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Spotlight on security studies . . .

FEATURED BOOKS

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military

Aaron Belkin and Geoffrey Bateman, editors

IN THE NEWS! Conservatives and liberals agree that President Bill Clinton's effort to lift the military's gay ban was perhaps one of the greatest blunders of his tenure in office. Conservatives argue that Clinton should have left well enough alone; liberals believe that he should have ordered the military to accept homosexuals rather than agreeing to    More >

The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime

David H. Bayley and Robert M. Perito

Frustrated efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan give urgency to the question of how to craft effective, humane, and legitimate security institutions in conflict-ridden states—and whether legitimate policing can in fact be developed in the midst of insurgency and terrorism. David H. Bayley and Robert M. Perito confront these questions head on. Against the backdrop of failed US attempts to    More >

The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime
Arms Control and Cooperative Security

Arms Control and Cooperative Security

Jeffrey A. Larsen and James J. Wirtz, editors

Reflecting the current debate about the value of traditional arms control in today’s security environment, Arms Control and Cooperative Security thoroughly covers this complex topic. The authors critically review the historical record, highlight recent changes in the security arena, and consider the likelihood of new arms control agreements. Throughout, the discussion is    More >

Transforming Defense Capabilities: New Approaches for International Security

Scott Jasper, editor

In the face of today’s security challenges, there is widespread recognition of the need to think and act in new ways to ensure both national and collective security interests. Transforming Defense Capabilities succinctly describes what transformation means in this context, why it is essential, and how to translate innovative concepts into relevant, feasible, and useful    More >

Transforming Defense Capabilities: New Approaches for International Security
 

NEWS AND NOTES

The Drug War Chronicle recently reviewed Mohamed and Fritsvold's Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class, calling it "a valuable contribution to the ethnography of drug use and drug selling and an interesting read, too." Click here to read the entire review.



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