Encyclopedia of United States National Security, Volume 1

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SAGE, 2006 - 922 pagina's

With over 750 entries, the Encyclopedia of United States National Security is the first single, concise reference source to provide accurate and informative answers to the many challenging questions of how, why, when, and where national security has evolved. In addition to presenting historical facts and analyses, this two-volume encyclopedia is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to some of the more complicated and abstract questions concerning world politics and national security. A thoroughly interdisciplinary work, this encyclopedia views national security from historical, economic, political, and technological perspectives.

 

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List of Entries
Readers Guide
About the Editor
Preface
Introduction
A
B
C
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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D
E
F
G
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I
J
K
L
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List of National Security Acronyms
Selected Bibliography
Index
Timeline
Copyright

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Encyclopedia of United States National Security, Volume 1
Richard J. Samuels
Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2006
Encyclopedia of United States National Security
Richard J. Samuels
Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005

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Over de auteur (2006)

Richard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies. He has been head of the MIT Political Science Department, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Japan of the National Research Council, and chair of the Japan-US Friendship Commission. He has also been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was awarded an imperial decoration, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Prime Minister. His study of the political and policy consequences of the 2011 Tohoku catastrophe is forthcoming from Cornell University Press. Samuels′ Securing Japan: Tokyo′s Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia, was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book in international affairs. Machiavelli′s Children won the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Jervis-Schroeder Prize from the International History and Politics section of American Political Science Association. Earlier books were awarded prizes from the Association for Asian Studies, the Association of American University Press, and the Ohira Memorial Prize. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Security, International Organization, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, National Interest, Journal of Japanese Studies, and Daedalus.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelEncyclopedia of United States National Security, Volume 1
A Sage Reference Publication
DWJ Books reference work
Encyclopedia of United States National Security, Richard J. Samuels, ISBN 0761929274, 9780761929277
Sage eReference library
Sage eReference
AuteurRichard J. Samuels
RedacteurRichard J. Samuels
UitgeverSAGE, 2006
ISBN0761929274, 9780761929277
Lengte922 pagina's
  
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