02000cmm a2200349 4500 214801368 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100416s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780815704355 electronic bk. 0815704356 electronic bk. (OCoLC)607553724 N$T eng N$T YDXCP OSU EBLCP IDEBK OCLCQ TxAuBib Confronting poverty [electronic resource] : weak states and U.S. national security / Susan E. Rice, Corinne Graff, Carlos Pascual, editors. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2010. 1 online resource (x, 244 p.) : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- The national security implications of global poverty / Susan E. Rice -- Poverty and state weakness / Susan E. Rice -- Poverty, development, and violent extremism in weak states / Corinne Graff -- Poverty, state weakness, and civil war / Andrew Loomis -- Feeding insecurity? : poverty, weak states, and climate change / Joshua Busby -- State weakness and infectious diseases / Miriam Estrin and Carl Malm -- Conclusion and policy implications / Carlos Pascual and Corinne Graff. Examines the connection between poverty, fragile states, and transnational conflict and the implications for American security. Poverty Developing countries. Political stability Developing countries. Failed states Developing countries. National security United States. Military science. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. History Military Other. Electronic books. Rice, Susan E. Graff, Corinne. Pascual, Carlos. Brookings Institution. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=315284 EBSCOhost