Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.

This fifth edition of American National Security is a timely update of a classic classroom text, providing contemporary perspectives on limited war, economic challenges to national security, and research and development.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The contributors to this volume paint the picture of a dynamic and diverse Asia on the verge of the new century.