Armed conflict

This is the first comparative, cross-national study of the participation of women in the armed forces of NATO countries.

This unique book presents an accurate and reliable assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

This unique book presents an accurate and reliable assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Sun Tzu and other classical Chinese strategic thinkers wrote in an era of social, economic and military revolution, and hoped to identify enduring principles of war and statecraft.

Sun Tzu and other classical Chinese strategic thinkers wrote in an era of social, economic and military revolution, and hoped to identify enduring principles of war and statecraft.

An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations.

This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place.

This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place.

As the Palestinian/Israeli conflict continues to be of major importance in the Middle East, this book employs a new agency approach to understanding the conflict, examining the unprecedented challenge mounted by Palestinian insurgents to Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza between 1987 and 1992.

As the Palestinian/Israeli conflict continues to be of major importance in the Middle East, this book employs a new agency approach to understanding the conflict, examining the unprecedented challenge mounted by Palestinian insurgents to Israeli military rule in the West Bank and Gaza between 1987 and 1992.

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President John F.

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President John F.

This book analyzes Palestinian attempts to create an organized military force from the period of the Mandate up to the present day.

This book analyzes Palestinian attempts to create an organized military force from the period of the Mandate up to the present day.

The Seven Years War has been described as the first global conflict in history.

The Seven Years War has been described as the first global conflict in history.

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals.

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals.

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present.

The Politics of Cyberconflict focuses on the implications that the phenomenon of cyberconflict (conflict in computer mediated enivironments and the internet) has on politics, society and culture.

The Politics of Cyberconflict focuses on the implications that the phenomenon of cyberconflict (conflict in computer mediated enivironments and the internet) has on politics, society and culture.

Based on primary resources, including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan's involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with special reference to the ARF.

Based on primary resources, including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan's involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with special reference to the ARF.

This volume examines US Army Special Forces efforts to mobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.

This volume examines US Army Special Forces efforts to mobilize and train indigenous minorities in Vietnam.

This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects our understanding of war.

This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects our understanding of war.

Civil war is one of the critical issues of our time.

Civil war is one of the critical issues of our time.

This unique volume seeks both to historicize and to deconstruct the pervasive, almost ritualistic, association of Africa with forms of terrorism as well as extreme violence, the latter bordering on and including genocide.

This unique volume seeks both to historicize and to deconstruct the pervasive, almost ritualistic, association of Africa with forms of terrorism as well as extreme violence, the latter bordering on and including genocide.

This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.

This volume re-examines the evidence surrounding the rise and fall of peacekeeping policy during the first Clinton Administration.

This volume re-examines the evidence surrounding the rise and fall of peacekeeping policy during the first Clinton Administration.

This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy discourse.

This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy discourse.

This book is a comparative study which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

This book is a comparative study which aims to answer the question: under what circumstances does the EU undertake military operations?

This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era.

This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era.

This is the first academic analysis of the role of embedded media in the 2003 Iraq War, providing a concise history of US military public affairs management since Vietnam.

This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars.

This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars.

This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars.

This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars.

This book is an authoritative account of the nuclear weapons inspections regime in Iraq from 1991 to 1998.

This book is an authoritative account of the nuclear weapons inspections regime in Iraq from 1991 to 1998.

There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists against civilian targets.

There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists against civilian targets.

As the 'War on Terror' evolves into the 'Long War' against Islamo-fascism, it demands an enduring commitment to ensuring the security of the United States and its allies.