Collective Insecurity U.S. Defense Policy and the New World Disorder

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military History
• Military Studies » U.S. Armed Forces
• Political Science » International Relations
• History » American History -- 1946 to Present

Reviews:

• This work addresses the new world order, which the subtitle calls 'the new world disorder.' Cimbala believes the U.S. military mst adapt to a larger menu of policy requirements, beyond traditional shooting wars, well into the next century...New concepts of security are required. The international and especially the domestic political complexities of this new security environment are very real and must be well understood. Good documentation. A timely book, essential for those who make national security decisions today and for upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
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• ...Through a careful and wide-ranging analysis of American security issues in the post-Cold War international system, Stephen J. Cimbala contemporizes Machiavelli's five hundred year old warning to the modern nation-state. America finds itself in an undoubtedly difficult position; all eyes are upon it, but few hands will offer assistance. If the U.S. wishes to maintain the leading role in international security, it must at once reorganize and clarify its own priorities and interests, while avoiding estrangement from increasingly important coalition partners. Collective Insecurity provides a soberly realistic assessment of future American potential in maintaining order on the world scene.
  —The Brown Journal of World Affairs
• ...Tackling the most pressing issues in the current debate on international security with the help of historical and theoretical analysis, Stephen J. Cimbala provides a well grounded and sober--if a bit pessimistic--account of the slow dismantling of the Cold War system. The result is no less than a must-read for any student of security policy and military strategy.
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  The Brown Journal of World Affairs

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• U.S. Defense Policy in the Cold War
• U.S. Military Strategy from 1945-1990: From Collective Defense to Collective Security
• A Voyage of Discovery: Bush Strategy and Civil - Military Relations
• Russian Arms and Aims in the New World Order
• Military Transition in Russia: Can Defensive Doctrine Prevail?
• Russian Peacekeeping Potential in Political and Military Context
• Doing Away with Nukes: Can Russia Get a Fair Deal?
• Collective Security: Obstacles and Options
• Collective Security and Escalation
• Nuclear Weapons and International Futures: Perspectives on Proliferation
• Military Persuasion and Peace Operations: Risk and Opportunities for U.S. Policy
• Conclusion
• Selected Bibliography
• Index