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  • Chasing Ghosts

    The Policing of Terrorism

    by John Mueller, Mark Stewart ...
    Since 2001, the United States has created or reorganized more than two counterterrorism organizations for every apprehension it has made of Islamists apparently planning to commit terrorism within the country. Central to this massive enterprise is what the FBI frequently calls "ghost-chasing"-the efforts by police and intelligence agencies to follow up on over ten million tips. Less than one alarm ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Peace, Prosperity, And Politics

    by John Mueller ...
    This book deals with a variety of issues of history, of national security, and of political economy, and focuses on the need for a dynamic perspective. It emphasizes the development of ideas as the motor forces behind the economic policies. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Overblown

    How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them

    by John Mueller ...
    Why have there been no terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11? It is ridiculously easy for a single person with a bomb-filled backpack, or a single explosives-laden automobile, to launch an attack. So why hasn't it happened? The answer is surely not the Department of Homeland Security, which cannot stop terrorists from entering the country, legally or otherwise. It is surely not the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Stupidity of War

    American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency

    by John Mueller ...
    It could be said that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats - including during the Cold War - have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. A policy of complacency and appeasement likely would have worked better. In this highly readable book, ... Read more

    $25.49 USD

  • A Dangerous World?

    Threat Perception and U.S. National Security

    Edited by Christopher A. Preble, John Mueller ...
    In 2013, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey stated that the world is “more dangerous than it has ever been.” Is this accurate? Do we live in a world that is uniquely dangerous? Is it possible that the many threats and dangers promoted by policymakers and the media are exaggerated or overblown? In this timely edited volume, experts on international security assess – and put ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery

    by John Mueller ...
    Democracy is overrated. Capitalism, on the other hand, doesn't get enough credit. In this provocative and engaging book, John Mueller argues that these mismatches between image and reality create significant political and economic problems--inspiring instability, inefficiency, and widespread cynicism. We would be far better off, he writes, if we recognized that neither system is ideal or ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Atomic Obsession

    Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda

    by John Mueller ...
    Following 9/11, Americans were swept up in a near hysteria-level fear of terrorists, especially of Islamic extremists working domestically. The government and media reports stoked fears that people living in the US have the desire and means to wreak extreme havoc and destruction. Early reports estimated slightly more than 300 al Qaeda operatives living in the United States. It wasn't long before ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Rediscovering Political Economy

    by Bruce Caldwell, Samuel Hollander, Peter McNamara, Larry Schweikart, Richard Wagner, Thomas G. West, Alan Levine, John Mueller, Robert A. Sirico, Bradley C. S. Watson0 ...
    The recent economic crisis in the United States has highlighted a crisis of understanding. In this volume, Bradley C. S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy-an increasingly overlooked field wherein political ideas and economic theories mutually inform each other. Only through a restoration of political economy can we reconnect ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Build Your Own PC on a Budget: A DIY Guide for Hobbyists and Gamers

    by John Mueller ...
    Design and assemble an inexpensive yet fast and reliable PCConstruct the PC of your dreams using the practical information contained in this hands-on guide. Build Your Own PC on a Budget explains, step-by-step, how to put together a customized computer that is affordable, stable, and powerful. Discover how to choose the parts that fit your needs, safely connect and test components, add video and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • War and Ideas

    Selected Essays

    by John Mueller ...
    This book collects the key essays, together with updating notes and commentary, of Professor John Mueller on war and the role of ideas and opinions.Mueller has maintained that war (and peace) are, in essence, merely ideas, and that war has waned as the notion that 'peace' is a decidedly good idea has gained currency. The first part of the book extends this argument, noting that as ideas have ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Are We Safe Enough?

    Measuring and Assessing Aviation Security

    by Mark G. Stewart, John Mueller ...
    Are We Safe Enough? Measuring and Assessing Aviation Security explains how standard risk analytic and cost-benefit analysis can be applied to aviation security in systematic and easy-to-understand steps. The book evaluates and puts into sensible context the risks associated with air travel, the risk appetite of airlines and regulators and the notion of acceptable risk. It does so by describing the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Remnants of War

    by John Mueller ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    "War... is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbolt from hell, a natural calamity, or a desperate plot contrivance dreamed up by some sadistic puppeteer on high. And it seems to me that the institution is in pronounced decline, abandoned as attitudes toward it have changed, roughly following the ... Read more

    $11.39 USD