regional challenges, overextension, and options for American strategy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Hall Gardner
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 284 p. ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : "Crying wolf" once again? -- Triptych of terrorism -- The uncoordinated NATO-EU "double enlargement" : toward the isolation of Russia? -- Iraq : sinking deeper into Mesopotamian quicksand -- Iran : nuclear high tension and Holocaust polemics -- Israel and Palestine fratricide : beyond the "two state solution"? -- An ever-widening zone of conflict, terrorism, and black market activities : from Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa -- North Korea : beyond "backdoor" multilateralism -- China and blue-water dreams : toward a Sino-Russian alliance? -- Three dimensions of "Montezuma's revenge" : Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian vision, "war on drugs," and "illegal" immigration -- American hypertrophy and strategic options : toward a geostrategy for global peace