The new era in U.S. national security an introduction to emerging threats and challenges / Jack A. Jarmon.

Author/creator Jarmon, Jack A., 1951- author.
Format Book
PublicationLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Descriptionxxiv, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
National security--United States.
Civil defense--United States.
Terrorism--United States. --Prevention.
Weapons of mass destruction.
Computer networks--Security measures.
Arms control.
United States--Military policy.

Contents Part I: the establishment and the national security environment -- The national security establishment -- Policies and processes in the new geopolitics -- Industrial age warfare and information age weapons -- The new arena of conflict and economic competition -- Part II: current, emerging, and impending threats and challenges -- The maritime supply chain: vast, diverse, and anarchic -- The gatekeeper's challenge -- The cyber war: new battlefronts, old and new enemies -- Cyber guerilla war -- Terrorism versus crime -- Building a global network -- Chemical biological radiological and nuclear: the chemical threat -- Chemical biological radiological and nuclear: the biological threat -- Chemical biological radiological and nuclear: the radiological nuclear threat -- Part III: policy implications and the public private partnership -- Industrial policy and defense policy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013049335
ISBN9781442224100 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN144222410X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781442224117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1442224118 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks UA23 .J35 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold