress, this comprehensive study offers practical recommendations for resolving the long-standing issues between the two branches of United States government.
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The Transformation of National Security, in The National Interest » Read Now
by Philip Zelikow. 12 pgs.

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...politics and U.S. national security policy today is whether...redefinition of national security profoundly affects...U.S. foreign policy agenda. Whether...opportunity", the...
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Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC » Read Now
by Amy B. Zegart. 317 pgs.

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Zegart (policy studies, School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA) challenges the belief that national security agencies are well designed to serve the national interest. Using a new institutionalist approach, she asks what forces shaped the design of the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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Zegart (policy studies, School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA) challenges the belief that national security agencies are well designed to serve the national interest. Using a new institutionalist approach, she asks what forces shaped the design of the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council. She finds that blame can be ascribed to features of American democracy which limit presidential power and give Congress little incentive to create an effective foreign policy system.
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