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Power in Uncertain Times
Emily O. Goldman
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Description for Power in Uncertain Times
Hardback. This book examines America's evolving strategy on the international security environment, and comprehensively analyzes how different strategies position states to compete in the present and future, manage risk, and prevail despite uncertainty. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. .
The United States faces a complex and rapidly shifting international security landscape. Forces of ethnic and religious extremism, diffusion of information technologies, proliferation of mass destruction weapons, and newly empowered non-state actors are just some of the trends whose complex interplay will produce unanticipated threats. Yet, while the future is more uncertain today than during the Cold War, we currently have a window of opportunity for shaping a more favorable future. The challenge for the United States, and for all states, is not just to manage uncertainty but also to prevail in spite of it.
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The United States faces a complex and rapidly shifting international security landscape. Forces of ethnic and religious extremism, diffusion of information technologies, proliferation of mass destruction weapons, and newly empowered non-state actors are just some of the trends whose complex interplay will produce unanticipated threats. Yet, while the future is more uncertain today than during the Cold War, we currently have a window of opportunity for shaping a more favorable future. The challenge for the United States, and for all states, is not just to manage uncertainty but also to prevail in spite of it.
To help address ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804757263
SKU
V9780804757263
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99-15
About Emily O. Goldman
Emily O. Goldman is Deputy Director for Interagency Coordination in the Office of Communication at U.S. Central Command. She is coeditor of Diffusion of Military Technology and Ideas (Stanford University Press, 2003).
Reviews for Power in Uncertain Times
"Emily Goldman's study of grand strategy is a timely addition to the literature, one that will help both scholars and practitioners navigate the rocks and shoals as we sail through the fog of peace."
Thomas G. Mahnken, Professor of Strategy
U.S. Naval War College
Thomas G. Mahnken, Professor of Strategy
U.S. Naval War College