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The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Public Diplomacy Division Room Nb123 B-1110 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +32(0)2 707 4414 / 4541 (A/V) Fax: +32(0)2 707 4249 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nato.int/library Acquisitions List April 2014 New Books and Journal Articles Liste d’acquisitions Avril 2014 Nouveaux livres et articles de revues Division de la Diplomatie Publique Bureau Nb123 B-1110 Bruxelles Belgique Tél.: +32(0)2 707 4414 / 4541 (A/V) Fax: +32(0)2 707 4249 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nato.int/library Public Diplomacy Division Room Nb123 B-1110 Brussels Belgium Tel.: +32(0)2 707 4414 / 4541 (A/V) Fax: +32(0)2 707 4249 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nato.int/library How to borrow items from the list below : As a member of the NATO HQ staff you can borrow books (Media: Book) for one month, journals (Media: Article) and reference works (Collection Type: Reference Works) for one week. Individuals not belonging to NATO staff can borrow books through their local library via the interlibrary loan system. How to obtain the Multimedia Library publications : All Library publications are available both on the NATO Intranet and Internet websites. Comment emprunter les documents cités ci-dessous : En tant que membre du personnel de l'OTAN vous pouvez emprunter les livres (Media : Book) pour un mois, les revues (Media : Article) et les ouvrages de référence (Collection Type : Reference Works) pour une semaine. Les personnes n'appartenant pas au personnel de l'OTAN peuvent s'adresser à leur bibliothèque locale et emprunter les livres via le système de prêt interbibliothèques. Comment obtenir les publications de la Bibliothèque multimédia : Toutes les publications de la Bibliothèque sont disponibles sur les sites Intranet et Internet de l’OTAN. Division de la Diplomatie Publique Bureau Nb123 B-1110 Bruxelles Belgique Tél.: +32(0)2 707 4414 / 4541 (A/V) Fax: +32(0)2 707 4249 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.nato.int/library Index AFGHAN WAR, 2001-, 29 AFGHANISTAN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--INDIA, 31 AFGHANISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, 32 AFRICA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA, 32 AFRICA--MILITARY RELATIONS--USA, 33 AFRICA--NATIONAL SECURITY, 6 AGGRESSION (INTERNATIONAL LAW), 7 ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT, 34 ASIA, CENTRAL--FOREIGN RELATIONS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 34 ASIA--FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 34 ASIA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA, 35 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES, 7 BLACK SEA REGION--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, 8 BRANDING (MARKETING)--NATO, 35 CASUALTY AVERSION (MILITARY SCIENCE)--SLOVENIA, 36 CAUCASUS, NORTHERN (RUSSIA)--FOREIGN RELATIONS--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 8 CHINA--FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS--USA, 36 CHINA--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 9 CIVIL SOCIETY, 37 CIVIL WAR, 9 CIVILIAN WAR CASUALTIES--USA, 10 COLD WAR, 11, 37 COMPUTER NETWORKS--SECURITY MEASURES--USA, 11 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, 12 COUNTERINSURGENCY, 38 CRIMEA (UKRAINE)--ANNEXATION TO RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 38 CRIME--PREVENTION--INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, 12 CYBERSPACE, 13 DEMOCRACY--TURKEY, 38 DIPLOMACY--HISTORY, 13 DRONE AIRCRAFT, 39 DRONE AIRCRAFT--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS, 14 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS--IRAN, 39 EDUCATION--BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA, 40 3 ESCALATION (MILITARY SCIENCE), 14 EU--BULGARIA, 40 EU--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 40 EU--GREAT BRITAIN, 41 EURO, 41 EUROPE, CENTRAL--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, 15 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, 16 EU--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 41 EU--UKRAINE, 41 FRANCE--ARMED FORCES--MALI, 16 FRANCE--FOREIGN RELATIONS--SYRIA, 17 GEOPOLITICS, 42 GEORGIA (REPUBLIC)--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, 18 GREAT BRITAIN--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 42 HIZBALLAH (LEBANON), 18 HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, 19, 43 HUMANITARIAN LAW--ENCYCLOPEDIAS, 19 INFORMATION WARFARE--CHINA, 20 INFORMATION WARFARE--USA, 43 INTELLIGENCE SERVICE--USA, 43 INTERNAL SECURITY--USA, 20 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS, 21 INTERNET, 43 IRAN--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 44 IRAN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA, 21 IRAN--MILITARY POLICY, 45 IRAQ WAR 2003-2011--PARTICIPATION, AMERICAN, 23 KAZAKHSTAN--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 45 KURDISTAN (IRAQ)--COMMERCE--TURKEY, 46 LIBYA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, 23 LIBYA--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 2011-, 46 MERCENARY TROOPS, 46 MIDDLE EAST--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA, 47 MILITARY DOCTRINE, 24 MILITARY HISTORY, MODERN--21ST CENTURY, 24 MILITARY PLANNING--USA, 25 NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT--ASIA, CENTRAL, 47 NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT--IRAN, 47 NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 48 NUCLEAR DETERRENCE--USA, 48 NUCLEAR ENERGY--GREAT BRITAIN, 49 NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION, 49 4 NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION--KOREA (NORTH), 50 NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION--RUSSIA (FEDERATION), 51 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--GOVERNMENT POLICY--IRAN, 51 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--GOVERNMENT POLICY--KOREA (SOUTH), 52 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--SECURITY MEASURES, 52 PEACE-BUILDING, 52 PIRACY--SPAIN--PREVENTION, 53 RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--ARMED FORCES--REORGANIZATION, 53 RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--FOREIGN RELATIONS, 54 RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UKRAINE, 54 RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA, 25 SAUDI ARABIA--ARMED FORCES--DEFENSE SPENDING, 54 SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL--ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, 26 SOCIOLOGY, URBAN, 27 STRATEGY, 27 SYRIA--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 2011-, 55 TERRORISM, 55 TERRORISM--PREVENTION, 28 UKRAINE--HISTORY--CRISIS, 2014-, 55 WEAPONS INDUSTRY--SPAIN, 56 WMD NONPROLIFERATION--MIDDLE EAST, 56 YUGOSLAV WAR, 1991-1995--BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA--USA, 56 5 New Books Nouveaux livres AFRICA--NATIONAL SECURITY Title: Routledge Handbook of African Security Additional Author: Hentz, James J., ed. Published: Abingdon, UK : Routledge, 2014 Physical Description: xii, 368 pages ; 26 cm. Series: Routledge Handbooks Notes: Bibliography: p. 316-354. Includes index. Notes: This handbook examines the issues, challenges, and debates surrounding the problem of security in Africa. Africa is home to most of the world's current conflicts, and security in a key issue. However, African security can only be understood by employing different levels of analysis : the individual (human security), the state (national/state security), and the region (regional/international security). Each of these levels provides analytical tools for understanding what could be called the 'African security predicament' and these debates are animated by the 'new security' issues : immigration, small arms transfers. gangs and domestic crime, HIV/AIDS, transnational crime, poverty, and environmental degradation. African security therefore not only presents concrete challenges for international security but provides a real-world context for challenging conventional conceptions of security. Subject: AFRICA--NATIONAL SECURITY Subject: HUMAN SECURITY--AFRICA ISBN: 9780415682145 Call Number: 355.4 /01868 Item ID: 80025305 Media: Book 6 AGGRESSION (INTERNATIONAL LAW) Title: The Ethics of Preventive War Additional Author: Chatterjee, Deen K., ed. Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2013 Physical Description: xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 240-250. Includes index. Notes: In this book, eleven leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war through the lens of important public and political issues of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Their discussion covers complex and topical subjects including terrorism, the 'Bush doctrine' and the invasion of Iraq, Iran's nuclear capabilities, superpower unilateralism, and international war tribunals. They examine the moral conundrum of preventive intervention, and emphasize the need for a stronger and more effective international legal and political order and a corresponding reevaluation of the normative status of international law. Subject: PREEMPTIVE ATTACK (MILITARY SCIENCE) Subject: AGGRESSION (INTERNATIONAL LAW) Subject: JUST WAR DOCTRINE Subject: SELF-DEFENSE (INTERNATIONAL LAW) Subject: WAR--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS ISBN: 9780521765688 Call Number: 341.3 /00244 Item ID: 80025342 Media: Book BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES Title: La nouvelle guerre des etoiles : idees recues sur la defense antimissile Author: Delorme, Emmanuel Additional Author: Gruselle, Bruno, ed. Additional Author: Schlumberger, Guillaume, ed. Published: Paris : Le Cavalier Bleu Editions, 2013 Physical Description: 205 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Series: Idees Recues Notes: Associee a la Guerre froide et au projet de 'Guerre des etoiles' de l'administration Reagan, la defense antimissile connait une nouvelle vigueur. Repondant a une menace, percue ou reelle, par les Etats et les opinions publiques, celle-ci est en effet devenue l'un des sujets cles de la redefinition des grands equilibres strategiques. Et pourtant, on en ignore encore largement les implications technologiques, financieres et militaires majeures. Il est vrai que, pour un public non specialiste, le sujet reste complexe, se resumant bien souvent a des idees recues caricaturales melant missiles balistiques et menace nucleaire, pointant du doigt l'Iran, la Syrie, la Coree du Nord, sans oublier la Chine, la Russie, Israel et l'Inde, et le role des Etats-Unis ... Les auteurs proposent ici un ouvrage didactique destine au public le plus large afin d'illustrer la complexite technique, operationnelle et strategique de la defense antimissile. Subject: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES ISBN: 9782846704878 Call Number: 623 /01207 Item ID: 80025324 Media: Book 7 BLACK SEA REGION--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Title: Autour de la mer Noire : geopolitique de l'espace pontique Author: Serebrian, Oleg, 1969- Published: Perpignan : Artege, 2010 Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Series: Initiation a la Geopolitique Notes: De facon claire
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