Dictionary of International Security

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4027-3

Hardcover

208 pages

March 2008, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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the first dictionary to provide students with a handy reference guide to the field of international security
includes over 200 entries on a wide range of concepts, issues, treaties and institutions from absolute war to weapons of mass destruction
opens with an broad introductory chapter, which lays out the contested and evolving meaning of security in the contemporary world
includes carefully selected further reading suggestions and websites with each entry.