| Asian Security Handbook: Terrorism and the New Security Environment Contributor(s): Carpenter, William M. (Author), Wiencek, David G. (Author), Lilley, James R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765615533 ISBN-13: 9780765615534 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Asian Security Handbook focuses on the new challenges to security in the Asia-Pacific region presented by international terrorism. It reviews "old" security realities covered in previous editions, and highlights more recent security issues in the region, including the North Korean threat, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, the South China Sea dispute, and the future U.S. China rivalry. Featuring contributions by a distinguished group of international security and Asia experts, this new edition has been reformatted and restructured. A new introductory chapter on terrorism sets the stage for the country-by-country profiles and assessments of the political-security situations in twenty-three individual nations. A new appendix on foreign terrorist organizations is also included. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Reference - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Dewey: 355.033 |
| LCCN: 2004015637 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.96" W x 9.04" (1.05 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Asian Security Handbook focuses on the new challenges to security in the Asia-Pacific region presented by international terrorism. It reviews old security realities covered in previous editions, and highlights more recent security issues in the region, including the North Korean threat, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, the South China Sea dispute, and the future U.S.-China rivalry. Featuring contributions by a distinguished group of international security and Asia experts, this new edition has been reformatted and restructured. A new introductory chapter on terrorism sets the stage for the country-by-country profiles and assessments of the political-security situations in twenty-three individual nations. A new appendix on foreign terrorist organizations is also included. |