Contemporary security and strategy Snyder, Craig A. 2012, Contemporary security and strategy. In Snyder, Craig A. (ed), Contemporary security and strategy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, England, pp.1-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Contemporary security and strategy Author(s) Snyder, Craig A. Title of book Contemporary security and strategy Editor(s) Snyder, Craig A. Publication date 2012 Chapter number 1 Total chapters 13 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke, England Keyword(s) security studies strategic studies study of security Summary This chapter raises the following main points: • The study of security has experienced a series of debates around the nature of the threats to security. • The early security scholars, as distinct from those who studied strategy and warfare, took a broad approach and argued that military and non-military means could achieve security. • During the Cold War the study of security focused on the most pressing security issue of the day – the nuclear standoff between the two superpowers. • In the post-Cold War era the broader approach to the study of security returned to the fore and included non-state actors and non-traditional sources of insecurity. ISBN 0230241506 9780230241503 Edition 3rd Language eng Field of Research 160607 International Relations 160604 Defence Studies Socio Economic Objective 810107 National Security HERDC Research category BN Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin Copyright notice ©2012, Palgrave Macmillan Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30049421 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation School of Humanities and Social Sciences   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 19 Nov 2012, 11:51:43 EST Mon, 19 Nov 2012, 15:12:29 EST Wed, 21 Nov 2012, 15:53:25 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2012, 09:28:49 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2012, 09:33:55 EST Tue, 27 Nov 2012, 09:34:45 EST Fri, 01 Mar 2013, 13:15:50 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 11:50:00 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 13:11:12 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 13:06:36 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 13:12:00 EST Mon, 23 Jun 2014, 09:57:28 EST Fri, 27 Jun 2014, 15:32:52 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 14:14:27 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 14:16:19 EST Thu, 07 Aug 2014, 09:52:51 EST Tue, 02 Dec 2014, 08:50:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 462 Abstract Views, 9 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 19 Nov 2012, 11:51:28 EST by Craig Snyder