Military and defence strategy

Nuclear-free zones, neutrality, and nonalignment are catchwords that recently have earned unprecedented international publicity for New Zealand's foreign policy.

Israel's Nuclear Arsenal is a full inquiry into the likely size and sophistication of the Israeli nuclear weapons program.

Designed to introduce the reader to the critical issues of arms control and international security in the 1980s, this collection of provocative and challenging articles encourages a rethinking of conventional wisdom on strategic policy.

This book deals with the basic facts of the military-industrial complex, examining its institutional dynamics and constitutional barriers to change.

The strategy of limited war has transformed the American approach to the use of force and played a key role in U.

This study challenges the belief that the security concerns and strategic objectives of lesser states are dependent on the dominant power alliances and on assessments by major powers of the prospects for peace or war.

This book examines the role of the president in the defense policy process, focusing specifically on the administration of President Carter.

The importance to Western policymakers of determining the significance of Soviet strategic arms decisions is matched by the difficulty of doing so.

This book critically examines U.

Current NATO military strategy is based on the policy of flexible response that U.

With the death of Mao Tse-tung and the subsequent purge of the "e;Gang of Four,"e; China's new pragmatic leaders have embarked on a crash program of national development known as the Four Modernizations, This program is geared to the primary objective of turning China into a major world economic and military power by the year 2000.

In recent years, Brazil has grown greatly in international status, and all indications are that it will continue to do so.

The current standstill in U.

Departing from conventional policy rhetoric on the unconventional "e;new world disorder,"e; Max G.

With the end of the Cold War and the visibility of U.

The end of the cold war does not necessarily mean the end of the social and political instability that can lead to low-intensity conflicts.

This is a text on the traditional questions of nuclear deterrence and the unconventional answers suggested by the emerging new world order.

Although considerable attention has been paid to deterrence theory and crisis management, the equally important topic of ending wars has been virtually ignored.

Management of superpower relations and, in particular, arms control continue to be among the most pressing issues on the international agenda.

This anthology constitutes an attempt to take stock of the debate on non-offensive defence after the Cold War, providing information on a research project that was initiated in 1985 at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen.

This is the fifteenth volume in a series that provides up-to-date summation and evaluation of the rapidly changing events in an exceptionally complex region of the world.

This comprehensive new analysis goes far beyond today's headlines and the basic facts and figures on the military forces in the region.

From Saddam Hussein's first bold threats in 1990 to the stunning ground phase of Desert Storm in early 1991, the crisis in the Gulf captured the world's attention.

This book addresses the evolving role of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Alternative Security offers the thinking person a place to begin to kick the "e;nuclear habit.

This anthology brings together essays and speeches the author have written and delivered, both in academia and in government, on the perennial question of national security that involves wider considerations, including political statecraft, economic strength, and ideological vitality.

International Security Yearbook 1984/85 presents an empirical and objective assessment of the events of the year 1984 and 1985 as they affect U.

Balanced and comprehensive in approach, this text assembles classic statements on nuclear strategy and arms control made by Soviet and U.

In this volume, prominent civilian and military experts in defense, representing the maritime-continental coalition, military reform, and noninterventionist schools of thought, outline the changes in military strategy, policy, and force structure that they believe the United States must adopt if it is to cope successfully with threats to national security in the 1980s and 1990s.

This is the first comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding the potential development by the United States of a space-based laser weapons program.

This book identifies the central problems of crisis research, assesses the progress of work in the area, and discusses prospects for the future.

This book is an outcome of the conference on 'Arms Control and Conventional Defense in Europe' held in West Berlin in 1987.

This book, the final report of the Soviet Global Strategy Project, describes the USSR's basic approach to the many states in Asia and the Pacific Basin, including nations stretching from Japan to Australia.

This book is the product of a continuing joint effort by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses and the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies to find roads to a lasting settlement of the dangerous intra-Korean confrontation.

This book contains papers presented at a conference held at the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation in 1991.

The drastically altered European security context has forced Western defence planners and analysts to reassess core assumptions, including the future role of NATO.

The contributors to this volume discuss how a West European security union would fit into the trans Atlantic and trans-European settings.

This book represents an overview of European security affairs as of 1989-1990.

"e;It is with great pleasure that I recognize those who helped make this book possible.

This book is an exploration of the security and defense policies of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg with the specific goal of discovering opportunities for greater Benelux security cooperation which could serve as the foundation of a European Defense Community.

As Europe underwent extraordinary changes in 1989-1990, the continent's south-eastern region - the Balkans - began once again to draw attention for its ethnic rivalries, its political turmoil and its interstate disputes.

This book analyzes the military situation in Europe and the contending views about the military balance and important military variables there.

This volume assesses contemporary Soviet domestic and foreign policy and surveys the traditions, challenges, and contexts within which the Soviet leadership was operating.

This book provides a detailed overview of the debate about the institutional context of Western European security after the Cold War.

This book addresses the challenge of international narcotics control by applying "e;the Manwaring paradigm.

As China is poised to become a global economic force, its leadership is on the brink of imminent and potentially sweeping change.

The survival of NATO as a viable alliance is currently challenged by a shift in the strategic balance of power, as well as by global events and contingencies that extend far beyond NATO's boundaries.

In this book Professor Kissinger examines the framework of our foreign policy, the stresses to which that framework is being subjected, and the prospects for world order in an era of high international tension.

Since the U.

China's reform policies during the past decade have resulted in the reorganization of economic and political structures and have led to a dramatic reorientation of the nation's foreign policy.