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Global Threat Target-Centered Assessment and Management
Robert Mandel
Book Code: C35845
ISBN: 0-313-35845-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35845-6
160 pages, figures
Praeger Security International Academic Cloth
Publication: 9/30/2008
List Price: $59.95 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This book provides a fresh perspective on causes, consequences, and cures surrounding today's most pressing global security challenges. After explaining the changes in post-Cold War threat, it develops a novel target-centered approach to assessment and management that is more useful in coping with current foreign dangers than current "best practices." After explaining the challenge in coping with current global threat, this book begins by analyzing the distinctiveness of post-Cold War threat and of the nature of enemies prevalent in today's world. Then it considers prevailing threat analysis deficiencies and develops an alternative target-centered conceptual approach for recognizing and prioritizing threat. Illustrating the value of this approach are four post-9/11 case studies: the weapons of mass destruction and terrorism threat linked to the 2003 Iraq War, the natural calamity threat linked to the 2004 tsunami disaster, the terrorist threat linked to the 2005 London Transport bombings, and the undesired mass population threat linked to the 2006 American illegal immigration tensions. The study concludes by presenting some target-centered ideas about how to cope better with incoming threat, calling in the end for strategic transformation.
Table of Contents:
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER I: THE GLOBAL THREAT CHALLENGE
  • CHAPTER II: DISTINCTIVENESS OF POST-COLD WAR THREAT
  • CHAPTER III: THE NATURE OF THE ENEMY
  • CHAPTER IV: THREAT ANALYSIS DEFICIENCIES
  • CHAPTER V: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
  • CHAPTER VI: RECENT GLOBAL THREAT CASES
  • CHAPTER VII: REFINING THREAT-RELATED DECISION MAKING
  • CHAPTER VIII: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT MANAGEMENT
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ENDNOTES
LC Card Number: 2008020458
LCC Class: UA23
Dewey Class: 355
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
PSI Catalog Fall 2008.pdf
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