US national security
Subtitle: new threats, old realities
By: Paul R. Viotti
Series: Rapid communications in conflict and security series; Rapid communications in conflict and security
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Amherst, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781604979305
Subjects: National security; Military policy
Description: "This book addresses various security threats, and the reciprocal use of force they engender, through a constructivist lens: one that assumes the ideas in the heads of policy makers, and their particular interpretations of "facts," to be part of a highly subjective process. After analyzing and explaining the key threats and the vehicles in which they become manifest-- war, armed intervention, insurgency, countering insurgency and terrorism, and intelligence--the book examines the projection of force and elements of force maximization, in chapters on civil-military relations, a diverse military of citizen volunteers, and organization and budget. And it traces how the role of the US dollar, as a globally accepted currency, gives a particular advantage to US business and banking interests, and to the US government, when it comes to financing the costs of global diplomatic, military, and other operations. Taking into account these threats and opportunities, Paul Viotti identifies a number of strategies and policies for the US that are central to the maintaining of peace and security over the next few decades"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Threats, opportunities, and the use of force; title: A brave new world; title: War; title: Armed intervention; title: Insurgency; title: Countering insurgencies and terrorism; title: Intelligence; title: Force maximization-human and material resources; title: Civil-military relations; title: A diverse military of citizen volunteers; title: Organization and budget; title: Afterword: Brave new world revisited-reconstructing realism.