Without Warning: Threat Assessment, Intelligence, and Global Struggle (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780312175382)

In the last century, competition among the global powers has relied heavily upon the concept of war threat assessment. However, the ways in which these powers define security have differed among them, leading in some instances to miscommunication, conflict, and even war. In Without Warning, accomplished scholar Mikhail Alexseev compares the intelligence priorities of principal decision makers in such various parts of the world as the Mongol Empire and Sung China (1206-1220), Great Britain and France (1783-1800), and the USA and the Soviet Union (1975-1991). In his analysis Alexseev reveals that while the leading powers see security primarily in military and economic terms, their challengers focus primarily on political vulnerabilities. As a result, Alexseev asserts, the world powers have consistently failed to detect or deter aggressive challenges. A sharp, deciphering look at the interactions among the major global players, Without Warning makes a crucial contribution to the study of international relations.

Author: Mikhail A. Alexseev
ISBN-10: 0312175388
ISBN-13: 9780312175382
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/05/1998
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/1998 pg. 160