In this Section:
1) Brief Table of Contents
2) Full Table of Contents
1) Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1: National Security for a New and Changing Era
Chapter 2: The Concepts and Logic of National Security
Chapter 3: Influences from the Past: The American Historical Experience
Chapter 4: The Post-1945 Challenge: The Nature and End of the Cold War
Chapter 5: Moving to the Present: The Post-Cold War World
Chapter 6: The Domestic Environment
Chapter 7: Domestic Battlegrounds and National Security
Chapter 8: The Phenomenon and Impact of Globalization
Chapter 9: “Legacy” Military Problems
Chapter 10: Residues of 9/11: Terrorism, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Chapter 11: International Change: Asymmetrical Warfare
Chapter 12: The Menu of Activism: Peacekeeping, State Building, and Development
Chapter 13: New Dimensions and Approaches
Chapter 14: Looking Ahead
2) Full Table of Contents
Chapter 1: National Security for a New and Changing Era
Preview
Sources of Change
Amplification 1.1: Why Entitlement and Defense Cuts?
Challenge: Is a Reduced Commitment to National Security Accepetable?
Conclusions: The Way Forward
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 2: The Concepts and Logic of National Security
Preview
Thinking about Security
Risk and Risk Management
Amplification 2.1: What Should the United States Do About North Korea?
Thinking About Interests
Amplification 2.2: Vital and Less-Than-Vital Interests and Afghanistan
Power and the Instruments of Power
The Realist Paradigm
Challenge: The Realist Paradigm and Contemporary American Politics
Conclusions: Realism and The Realist Paradigm
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 3: Influences from the Past: The American Historical Experience
Preview
Conditioning Factors in the American Tradition
Accident of Geography
Amplification 3.1: Dealing with Dependence on Persian Gulf Oil
Evolution of the American Experience
The Formative Period, 1789—1945
Total War Preference
Amplification 3.2: Readiness and Pearl Harbor
The Cold War, 1945—1989
Conclusion: The Contemporary Period, 1989 to Present
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 4: The Post-1945 Challenge: The Nature and End of the Cold War
Preview
The Cold War System
Amplification 4.1: Better Red than Dead? Better Dead than Red?
Forms of Military Competition
Amplification 4.2: The Capitalist Bomb
Deadlock of the Competition
Cold War Residues
Challenge! What Kind of Russia?
Conclusions: The Legacy End of the Cold War
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 5: Moving to the Present: The Post-Cold War World
Preview
The First Fault Line: The World After the Cold War
Amplification 5.1: The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Military
The Second Fault Line: The World After September 11
Amplification 5.2: The Rules of War: Who Is a POW?
Toward the New International System?
Conclusion: The Continuing Role of Force
Challenge! Military Responses to Iran?
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 6: The Domestic Environment
Preview
Amplification 6.1: Extremism in the Defense of Liberty?
The Structure of Domestic Politics
Amplification 6.2: The President, the Constitution, and National Security
Amplification 6.3: The Congress, the Constitution, and National Security
Institutional Responses to National Security Challenges: War Powers and Homeland Security
Challenge! The United States in Libya
Homeland Security
Conclusion: The Contemporary Environment
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 7: Domestic Battlegrounds and National Security
Preview
The Political Battleground
National Security and Domestic Politics
Amplification 7.1: Estimating Budget Deficits and Trends
The Impact on National Security
Amplification 7.2: The Washington Monument Ploy
Challenge! Thinking About Loss Allocation
Conclusions: An Ongoing Debate
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 8: The Phenomenon and Impact of Globalization
Preview
The Bretton Woods System, 1945—1971
Amplification 8.1: The ITO and the Anti-Free Traders
The Transitional Period, 1971—1990
The Globalizing Economy, 1990—Present
Amplification 8.2: The Rejectionists
New Additions to National Security Agenda
Challenge! Rare Earth Elements and National Security
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 9: “Legacy” Military Problems
Preview
Nuclear Forces and Deterrence
Amplification 9.1: Iranian Proliferation and Israel
Traditional Forces and the Future
Amplification 9.2: Affording Heavy Forces: Relevance and Cost Overruns
Challenge! Military Service After Iraq and Afghanistan
Conclusion: The Continuing Relevance of Traditional Forces
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 10: Residues of 9/11: Terrorism, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Preview
The Direct Terrorism Response
Amplification 10.1: Terrorism as Crime or War
The War in Afghanistan
Amplification 10.2: Afghanistan Options
The Iraq War
Challenge! What if Iraq “Goes South”?
Conclusions: Conditioning the Future
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 11: International Change: Asymmetrical Warfare
Preview
The Context of Asymmetrical Warfare
Amplification 11.1: Sun Tzu on Asymmetrical Warfare
The Dynamics of Asymmetrical Warfare
Asymmetrical Futures?
Challenge! The Asymmetrical Warfare Element in Planning
Conclusions: Asymmetry and the Future
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 12: The Menu of Activism: Peacekeeping, State Building, and Development
Preview
Peacekeeping
Amplification 12.1: The Talk-Shoot Dilemma in Peace Enforcement
Development and State Building
Challenge! Establishing Developmental Priorities
Amplification 12.2: Peacekeeping, Development, and State Building in Afghanistan
Conclusions: The Complexity of Post-War Peace
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 13: New Dimensions and Approaches
Preview
Border Security
National Resources Security
Amplification 13.1: An Impenetrable Border?
Challenge! National Security and the Price of Gas
Environmental Security
Amplification 13.2: The United States, Kyoto, and Copenhagen
Conclusion: Expanded Security Horizons
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography
Chapter 14: Looking Ahead
Preview
Exploring the Future
Amplification 14.1: The Fall of the Shah and Al Qaeda
Challenge! Contemporary Worst Cases?
Amplification 14.2: U.S. Activism and Iranian Nuclear Weapons
Conclusions: Assessing the Future
Study/Discussion Questions
Selected Bibliography