Economic Issues and National SecurityEdited by Klaus Knorr and Frank N. Tragerx, 330 pages, 6 x 9
"This book provides an excellent introduction to economic issues and national security for the neophyte . . . but it will also stimulate the specialist in global political economy to consider new hypotheses and novel arguments pro and con. . . . Should help policymakers and scholars move toward greater wisdom."--Perspective: Reviews of New Books "Scholarly specialists increasingly agree that most major conflicts for at least the final quarter of this century will originate in economic competition and have first-order solutions in economic terms. The book in hand is a useful primer for students and others seeking a better understanding of some of the national security implications of this transformed world order."--Choice KLAUS KNORR is William Stewart Todd Professor of Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, and editor of Historical Dimensions of National Security Problems. FRANK N. TRAGER is professor emeritus of international affairs and former director of the National Security Program, New York University. CONTRIBUTORS: Klaus Knorr, Robert Gilpin, Clark A. Murdock, Cheryl Christensen, Stephen D. Krasner, Ronald I. Meltzer, Janet Kelly, Hanns Maull Home | About the Press | Recent Awards | Contact Us | Order
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This volume is a valuable collection
of readings for courses on international economic security. Eleven
well-knit chapters by mainstream U.S. and European scholars provide
a historical and cross-cultural perspective on topics including:
economic interdependence; the new international economic order;
economic factors as objects of security; the uses of international
economic leverage; structural power and national security; domestic
constraints on international economic leverage; economic and
non-economic bases of military strength; contemporary security
dimensions of international trade relations; and the uses of
oil power and food power as political weapons.