Výsledky vyhledávání - "nuclear weapons"

The unfinished war Korea / Autor Lee, Bong

Obsah: “…Thus it began: Korea, the hermit kingdom ; Korean nationalists -- The Lee family under Japanese occupation: out of the frying pan, into the fire, World War II --The Russians are coming: Kim Il Sung makes an entrance -- Americans in South Korea -- North Koreans discover communism -- Chaos in South Korea: MacArthur in Japan -- Prelude to a hot war -- On a rainy Sunday across the 38th parallel: reactions of Washington -- The ROK army on the brink of disintegration: MacArthur in Suwon ; Tactical errors all around -- An ugly war -- The first hundred days -- Mao's thought in Beijing -- The Inchon landing and its aftermath -- Chinese traps -- A brand new ball game --Refugee stories: the plight of refugees and massacres of innocent civilians -- An old soldier just fades away, a new one steps in -- The way we survived the war -- A talking war -- The tortuous path to armistice agreement -- South Korea after the ceasefire: two schoolgirls -- North Korea now -- Old war, new crisis: the nuclear weapons developement program ; the sunshine policy ; military provocations ; what next.…”
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A new division of labor meeting America's security challenges beyond Iraq /

Obsah: “…-- Conflict in the post Post-Cold War world -- Terrorism and insurgency -- The new nuclear equation -- The rise of China -- Welcome to the post Post-Cold War world -- Toward a new division of labor -- Countering terrorists and insurgent groups abroad -- Supporting new democracies -- Deterring and defeating regional adversaries -- Dissuading military competition in Asia -- Defending the homeland -- Countering the proliferation of nuclear weapons -- Setting aggregate levels of capability -- Implications for forces and posture -- What will it mean to be joint? …”
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Entrepreneurial president Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995-2003 / Autor Pelfrey, Patricia A.

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International security and war politics and grand strategy in the 21st century /

Obsah: “…Lonsdale -- The re-politicization of war and violent conflict : the world powers are striking back / Andreas Herberg-Rothe -- The role of nuclear weapons in contemporary strategic thought / John Baylis -- Star wars revisited : the Bush-administration's plans on missile defense and its impact on strategic thinking / Alexander Bitter -- Debating the revolution in military affairs : options and implications for small and medium military organisations / Bernard F.W. …”
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The evolution of international security studies Autor Buzan, Barry

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State crime current perspectives /

Obsah: “…Revisiting crimes by the capitalist state / Gregg Barak -- The crime of the last century and of this century / David O. Friedrichs -- Nuclear weapons, international law, and the normalization of state crime / Ronald C. …”
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The Maidan Uprising, separatism and foreign intervention : Ukraine's complex transition /

Obsah: “…Foreword / Klaus Bachmann, Igor Lyubashenko -- Independent Ukraine / Andrzej Szeptycki -- The nuclear weapons issue and the Budapest Agreement / Ireneusz Kaminski -- The political system of Ukraine / Pawel Kowal -- The ethnic and cultural divisons of Ukraine / Adam Balcer -- The Crimean autonomy / Nedim Useinov -- The role of the US in Ukraine prior to and during the Maidan protests / Thomas Sparrow Botero -- Ukrainian-Russian relations after 1991 / Igor Torbakov -- The role of the Crimea in Ukrainian-Russian relations / Natalia Shapovalova -- Polish-Ukrainian relations after 1991 / Maria Przelomiec -- The EU and NATO toward Ukraine / Spasimir Domaradzki -- The "Orange Revolution" and its aftermath / Maciej Wapinski -- From the Euromajdan protests to the Sich Uprisal / Igor Lyubashenko -- Nationalism, party politics and political transition I / Adrian Mandzy -- Nationalism, party politics and political transition II / Inge Christensen -- The virtual Majdan : new patterns of mass mobilization / Igor Lyubashenko -- The challenges : political and economic transition / Klaus Bachmann -- Conclusions.…”
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Minutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 / Autor Dukes, Paul, 1934-

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The United Nations and nuclear orders

Obsah: “…United Nations sanctions and nuclear weapons / George A. Lopez and David Cortright -- The use of force / Ian Johnstone -- Verification and compliance / Harald Müller -- Codification and legal issues / Lori Fisler Damrosch -- pt. 3. …”
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Reopening public facilities after a biological attack a decision making framework /

Obsah: “…Army Biological Warfare laboratories -- Development of Superfund and remediation plans -- Remediation experiences in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex -- Anthrax decontamination after the 2001 attacks: social and political context -- Uncertain science, certain social division -- Case study selection -- Framework for event management -- Hazard identification and assessment -- Identification of the agent -- Evaluating the state of the agent -- Evaluating the state of the contaminated building -- Factors influencing exposure to harmful biological agents in indoor environments -- Exposure -- Sources -- Building design and operations -- Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems -- Transport and fate of harmful biological agents -- Deposition -- Resuspension -- Preparing and operating buildings for a bioterrorism attack and subsequent operation -- Analyzing health risks -- Assessment of risks posed by a biological hazard -- Dose-response: principles and uncertainties -- Sampling strategies and technologies -- Sampling and identification -- General sampling plan for quantifying the extent of cleanup -- Decontamination practices and principles -- Processes for decontamination of harmful biological agents and other response options --Decontamination of harmful biological agents by chemical and physical methods -- Examples of decontamination: Hart Senate Office Building and American Media International Building…”
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Nuclear Summer : The Clash of Communities at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment / Autor Krasniewicz, Louise, 1952-

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Improving metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

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Risk Criticism : Precautionary Reading in an Age of Environmental Uncertainty / Autor Wallace, Molly

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Common or divided security? : German and Norwegian perspectives on Euro-Atlantic security /

Obsah: “…Introduction / Robin Allers, Carlo Masala and Rolf Tamnes -- [I] Historical perspectives -- Germany's return to the global stage : continuity and change in German security policy / Helga Haftendorn -- Norwegian foreign and security policy : from the Arctic frontier to the Afghan battlefield / Rolf Tamnes -- [II] Threats and challenges in the 21st century -- Closing Pandora's box : Germany, nuclear weapons, and another new START / Michael Paul -- Cyber : buzzword or game changer? …”
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Crisis and escalation in cyberspace / Autor Libicki, Martin C.

Obsah: “…-- Escalation risks -- Escalation risks in phase -- Escalation risks for contained local conflicts -- Escalation risks for uncontained conflicts -- Managing proxy cyberattacks -- What hidden combatants imply for horizontal escalation -- Managing overt proxy conflict -- The difficulties of tit-for-tat management -- The importance of pre-planning -- Disjunctions among effort, effect, and perception -- Inadvertent escalation -- Escalation into kinetic warfare -- Escalation into economic warfare -- Sub rosa escalation -- Managing the third-party problem -- The need for a clean shot -- Inference and narrative -- Command and control -- Commanders -- Those they command -- Conclusions -- Implications for strategic stability -- Translating sources of cold war instability to cyberspace -- What influence can cyberwar have if nuclear weapons exist? -- Can cyberwar disarm another state's nuclear capabilities? …”
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