Beyond the Security Dilemma - Ending America''s Cold War

List of contents

Contents: Critical security studies and the security dilemma; The security dilemma: the military dimension; America’s cold war: the military dimension; Security communities and normative dilemmas; America’s cold war: the political dimension; American hegemony: the economic dimension; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This title was first published in 2001. The security dilemma has long been at the heart of the security studies discipline. Moving beyond this, this book attacks the assumptions of the traditional concept and redefines the security dilemma in a way more useful for examining security policy.

Additional text

’In this challenging and innovative examination of the end of the Cold War, Jason Ralph has performed a huge service for the whole of the international relations community...A book that deserves to be read - and reread - by all those interested in moving beyond the truths of realism.’ Professor Michael Cox, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK ’...a useful explanation of the postmodern argument...’ Political Science Quarterly

Product details

• Authors: Jason Ralph, Jason G. Ralph, Ralph Jason
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138635043
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63504-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Armed Conflict