Armed conflict

In the English-speaking world the First World War is all too often portrayed primarily as a conflict between Britain and Germany.

Responding to increasing global anxiety over the ethics education of military personnel, this volume illustrates the depth, rigour and critical acuity of Professional Military Ethics Education (PMEE) with contributions by distinguished ethical theorists.

Responding to increasing global anxiety over the ethics education of military personnel, this volume illustrates the depth, rigour and critical acuity of Professional Military Ethics Education (PMEE) with contributions by distinguished ethical theorists.

Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractable state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time.

Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractable state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time.

This book examines the issue of ethics in the context of the provision of military health care in an epidemic.

This book examines the issue of ethics in the context of the provision of military health care in an epidemic.

Highlighting the just war tradition in historical perspective, this valuable study looks at contemporary implications drawn out in the context of several important contemporary debates: within the field of religion, including both Christian and Islamic thought; within the field of debate related to the international law of armed conflicts; within the field of policy relating to the use of armed force where the issue is just war thinking vs.

Highlighting the just war tradition in historical perspective, this valuable study looks at contemporary implications drawn out in the context of several important contemporary debates: within the field of religion, including both Christian and Islamic thought; within the field of debate related to the international law of armed conflicts; within the field of policy relating to the use of armed force where the issue is just war thinking vs.

Following on from Ethics Education in the Military (eds.

Following on from Ethics Education in the Military (eds.

Since the end of World War II, security and defence have played a major role in European politics.

Since the end of World War II, security and defence have played a major role in European politics.

The phenomenon of Europeanization has become a topic that is constantly under debate.

The phenomenon of Europeanization has become a topic that is constantly under debate.

In the light of NATO's humanitarian war in Kosovo is it possible to understand or explain wars as an outcome of perceptions of rights?

In the light of NATO's humanitarian war in Kosovo is it possible to understand or explain wars as an outcome of perceptions of rights?

Without money, terrorists cannot function as organizations and cannot conduct attacks.

Without money, terrorists cannot function as organizations and cannot conduct attacks.

Moran concentrates on three aims: to provide an overview of British military intelligence operations in the last 30 years which concentrates on operational not strategic intelligence; to examine the debates over ethics and effectiveness that have followed these operations; and to examine the increasing attempts to place military intelligence under the same type of regulation that police and security intelligence operations have been subject to.

Moran concentrates on three aims: to provide an overview of British military intelligence operations in the last 30 years which concentrates on operational not strategic intelligence; to examine the debates over ethics and effectiveness that have followed these operations; and to examine the increasing attempts to place military intelligence under the same type of regulation that police and security intelligence operations have been subject to.

Demilitarization of conflict and society is crucial to building sustainable peace in countries emerging from the scourge of civil war.

Demilitarization of conflict and society is crucial to building sustainable peace in countries emerging from the scourge of civil war.

Through an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted manifestations of gender and conflict, this book shows how cognition and behaviour, agency and victimization, are gendered beyond the popular stereotypes.

Through an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted manifestations of gender and conflict, this book shows how cognition and behaviour, agency and victimization, are gendered beyond the popular stereotypes.

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces.

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces.

The Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.

The Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social systems.

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social systems.

This book provides a unique, authoritative and detailed examination of the physiological and clinical consequences of human exposure to high G forces.

This book provides a unique, authoritative and detailed examination of the physiological and clinical consequences of human exposure to high G forces.

Operation Just Cause, the United States' incursion into Panama, was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and the Noriega dominated government of Panama that extended from June, 1987 until early January, 1990.

Operation Just Cause, the United States' incursion into Panama, was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and the Noriega dominated government of Panama that extended from June, 1987 until early January, 1990.

This edited book presents an array of approaches on how human factors theory and research addresses the challenges associated with combat identification.

This edited book presents an array of approaches on how human factors theory and research addresses the challenges associated with combat identification.

Soldier-robot teams will be an important component of future battle spaces, creating a complex but potentially more survivable and effective combat force.

Soldier-robot teams will be an important component of future battle spaces, creating a complex but potentially more survivable and effective combat force.

This book is a judicial, military and political history of the period 1941 to 1954.

This book is a judicial, military and political history of the period 1941 to 1954.

With Theory of International Politics Kenneth Waltz established Neo-realism as a major school of thought in IR, which still remains a dominant approach within the discipline in the Anglo-American world and beyond.

With Theory of International Politics Kenneth Waltz established Neo-realism as a major school of thought in IR, which still remains a dominant approach within the discipline in the Anglo-American world and beyond.

There are many different types of power practice directed towards making soldiers obedient and disciplined inside the field of insurgency.

There are many different types of power practice directed towards making soldiers obedient and disciplined inside the field of insurgency.

Some countries join interstate wars well after the war has begun, waiting months and often years, and thus changing their beliefs about the wisdom of entering a war.

Some countries join interstate wars well after the war has begun, waiting months and often years, and thus changing their beliefs about the wisdom of entering a war.

National leaders often worry that civil wars might spread, but also seem to have little grasp on which civil wars will in fact draw in other states.

National leaders often worry that civil wars might spread, but also seem to have little grasp on which civil wars will in fact draw in other states.

Unmanned combat air vehicles, or in common parlance 'drones', have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter an objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threat with lethal force.