Key Features

* Examines the full range of contemporary weapons systems including air, sea, and land warfare; ballistic missile defense; space weapons; stealth technology; antisubmarine warfare; and biological weapons
* Explores much more than the use of force as protection by introducing competing paradigms, such as economic and diplomatic tools in security strategy
* Includes excerpts from treaties, speeches, and other sources and provides an overview of important events such as scandals and breaches of national security
* Offers a close look at the leaders and thinkers that shaped U.S. security policy as well as individuals who have had the greatest impact upon U.S. national security