Armed conflict

This book uses an historical body of knowledge, Just War Theory, as the basis for analyzing modern conflicts involving Armed Non-State Actors who employ force against states.

This book examines the origins, courses and consequences of conventional wars in post-colonial South Asia.

This book examines the origins, courses and consequences of conventional wars in post-colonial South Asia.

Mass media are essential to democratic society; in contrast, the War on Terror has been interpreted as an assault on democracy and freedom by Islamic fundamentalists.

Mass media are essential to democratic society; in contrast, the War on Terror has been interpreted as an assault on democracy and freedom by Islamic fundamentalists.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.

Why are some military organizations more adept than others at reinventing themselves?

Why are some military organizations more adept than others at reinventing themselves?

Civil-military cooperation has always been a key factor in both peace and conflict situations, and is vital in today's political climate.

Civil-military cooperation has always been a key factor in both peace and conflict situations, and is vital in today's political climate.

This book offers a critical analysis, both theoretical and practical, of ethics education in the military.

This book offers a critical analysis, both theoretical and practical, of ethics education in the military.

Since its inception, just after the Second World War, Human Factors research has paid special attention to the issues surrounding human control of systems.

Since its inception, just after the Second World War, Human Factors research has paid special attention to the issues surrounding human control of systems.

The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from which Islamist reaction arises.

The war on terror cannot be truly understood without investigating the legitimacy of modernity, the challenge that religion presents to modernization, the inescapable conflicts attending the emergence and expansion of modernity, and the post-colonial predicament from which Islamist reaction arises.

War, as Clausewitz reminds, is the most uncertain of human political and social activities.

War, as Clausewitz reminds, is the most uncertain of human political and social activities.

Chaplaincy highlights the need for faith and society to re-engage with vital moral questions.

Chaplaincy highlights the need for faith and society to re-engage with vital moral questions.

While studies of American military culture have proliferated in recent years, and the culture of academic institutions has been a subject of perennial interest, comparatively little has been written on the multiple ways the military and academe intersect.

While studies of American military culture have proliferated in recent years, and the culture of academic institutions has been a subject of perennial interest, comparatively little has been written on the multiple ways the military and academe intersect.

As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics.

As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics.

Krishnan describes military applications of neuroscience research and emerging neurotechnology with relevance to the conduct of armed conflict and law enforcement.

Military Pilgrimage and Battlefield Tourism is the first volume to bring together a detailed analysis of professional military pilgrimage with other forms of commemorating military conflict.

Military Pilgrimage and Battlefield Tourism is the first volume to bring together a detailed analysis of professional military pilgrimage with other forms of commemorating military conflict.

Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it.

Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it.

This book begins discussion at a point where many civil-military conversations end.

This book begins discussion at a point where many civil-military conversations end.

The view that America and Russia have burned their candles on security cooperation with respect to nuclear weapons is simply mistaken.

The view that America and Russia have burned their candles on security cooperation with respect to nuclear weapons is simply mistaken.

In Obstructive Marketing, Maitland Hyslop deals with a very negative kind of activity which embraces activities, legal or otherwise, designed to prevent or restrict the distribution of a product or service, temporarily or permanently, against the wishes of the product manufacturer, service provider or customer.

In Obstructive Marketing, Maitland Hyslop deals with a very negative kind of activity which embraces activities, legal or otherwise, designed to prevent or restrict the distribution of a product or service, temporarily or permanently, against the wishes of the product manufacturer, service provider or customer.

This book discusses the practice of no-fly zones in international affairs.

This book discusses the practice of no-fly zones in international affairs.

Donna Seto investigates why children born of wartime sexual violence are rarely included in post-conflict processes of reconciliation and recovery.

Donna Seto investigates why children born of wartime sexual violence are rarely included in post-conflict processes of reconciliation and recovery.

Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which development practitioners operate.

Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which development practitioners operate.

With a bold vision and a distinctive message, Reddy stipulates that international peacekeeping can be designed and implemented using the principles of restorative justice.

With a bold vision and a distinctive message, Reddy stipulates that international peacekeeping can be designed and implemented using the principles of restorative justice.

James Hickey proceeds from the premise that throughout history, humans have demonstrated a proclivity for using violence against one another as a means to achieve an end, means enabled, in many respects, by the technologies available at the time.

James Hickey proceeds from the premise that throughout history, humans have demonstrated a proclivity for using violence against one another as a means to achieve an end, means enabled, in many respects, by the technologies available at the time.

Today, the First World War is remembered chiefly for the carnage of the Western Front, but at the time the Royal Navy's blockade of Germany was a more frequent source of debate.

Today, the First World War is remembered chiefly for the carnage of the Western Front, but at the time the Royal Navy's blockade of Germany was a more frequent source of debate.