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Without Warning
Mikhail A. Alexseev
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Description for Without Warning
Hardback. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
In the last century, competition among the global powers has relied heavily upon the concept of war threat assessment. However, the ways in which these powers define security have differed among them, leading in some instances to miscommunication, conflict, and even war. In Without Warning , accomplished scholar Mikhail Alexseev compares the intelligence priorities of principal decision makers in such various parts of the world as the Mongol Empire and Sung China (1206-1220), Great Britain and France (1783-1800), and the USA and the Soviet Union (1975-1991). In his analysis Alexseev reveals that while the leading powers see security primarily in ... Read more
In the last century, competition among the global powers has relied heavily upon the concept of war threat assessment. However, the ways in which these powers define security have differed among them, leading in some instances to miscommunication, conflict, and even war. In Without Warning , accomplished scholar Mikhail Alexseev compares the intelligence priorities of principal decision makers in such various parts of the world as the Mongol Empire and Sung China (1206-1220), Great Britain and France (1783-1800), and the USA and the Soviet Union (1975-1991). In his analysis Alexseev reveals that while the leading powers see security primarily in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312175382
SKU
V9780312175382
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About Mikhail A. Alexseev
MIKHAIL A. ALEXSEEV is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals as well as in such publications as The New York Times and Newsweek.
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