Shield and the Cloak - The Security of the Commons

Zusatztext Hart brings excellent credentials to the subject of security policy. This book's value lies in its stylistic clarity and conceptual breadth, qualities that make it a likely contender in forthcoming political debate. Hart's recommendations nicely balance the notion of security as an aggregate of domestic policies with specific recommendations to strengthen military, diplomatic, and intelligence capabilities. This book is likely to get serious attention. Recommended for all public and academic libraries. Informationen zum Autor Gary Hart represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate from 1975 to 1987. He is the author of seventeen books, has taught at Yale, and lectured at the University of California and Oxford University, where he earned a doctor of philosophy degree in politics in 2001. As co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, he was credited with forecasting a 9/11-type attack. He resides with his family in Kittredge, Colorado. Klappentext In his new book, former Senator Gary Hart outlines, in clear, simple prose, the fundamental changes with which America must grapple when confronting a terrorist threat that has no state and no geographic homebase and thus offers no genuine target for the world's largest and most sophisticated military force. Zusammenfassung Outlines the fundamental changes with which America must grapple when confronting a terrorist threat that has no state and no geographic homebase. This book argues for a security of the commons, emphasizing that the security requires a shield for the homeland as well as a cloak of non-military security, including security of income, and community.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Hart, Hart Gary
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9780195306163
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530616-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political structure & processes, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure and processes, Central government policies