Nontraditional warfare : twenty-first-century threats and responses / edited by William R. Schilling ; foreword by Norman R. Augustine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schilling, William R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

United States--Defenses.

Defenses.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xix, 347 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, Inc., [2002]

Summary:

-- Analyzes the post -- Cold War threats to U.S. national security that involve nontraditional warfare methods-- Proposes responses that address threats ranging from weapons of mass destruction to economic, information, and urban warfare-- Introduces innovative technological, policy, and organizational solutions-- Presents an impressive array of thought-provoking essays by knowledgeable engineers, research scientists, defense analysts, journalists, and historians

The new defense challenge confronting the United States involves a range of nontraditional warfare threats that are far different from the large-scale conventional or nuclear threats posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Now at the forefront, threats involving chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons from secondary states and terrorist groups, along with other ill-defined forms of nontraditional warfare -- urban, information, drug, terrorist, and guerrilla -- undermine the effectiveness of the modern U.S. military and other government agencies. This volume brings together the wide-ranging talent of technologists, academics, and journalists to define the nature of these nontraditional threats and the potential means to counter them. They point out shortcomings in U.S. policy, as well as organizational shortfalls that must be corrected in order to better prepare the means to meet and defeat these unusual and ill-defined threats.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1574885049

1574885057

OCLC:

49663892