| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 390 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How dangerous? History and nuclear alarmism / Francis J. Gavin -- Nuclear alarmism : proliferation and terrorism / John Mueller -- China's putative threat to U.S. national security / Lyle J. Goldstein -- The American perception of substate threats / Paul R. Pillar -- The management of savagery : policy options for confronting substate threats / Austin Long -- Transnational crime as a security threat : myths, misconceptions, and historical lessons / Peter Andreas -- Dealing with cyberattacks / Martin Libicki -- Climate change and national security : balancing the costs and benefits / Mark G. Stewart -- It's coming from inside the house / Michael A. Cohen -- Human security in the United States / Stephanie Rugolo -- Bucks for the bang? Assessing the economic returns to military primacy / Daniel W. Drezner -- Assessing the "threat" of international tension to the U.S. economy / Eugene Gholz -- It's a commons misunderstanding : the limited threat to American command of the commons / Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson and Sameer Lalwani -- Security threats in contemporary world politics : potential hegemons, partnerships, and primacy / Brendan Rittenhouse Green -- Delusions of danger : geopolitical fear and indispensability in U.S. foreign policy / Christopher J. Fettweis -- Alarums and excursions : explaining threat inflation in U.S. foreign policy / Benjamin H. Friedman. |
| Summary |
In this timely edited volume of papers, experts on international security assess, and put in context, the supposed dangers to American security. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National security -- United States.
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National security. |
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United States. |
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Threats -- United States.
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Threats. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Preble, Christopher A., editor.
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Mueller, John E., editor.
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| Note |
Threat perception and U.S. national security |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dangerous world? Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2014] 1939709407 (DLC) 2014028682 (OCoLC)873007547 |
| ISBN |
1939709415 (electronic book) |
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9781939709417 (electronic book) |
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1939709407 |
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9781939709400 |
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