Books in the Praeger Security International series

Recounts the stories of 15 of the American Revolution's most important battlefield commanders. This work illuminates various aspects of American military and cultural history. It also investigates two vital themes of the American military tradition, civil-military relations and the respective roles and worth of professional and citizen soldiers.

Examines the history of US national security strategy, and he analyses the results and conclusions of several key documents, including the 9/11 Commission Report. This book coordinates all aspects of US national security legislation and looks at both hard power and soft power.

As shocking as the attacks of 9/11 were, we have been too quick to view the post-9/11 struggle against terrorism as entirely new and unprecedented. Even seemingly novel characteristics of terrorist methods may be more the outcome of earlier developments than a truly new phenomenon.

Includes the important organisational structures - armoured and infantry divisions, fighter and bomber wings, and carrier battle groups - in the context of modern conflicts, including Vietnam, the Gulf War, operations in Panama, Kosovo, and Somalia, and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

As many as 30 states are still believed to have either a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons program. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the scientist who directed the Pakistani A-bomb program, has admitted selling nuclear weapons designs, and nuclear enrichment equipment to Libya, Iran, and North Korea.

Presents a theory of preventative action based upon the beliefs and perceptions of leaders. This book examines five cases: British action in the Suez Canal Crisis, 1956; Israel's strike on Iraq's nuclear reactor, 1981; American preventive war planning, 1946-1954; Indian preventative war planning, 1982-2002; and America's war against Iraq, 2003.

The reality of the Arab-Israeli balance now consists of two subordinate balances: Israel versus Syria and Israel versus the Palestinians.

Facing the threats posed by suicide bombers, democratic governments have hard choices to make. This book argues that for intelligence organisations to face up to the challenges of global terrorism, they must change the way they think, and utilise all their resources effectively and creatively.

Now everyone can learn what the U.S. government knew about Saudi society, and when they knew it. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many intelligence failures have come to light.

National security has always been an integral consideration in immigration policy, never more so than in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

As Europe has become more unified and more democratic, NATO has assumed different layers of significance in the global security environment. This work argues that a careful analysis of NATO's global focus suggests that it is not the nature of NATO's mission that has changed, but rather its scope.

American foreign policy toward Europe is merrily rolling along the path of least resistance, in the belief that there is nothing really amiss with the European-American relationship that multilateralism will not fix.

It remains in the active stages of development more than two decades after it was introduced, even as American policy makers struggle to counter the emerging threat posed by rogue states engaged in the active pursuit and development of atomic weapons.

How does one effectively fight suicide bombers? What threat do they hold for Western society? How do people who love peace reconcile the need for war? Written by a noted genocide expert, this book addresses these questions, while giving an opinionated description of suicide bombings and terror as the opening salvos of a Third World War.

A personal memoir by a relief worker and conflict specialist who has worked on the ground in a host of war-torn countries. It argues that civil wars are often dismissed by westerners as tribal, ethnic, or regional disputes, when in reality such violence is fundamentally part of the human condition.

The two rising Asian powers, China and India, dependent as they are on seaborne commerce for their economic well-being, have set their eyes on the high seas. This book offers an examination of the rise of two naval powers and the potential impact that such an oceanic reconfiguration of power in Asia could have on long-term regional stability.

His staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders were an extremely capable collection of military leaders that included 12 future generals (two of them SS), and two colonels who briefly commanded panzer divisions but never reached general rank.

Hope Is Not a Plan takes the reader inside the war in Iraq courtesy of participant-observers brought there to diagnose the insurgency and develop a get-well plan.

Suicide bombers are often compared to smart bombs. Suicide bombers are in fact smarter than smart bombs because they can choose their own target-and they can react to circumstances on the ground, changing their target, or their timing, in an instant, to ensure the maximum damage, destruction, and death.

The London Controlling Section (LCS) devised an elaborate two-part plan called Operation Fortitude that SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force) helped to fine tune and that both British and American forces implementedHistorians analyzing the Normandy invasion frequently devote some discussion to Operation Fortitude.

Begins its examination with the US Government's campaign to instigate a war with Spain and ends with a review of the methods it is using to encourage support for the 'War Against Terrorism.' This book analyses each of these wars within the context of the techniques that the government used to generate public support.

This book is for typical American families, business travelers, corporate executive management personnel, emergency first responders, school administrators, and local government officials responsible for public safety and emergency management. Americans are regularly bombarded with reports of disaster and tragedy in the daily news.

Allen examines the maritime counterproliferation activities of nations participating in the Proliferation Security Initiative, as set out in their Statement of Interdiction Principles.

This promise of democracy, set in the wider scope of Iranian Shi'i jurisprudence and practice, is set to elevate the largest segment of Iranian society-its educated and pro-American youth-to the forefront of Iranian politics. The Middle East is in crisis, and within every crisis lies opportunity.

An insider's account of official US efforts to prevent the theft or diversion of nuclear and radiological weapons that could be used by rogue nations or terrorist groups.

In the brief experience the world has had during the post-9/11 era. But comparatively little attention has been paid on the key global security issues facing the world: that between and among the United States, Russia, and China. This book examines key security issues from the perspectives of those three powers.

This 30th anniversary edition of a highly acclaimed classic covers the entire span of the American naval experience from the Revolution to the present. Each essay about the navy in war concludes with an assessment of the importance of naval operations to the outcome of the war and the significance of the war to America's role in world affairs.

While many people are aware that women are actively serving in the US armed forces, few understand what exactly is expected of women in the military, the duties they perform, and the limitations and restrictions placed on them, especially in a combat zone. This book reveals much about its subjects.

This volume provides a concise introduction to the issues and debates regarding modern piracy, including naval operations, law, and diplomacy, and focuses on the recent surge of attacks off the coasts of Africa and Asia.

Valone has selected 71 documents that have either defined America's place in the world or reflected a significant episode in the history of U.S. foreign affairs.