In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new border defenses with remote sensors and biometric scanners, and deployed new autonomous air warfare capabilities, such as the drone program. Looking at efforts to restore security after 9/11, the work examines issues such as the rise in technology spending, the various scenarios of mass terror, and America's effort to ensure that future engagements will take place far from the homeland. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iran's emergence as nuclear threat, and...
In the decade that followed 9/11, technologies and technology policies became central to homeland security. For example, the U.S. erected new borde...
Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of the first civilian defense intellectuals to cross over into the military world. This book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age.
Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of...
Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. This book presents an exploration of Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age and of his effort to reconcile Carl von Clausewitz's theories to the new challenges of the nuclear era .
Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. This book presents an exploration of Brodie's strategic and phi...
The work examines the rise of the movements against globalization, modernization, and Western dominance that followed the collapse of the bipolar world and the end of the Cold War and that culminated with today's global jihadist movements. It describes how the U.S. had to adapt to this new, asymmetrical world of conflict with its strategic, doctrinal and theoretical responses to the threats of terrorism and insurgency that defined the Global War on Terror (GWOT).
Unique in the breadth of its scope, the book connects movements from the Zapatista uprising to Al Qaeda's...
The work examines the rise of the movements against globalization, modernization, and Western dominance that followed the collapse of the bipolar w...
