Understanding Global Security

by Peter Hough

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments, this fourth edition of Understanding Global Security analyses the variety of ways in which people's lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies war, deterrence and terrorism, are analysed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, crime, disease, disasters, environmental degradation and human rights abuses to provide a comprehensive survey of how and why people are killed in the contemporary world.
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User-friendly and easy to follow, this highly acclaimed and popular academic textbook is designed to make a complex subject accessible to all and will continue to be essential reading for everyone interested in security.

Genres: Politics, International Relations, Academia

315 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clear and well-organized, Understanding Global Security is the perfect introduction to the subject. Important words are easiy pointed out, and sections are arranged neatly with headers. This was a very easy book to read and understand.

[Rosie K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for Intro to IRG class, International Security unit.

I liked this textbook much more than our one for the previous unit! This author does a better job of not writing with an implicitly Eurocentric bias; he offers fair and objective definitions of the many different perspectives. Historical and contemporary events are woven in well, and the writing is clear.