Seeking security in an insecure world / Dan Caldwell and Robert E. Williams
Imprint
New York : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2016
Edition
Third edition
Descript
xii, 326p. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
The meaning of security today -- Part I : Traditional sources of insecurity -- Conventional weapons and war -- Nuclear weapons, deterrence, and arms control -- Chemical and biological weapons -- The terrorist threat -- The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- Part II : New sources of insecurity -- Infectious disease and health insecurity -- Transnational criminal organizations and trafficking -- Insecurity in cyberspace -- Part III : Political and social conditions of security -- The state of the state: national security and human security -- Economics and security -- Resources, the environment, and security -- Seeking security in an insecure world