Contents: 1. Defining international security studies . p. 8 -- 2. The key questions in international security studies : the state, politics, and epistemology. p.21 -- 3. The driving forces behind the evolution of international security studies. p. 39 -- 4. Strategic studies, deterrence, and the Cold War -- 5. The Cold War challenge to national security. p. 101 -- 6. International security studies post-Cold War : the traditionalists. p. 156 -- 7. Widening and deepening security. p. 187 -- 8. Responding to 9/11 : a return to national security?. p. 226.