Policy Analysis in National Security Affairs: New Methods for a New Era [Paperback]

Richard L. Kugler (Author), Center for Technology and National Security Policy (U.S.) (Producer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2006

This book addresses how to conduct policy analysis in the field of national security, including foreign policy and defense strategy.  It is a philosophical and conceptual book for helphing people think deeply, clearly, and insightfully about complex policy issues.

This books reflects the viewpoint that the best policies normally come from efforts to synthesize competing camps by drawing upon the best of each of them and by combining them to forge a sensible whole.  

While this book is written  to be reader-friendly, it aspires to in-depth scholarship.

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About the Author

Richard L. Kugler, one of the Nation’s most experienced and foremost practitioners of the critical art of national security policy analysis, encapsulates his more than three decades of experience in this unique book.   He virtually establishes and defines national security policy analysis as a distinct discipline, breaking it down into three major components—strategic evaluation, systems analysis, and operations research.  He applies the latest methods of each of these fields to real world, 21st century examples and the daunting challenges facing the United States in today’s global environment.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 658 pages
• Publisher: National Defense University (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579060706
• ISBN-13: 978-1579060701
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,075,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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