The late political scientist Hans Morgenthau, author of Politics Among Nations, defines national security as the integrity of the national territory and its institutions.... , a nation's use of military, economic and political power to maintain survival; see also Defense (military)
Defense (military)
Defence has several uses in the sphere of military application.Personal defence implies measures taken by individual soldiers in protecting themselves whether by use of protective materials such as armour, or field construction of trenches or a bunker, or by using weapons that prevent the enemy approaching them to initiate close combat....
National missile defense as a generic term is a type of missile defense: a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental ballistic missile.... , a military strategy to shield a country from missiles
The National Defense Service Medal is a Awards and decorations of the United States military of the United States military originally commissioned by President Dwight D.... , a decoration of the U.S. military
The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.... , a reserve of U.S. merchant ships
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy.... in Washington, D.C.
The is Japan's six-year university-level military academy under control of the Ministry of Defense whose objectives are to train future military officers who are also medical doctors and current military doctors with advanced level of theory and application of medical sciences required to conduct the missions of Japan Self-Defense Forces and acqu... in Japan
The National Defense Medical Center is a Military of the Republic of China medical school in Taipei, Taiwan. The NDMC is responsible for the training of military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.... in Taiwan
The National Defense College of the Philippines is an educational, training, and research agency of the Politics of the Philippines responsible for providing continued and intensive studies of the diverse problems relating to national defense and security....
The National Defense Research Committee was an organization created "to coordinate, supervise, and conduct scientific research on the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare" in the United States from June 27, 1940 until June 28, 1941.... in the U.S. in the 1940s
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 is a United States Act of Congress, passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, both public education and private education....
Le Gouvernement de la D?fense Nationale, or The Government of National Defence, was the first Government of the French Third Republic from September 4, 1870, to February 13, 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War, formed after the Emperor Napoleon III of France was captured by the Kingdom of Prussia army.... in Africa in the 1870s
