1st Edition
National Security and International Relations (Routledge Revivals)
By Peter Mangold
Copyright 1990
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1990, National Security and International Relations provides a concise analysis of the problem of national security in the twentieth century. It examines the criteria by which states decide what level of security they want to seek in an uncertain and essentially Hobbesian world, and why some states tend to underinsure, while obsessively insecure states overinsure, frequently... Read more
Preface; 1. Problems and definitions 2. Risk-taking and underinsurance 3. Fear, default and overinsurance 4. The fear of war 5. Breaking out 6. Common security 7. The international dimension 8. Conclusions and implications; Select bibliography; Index.
Biography
Peter Mangold
"There is a contribution of significance here to the debate on both the future of security studies and the shape of any new world order" - Michael Fry, Intelligence and National Security
"Peter Mangold's densely argued little book packs much into a small compass" - John Howe, Journal of the Royal United Services Institute
