Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 248
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978-1-5381-1565-7 • Hardback • January 2019 • $75.00 • (£58.00)
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Donald M Snow is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama where he taught courses on International Relations, American Defense Policy, and Foreign Policy. He is author of numerous books on national security and American foreign policy, including The Middle East, Oil, and the U.S. National Security Policy: Intractable Conflicts (2016), U.S. Foreign Policy: Back to the Water’s Edge, 5e (2018), and Regional Cases in US Foreign Policy, 2e (2018).
Preface
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Chapter 1
| Starting at the Beginning: Basic Dynamics and Concerns
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Part I
| Strategic Dynamics
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Chapter 2
| Asymmetrical Warfare: The New American Way of War?
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Chapter 3
| The Evolving Face of Terror: The Dilemmas of Terrorism Strategy
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Chapter 4
| Nuclear Deterrence Redux: The New Shadow of the Mushroom-Shaped Cloud
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Chapter 5
| Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation: The NPT and BMD Approaches
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Chapter 6
| Two Scorpions in a Bottle: Dealing with the DPRK
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Chapter 7
| The Great Satans: The U.S., Iran, and Nuclear Weapons
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Part II
| Geographic Spotlights
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Chapter 8
| The Continuing Middle East Riddle: Jerusalem and the Palestinian State
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Chapter 9
| America’s Longest War: The Afghanistan Trap
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Chapter 10
| Syria: The Perfect Maelstrom
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Chapter 11
| Russia: Dealing with a Long-Time Rival
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Chapter 12
| China: Dealing with the Frenemy with a New Face
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Chapter 13
| Africa: The New Battleground?
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Part III
| Political Context
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Chapter 14
| How Much of What Is Enough? Kinds and Levels of U.S. Force
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Chapter 15
| Military Personnel: Where Do the Soldiers Come From?
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Chapter 16
| Cyber Security: The Newest Frontier
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Chapter 17
| Force Multiplication: Drone Warfare or Drone Terror
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Conclusion
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Chapter 18
| Quo Vadis: Facing the National Security Future
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