 | United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 2002 - 136 pages
...of the concept of national security is attributed to Walter Lippmann who wrote in 1942: "A nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger...war, and is able, if challenged, to maintain them in victory in such a war."7 Within a decade after this formulation, and concurrent with the beginning... | |
 | Hans Günter Brauch - 2003 - 1186 pages
...security is about the possession by a state of a bevel of military capability sufficient to avert the danger of having to sacrifice core values, if it wishes...challenged, to maintain them by victory in such a war. This traditional conception of security is now being challenged by the emergence of new issues. As... | |
 | Mwesiga Laurent Baregu, Chris Landsberg - 2003 - 420 pages
...set the stage for what was commonly accepted and practiced as security. He stated that "a nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger of having to sacrifice its core values, if it wishes to avoid war, and is able if challenged, to maintain them by victory... | |
 | Antonio Marquina - 2004 - 408 pages
...in definitions made during the Cold War. For instance, Walter Lippmann considered that " a nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger...challenged, to maintain them by victory in such a war" [11]. Stephen M. Walt stated that the main focus of security studies is the phenomenon of war and,... | |
 | Laura Neack - 2007 - 274 pages
...1962: Security points to some degree of protection of values previously acquired. . . . [A] nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger...challenged, to maintain them by victory in such a war. This definition implies that security rises and falls with the ability of a nation to deter an attack,... | |
 | Alan Collins - 2007 - 475 pages
...'Towards a theory of international security', Political Studies, 29/1 (1981), p. 102. 'A nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger of having to sacrifice core values it if wishes to avoid war, and is able, if challenged, to maintain them by victory in such a war.'... | |
 | James E. Baker - 2007 - 405 pages
...security," Lippman wrote in June 1943, "when it does not have to sacrifice its legitimate interests to avoid war and is able, if challenged to maintain them by war."12 Other authors return to themes found in Lippman's concept of national interest and in President... | |
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Lippmann's words, a nation is secure to the extent to which it is not in danger of having to sacrifice core values, if it wishes to avoid war, and is able, if challenged, to maintain them by victory in such a war.2 What this definition implies is that... 
