Dangerous World? : Threat Perception and U.S. National Security.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. How Dangerous? History and Nuclear Alarmism -- 2. Nuclear Alarmism: Proliferation and Terrorism -- 3. China's Putative Threat to U.S. National Security -- 4. The American Perception of Substate Threats -- 5. The Management of Savagery: Policy Options for Confronting Substate Threats -- 6. Transnational Crime as a Security Threat: Myths, Misconceptions, and Historical Lessons -- 7. Dealing with Cyberattacks -- 8. Climate Change and National Security: Balancing the Costs and Benefits -- 9. It's Coming from Inside the House -- 10. Human Security in the United States -- 11. Bucks for the Bang? Assessing the Economic Returns to Military Primacy -- 12. Assessing the "Threat" of International Tension to the U.S. Economy -- 13. It's a Commons Misunderstanding: The Limited Threat to American Command of the Commons -- 14. Security Threats in Contemporary World Politics: Potential Hegemons, Partnerships, and Primacy -- 15. Delusions of Danger: Geopolitical Fear and Indispensability in U.S. Foreign Policy -- 16. Alarums and Excursions: Explaining Threat Inflation in U.S. Foreign Policy -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS.

In this timely edited volume of papers, experts on international security assess, and put in context, the supposed dangers to American security.

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