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Cyberdeterrence and CyberwarCyberspace, where information — and hence serious value — is stored and manipulated, is a tempting target. An attacker could be a person, group, or state and may disrupt or corrupt the systems from which cyberspace is built. When states are involved, it is tempting to compare fights to warfare, but there are important differences. The author addresses these differences and ways the United States protect itself in the face of attack. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $33.00 Discounted Web Price: $26.40 Pages: 238 ISBN/EAN: 9780833047342 |
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Ending Social Promotion Without Leaving Children Behind: The Case of New York CityThe New York City Department of Education asked RAND to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation of its 5th-grade promotion policy. The findings of that study, conducted between March 2006 and August 2009, provide a comprehensive view of the policy's implementation and its impact on student outcomes, particularly for students at risk of retention and those who were retained in grade. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $37.00 Discounted Web Price: $33.30 Pages: 308 ISBN/EAN: 9780833047786 |
China's International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and DiversificationThe expanding scope of China's international activities is one of the newest and most important trends in global affairs. Its global activism is continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about its current and long-term intentions. This monograph analyzes how China defines its international objectives, how it is pursuing them, and what it means for U.S. economic and security interests. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $34.00 Discounted Web Price: $30.60 Pages: 278 ISBN/EAN: 9780833047090 |
Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating StrategiesIn studying the withdrawal from Iraq, RAND assessed logistical constraints, trends in insurgent activity, the readiness of Iraqi security forces, and implications for the size of the residual U.S. force and for security in Iraq and the region. This report presents alternative schedules: one consistent with the Obama administration's intentions, one somewhat slower, and another faster. It also identifies steps to alleviate constraints and risks. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $23.00 Discounted Web Price: $20.70 Pages: 206 ISBN/EAN: 9780833047724 |
Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic GrowthEfficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors provide an overview of the freight-transportation system and the problems it faces, concluding with a discussion of key system-modernization issues, including increasing capacity, making the system less vulnerable to disruption, addressing environmental concerns, and building support for funding. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $39.00 Discounted Web Price: $35.10 Pages: 162 ISBN/EAN: 9780833047489 |
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Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical MemoirOver his 33 years in the Air Force and more than 20 years at RAND, Lt Gen Glenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defense policy. In this volume, he offers not so much a memoir in the normal sense as a summary of the dozens of national security issues in which he was personally engaged during his long career. In the process, he describes the related analytical frameworks and illustrates the bureaucratic intricacies. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $34.50 Discounted Web Price: $31.05 Pages: 282 ISBN/EAN: 9780833044525 |
How Much Is Enough?: Shaping the Defense Program, 1961-1969An account of the application of powerful ideas to the problem of managing the Department of Defense and a history of the controversies inspired by that effort, this book details the use of a new system for allocating defense resources. The system — the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS) — was used to evaluate military needs and to choose among alternatives for meeting those needs. Read more »Paperback Cover Price: $24.00 Discounted Web Price: $21.60 Pages: 394 ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-3826-5 |
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