This comprehensive yet concise introduction to international security explores the constantly changing conditions that lead to an insecure world. During the Cold War, the Soviet-American nuclear rivalry generated insecurity. Since then, state-based nuclea
Part I: The Meaning of Security Today Part II: Traditional Sources of Insecurity Chapter 1: Conventional Weapons and War Chapter 2: Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Arms Control Chapter 3: Chemical and Biological Weapons Chapter 4: The Terrorist Thre