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A dangerous world? : threat perception and U.S. national security /

In 2013, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey stated that the world is "more dangerous than it has ever been." Is this accurate? Do we live in a world that is uniquely dangerous? Is it possible that the many threats and dangers promoted by policymakers and the media ar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Preble, Christopher A. (Editor ), Mueller, John E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How dangerous? History and nuclear alarmism / Francis J. Gavin
  • Nuclear alarmism : proliferation and terrorism / John Mueller
  • China's putative threat to U.S. national security / Lyle J. Goldstein
  • The American perception of substate threats / Paul R. Pillar
  • The management of savagery : policy options for confronting substate threats / Austin Long
  • Transnational crime as a security threat : myths, misconceptions, and historical lessons / Peter Andreas
  • Dealing with cyberattacks / Martin Libicki
  • Climate change and national security : balancing the costs and benefits / Mark G. Stewart
  • It's coming from inside the house / Michael A. Cohen
  • Human security in the United States / Stephanie Rugolo
  • Bucks for the bang? Assessing the economic returns to military primacy / Daniel W. Drezner
  • Assessing the "threat" of international tension to the U.S. economy / Eugene Gholz
  • It's a commons misunderstanding : the limited threat to American command of the commons / Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson and Sameer Lalwani
  • Security threats in contemporary world politics : potential hegemons, partnerships, and primacy / Brendan Rittenhouse Green
  • Delusions of danger : geopolitical fear and indispensability in U.S. foreign policy / Christopher J. Fettweis
  • Alarums and excursions : explaining threat inflation in U.S. foreign policy / Benjamin H. Friedman.