An introduction to the vital security issues facing the United States. Updated to include the challenges of post-cold war security, the seventh edition returns to the book's format of organizing useful readings around a defence policy process model. Part one introduces the subject and establishes the context for studying American defence policy making; Part two examines the roles of the chief players in policy formation and implementation; Part three outlines the various processes involved in policy formulation; and Parts four and five address current US defence policies, reviewing excerpts from key defence policy statements and assessing the likely challenges for future policy makers.
- ISBN10 0801854725
- ISBN13 9780801854729
- Publish Date 2 December 1996 (first published 1 June 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 13 June 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition 7th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 624
- Language English