International Security An Introduction Author:Adrian Hyde-Price This textbook aims to introduce students to the study of contemporary international security. It is aimed at second and third year undergraduates as well as postgraduate students undertaking a taught Masters degree programme. The style will be clear and accessible, with a minimum of jargon, and the book will include pedagogical features, such as... more » boxes, key points, further reading and student questions. Key theories and concepts will be presented in the introductory chapters, and applied to the case-studies and empirical examples in subsequent chapters. It will have a strong empirical dimension, in order to illustrate contemporary International security problems and issues. The book will be essential reading for upper-level students of international or global security studies, and recommended reading for students of strategic studies, war and conflict studies, terrorism studies and IR in general.« less