Chronicling the rise of Third World powers in the aftermath of the Cold War, a critical analysis of American strategic thinking draws on Pentagon documents, noting the military's influence on peacetime foreign policy.
Noam Chomsky argues that, contrary to popular perception, the real â__rogueâ__ states in the world today are not the dictator-led developing countries we hear about in the news, but the United States and its allies.
If he understood that Bonn intended to extradite Wilson to the United States , then Qadhafi thought he was being conciliatory . Tripoli had good reason to pursue a conciliatory policy during the spring of 1982 : the United States was in ...
This book investigates whether so-called rogue states – assumed antagonists of a Western-liberal world order – could also act as norm entrepreneurs by championing the genesis and evolution of global norms.
The book's comprehensive analysis of preemption and regime change debates the circumstances under which each policy might be justified or legal under international law.
Using power and diplomacy to deal with rogue states
In this work, Raymond Tanter explores US foreign policy with regard to nations such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya, uncovering the reasons why these countries are so menacing to the United States.
Thirty-four year old Navy Lieutenant Commander James Overstreet had left his air base in Japan with twenty-nine American Navy officers and men plus one American Marine. The trip should have been routine. For many years the United States ...
Fully revised to reflect the realities of the post-Cold War era, this standard curricular reference includes introductory essays reviewing current intellectual and pedagogical themes in the field of peace and world security studies; shorter ...
Indhold: The New Interventionism: Low-Intensity Warfare in the 1980s and beyond: Michael T. Klare and Peter Kornbluh; Counterinsurgency:The First Ordeal by fire: Charles Maechling, Jr.; The Interventionist Impulse: U.S. Military...
As pointed out by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in November 1998, 'We think the ambiguity involved in the issue of nuclear weapons contributes to our security, keeping any potential adversary who might use either chemical or ...