American national security

"As it enters its seventh edition, American National Security remains one of the most comprehensive texts on US national security, foreign policy, and defense. With critical reviews of the changing security environment in key regions of the world--Russia, East Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Europe--American National Security identifies the issues that the United States must face in the next century: peace operations, conflict and arms control, and the widening array of missions undertaken by US armed forces. Building on previous editions, the seventh edition fully details the policies and developments following President Barack Obama's election, investigating their significant implications for the broader trajectory of US national security strategy and policy. Highlights of the seventh edition include: - Greater perspectives on US vulnerability after September 11th - Greater discussion of globalization and human security - Further emphasis on diplomacy as an instrument of power - A reframing of the chapters on military power - The Edward Snowden revelations and their implications for the National Security Agency and the US intelligence community"--Provided by publisher.

I. National Security Policy: What Is It, and How Have Americans Approached It? -- 1. The International Setting -- 2. Traditional American Approaches to National Security -- 3. The Evolution of American National Security Policy -- II. National Security Policy: Actors and Processes -- 4. Presidential Leadership and the Executive Branch -- 5. Congress -- 6. Homeland Security -- 7. Intelligence and National Security -- 8. The Role of the Military in the Policy Process -- 9. Planning, Budgeting, and Management -- 10. Putting the Pieces Together: National Security Decision Making -- III. Ways and Means of National Strategy -- 11. Diplomacy and Information -- 12. Economics -- 13. Military Power -- 14. Conventional War -- 15. Irregular Threats: Terrorism, Insurgencies, and Violent Extremist Organizations -- 16. Counterterrorism, Counterinsurgency, and Stability Operations -- 17. Nuclear Policy -- IV. International and Regional Security Issues -- 18. East Asia -- 19. South Asia -- 20. The Middle East -- 21. Sub-Saharan Africa -- 22. Russia -- 23. Europe -- 24. Latin America -- V. Current and Future Issues in American National Security Policy -- 25. Looking Ahead.