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A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond
ISBN: 9780761830597 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond examines the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress six weeks after the horrific events of September 11, 2001. This new set of American laws gives the federal government broad powers to conduct surveillance on American citizens, in some cases without warrant and without judicial oversight. The book summarizes other programs put into operation to severely curtail the civil liberties of Americans, including a second, more intrusive PATRIOT Act, and other proposed programs and laws that attack privacy, probable cause, due process, and...
A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond examines the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress six weeks after the horrific events of...
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191,02 |
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China and the Taiwan Issue: Incoming War at Taiwan Strait
ISBN: 9780761834342 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With comprehensive historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural data, this book offers a timely examination of the developments in mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. involvement in the region as they relate to the ongoing Taiwan Strait dilemma. While many books approach this issue primarily from the viewpoint of Taiwan, this book gives considerable attention to China and its development and role in the issue. In an approachable style, this intriguing work identifies the realities that mainland China and Taiwan, as well as the United States, face and presents various options in an effort...
With comprehensive historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural data, this book offers a timely examination of the developments in mainland Chin...
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362,43 |
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China and the Taiwan Issue: Incoming War at Taiwan Strait
ISBN: 9780761834359 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With comprehensive historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural data, this book offers a timely examination of the developments in mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. involvement in the region as they relate to the ongoing Taiwan Strait dilemma. While many books approach this issue primarily from the viewpoint of Taiwan, this book gives considerable attention to China and its development and role in the issue. In an approachable style, this intriguing work identifies the realities that mainland China and Taiwan, as well as the United States, face and presents various options in an effort...
With comprehensive historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural data, this book offers a timely examination of the developments in mainland Chin...
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230,19 |
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Sustaining the Regime: North Korea's Quest for Financial Support
ISBN: 9780761836148 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert D. Wallace combines his research and experiences while working in South Korea as an intelligence officer and analyst to further enhance understanding regarding the types of illicit and questionable methods North Korea employs to raise funds overseas. Wallace provides analysis of illicit activities, such as: -drug smuggling -counterfeiting -aid diversion -North Korea's weapons and technology transfers -support from Koreans in Japan and, overall coordinating efforts of Bureau 39, the organization that controls North Korea's overseas fundraising operations. Wallace proposes that North...
Robert D. Wallace combines his research and experiences while working in South Korea as an intelligence officer and analyst to further enhance underst...
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186,11 |
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Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia: The 21st Century Security Environment
ISBN: 9780765604330 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive exploration of the international environment examines not only traditional political-military concerns but also economic, ethnic, and environmental issues and the role of crime, terrorism, the drug trade, and migration in the security environment of Russia and its neighbours to the south. This approach takes account of both the internal and external aspects of security problems and their interplay. The participation of international authors facilitates the consideration of each problem from all relevant points of view.
This comprehensive exploration of the international environment examines not only traditional political-military concerns but also economic, ethnic, a...
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783,64 |
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Building Security in the New States of Eurasia: Subregional Cooperation in the Former Soviet Space: Subregional Cooperation in the Former Soviet Space
ISBN: 9780765605320 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pathbreaking study brings together international experts to consider security issues and the experience and potential for cooperation in the subregions of the former Soviet Union. Appendices to the volume provide maps, a guide to acronyms, profiles of existing subregional organizations, and a chronology of cooperative agreements signed in the region since 1991.
This pathbreaking study brings together international experts to consider security issues and the experience and potential for cooperation in the subr...
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710,17 |
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The Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific
ISBN: 9780765605399 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Multilateral security forums in the Asia Pacific region have evolved, but bilateral defence alliances continue to form the principle pillars of national security for most nations in the region. This text presents a survey of issues confronting the Asia-Pacific region as it enters year 2000.
Multilateral security forums in the Asia Pacific region have evolved, but bilateral defence alliances continue to form the principle pillars of nation...
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440,75 |
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Central Asia: A Gathering Storm?
ISBN: 9780765608628 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The societies of Central Asia are besieged from within and without. This survey of political, economic, and social development in Central Asia offers geopolitical context, unparalleled coverage, and analytical depth to our understanding of a region that appears to be rapidly spiraling into crisis.
The societies of Central Asia are besieged from within and without. This survey of political, economic, and social development in Central Asia offers ...
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710,17 |
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Central Asia: A Gathering Storm?
ISBN: 9780765608666 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The societies of Central Asia are besieged from within and without. The political elites - virtually unchanged despite the transition to independent statehood - battle radical Islamic movements and other oppositional threats that are continuously fueled by economic instability, corruption, environmental deterioration, and the collapse of social services. This survey of political, economic, and social development in Central Asia offers geopolitical context, unparalleled coverage, and analytical depth to our understanding of a region that appears to be rapidly spiraling into crisis.
The societies of Central Asia are besieged from within and without. The political elites - virtually unchanged despite the transition to independent s...
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254,64 |
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The Black Sea Region: Cooperation and Security Building
ISBN: 9780765612250 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ring of countries bordering the Black Sea make up one of the unstable subregions of former Soviet republics, satellites and neighbours. This volume analyses the security issues in the Black Sea region and the development of mechanisms that would promote cooperation and conflict management.
The ring of countries bordering the Black Sea make up one of the unstable subregions of former Soviet republics, satellites and neighbours. This volum...
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783,64 |
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Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order: National Interests and Regional Order
ISBN: 9780765614742 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work explore why some forms of security cooperation and institutionalisation in the region have proven more feasible than others.
New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work expl...
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710,17 |
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Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order: National Interests and Regional Order
ISBN: 9780765614759 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work explore why some forms of security cooperation and institutionalisation in the region have proven more feasible than others.
New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work expl...
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274,23 |
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Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for More Effective Government: Blueprints for More Effective Government
ISBN: 9780765617583 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 9/11 revealed serious public sector shortcomings in such areas as border security and immigration control, cybersecurity, and first responses to hostile acts. This book focuses on how to make government more effective, especially in our post-9/11 era of heightened concern for national and homeland security. "Meeting the Challenge of 9/11" is a top-to-bottom guidebook for improving government organization and performance. While it specifically addresses the key issues of homeland security (biodefense, border security, immigration control, and infrastructure protection), it has a broader agenda...
9/11 revealed serious public sector shortcomings in such areas as border security and immigration control, cybersecurity, and first responses to hosti...
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710,17 |
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Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for More Effective Government: Blueprints for More Effective Government
ISBN: 9780765617590 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 9/11 revealed serious public sector shortcomings in such areas as border security and immigration control, cybersecurity, and first responses to hostile acts. This book focuses on how to make government more effective, especially in our post-9/11 era of heightened concern for national and homeland security. "Meeting the Challenge of 9/11" is a top-to-bottom guidebook for improving government organization and performance. While it specifically addresses the key issues of homeland security (biodefense, border security, immigration control, and infrastructure protection), it has a broader agenda...
9/11 revealed serious public sector shortcomings in such areas as border security and immigration control, cybersecurity, and first responses to hosti...
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195,86 |
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Homeland Security Scams
ISBN: 9780765803344 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A direct consequence of the War on Terror launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001 is an awareness of the need for homeland security. This war is being used to justify a huge expansion of government powers and spending, but funds allocated for homeland security are often for programs far removed from anything that might be termed -defense- or -security.- In Homeland Security Scams, James T. Bennett shows that this government spending is doing very little to make us safer, but a great deal to make us poorer, less free, and more dependent on the federal government. ... A direct consequence of the War on Terror launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001 is an awareness of the need for homeland security. This... |
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710,17 |
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While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
ISBN: 9780767920056 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another Weimar moment. Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists?
As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm he encountered large, rapidly expanding... The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not ...
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73,22 |
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The Revolution in Military Affairs: Volume 5
ISBN: 9780773523944 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The war in Afghanistan, the Gulf war, and the NATO bombardment of Kosovo show clearly how advances in information technology are driving a high-tech revolution in military affairs (RMA) and transforming the nature of modern warfare. Elinor Sloan outlines the major elements of the RMA and examines the efforts of the United States, its NATO allies, and others to transform their military forces from the large, industrial-age forces of the Cold War to the smaller, more rapidly deployable yet highly lethal forces of the future. By detailing the diverse dimensions of the RMA, including its...
The war in Afghanistan, the Gulf war, and the NATO bombardment of Kosovo show clearly how advances in information technology are driving a high-tech r...
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132,18 |
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Why Movements Matter: The West German Peace Movement and U.S. Arms Control Policy
ISBN: 9780791446560 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why Movements Matter is a provocative account of how the Reagan administration relented to pressures created by international peace movements during one of the most dangerous episodes of the Cold War. Breyman provides the first systematic account of the West German anti-missile movement, among the most important citizen mobilizations of postwar Western history. Contrary to conventional wisdom Breyman offers compelling evidence that peace movements, rather than any escalation of Cold War spending or rhetorical belligerence, hastened the demise of the Cold War. The product of extensive...
Why Movements Matter is a provocative account of how the Reagan administration relented to pressures created by international peace movements during o...
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139,20 |
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Globalization, Security, and the Nation State: Paradigms in Transition
ISBN: 9780791464021 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume studies the links among the concepts of globalization, security, and the authority of the nation state, drawing attention to why and how these three concepts are interrelated and why they should be studied together. Contributors explore the connections between security and global transformations, and the corresponding or resulting changes in state structures that emerge. Probing and extending existing paradigms, the book offers three regional cases studies: the periphery states of the Middle East and North Africa, the second world states of the Russian Federation, and the core...
This volume studies the links among the concepts of globalization, security, and the authority of the nation state, drawing attention to why and how t...
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131,47 |
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Rethinking the Just War Tradition
ISBN: 9780791471562 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The just war tradition is an evolving body of tenets for determining when resorting to war is just and how war may be justly executed. Rethinking the Just War Tradition provides a timely exploration in light of new security threats that have emerged since the end of the Cold War, including ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, threats of terror attacks, and genocidal conflicts within states. The contributors are philosophers, political scientists, a U.S. Army officer, and a senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information. They scrutinize some familiar themes in just war theory...
The just war tradition is an evolving body of tenets for determining when resorting to war is just and how war may be justly executed. Rethinking t...
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131,47 |
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