Military administration

Based on unprecedented access to the Ghanaian military barracks and inspired by the recent resurgence of coups in West Africa, Agyekum assesses why and how the Ghana Armed Forces were transformed from an organization that actively orchestrated coups into an institution that accepts the authority of the democratically elected civilian government.

Based on focus groups and surveys with members of Special Operations, explores efforts to integrate women into combat forces.

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging, internationally focused overview of the field of civil-military relations.

George S.

A straightforward, step-by-step approach for fast and fun mastery of ASVAB ASVAB DeMYSTiFieD takes the mystery out of studying for the ASVAB by walking you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the subject.

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This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry.

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada.

Based on focus groups and surveys with members of Special Operations, explores efforts to integrate women into combat forces.

A critical analysis of Israel''s control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, advocating a normative and functional approach.

This guide which, for years, has prepared military, emergency, and first responders to face psychological, social, and physical challenges of leading in dangerous contexts has been updated.

Originally published in 1794, this early work on the American Military is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Why do authoritarian regimes survive?

Based on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R.

More than two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War.

This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice.

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The Crimean War (1854-56) is widely considered the first modern war with its tactical use of railways, telegraphs, and battleships, its long-range rifles, and its notorious trenches - precursors of the Great War.

Catastrophic wartime casualties and postwar discomfort with the successes of women who had served in combat roles combined to shatter prewar ideals about what service meant for Soviet masculine identity.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

Bürokratie gilt als unverzichtbar für die Organisation moderner Staaten – doch ihre Komplexität und Starrheit behindern oft Fortschritt und Bürgernähe.

More than two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War.

Discusses why and how the Egyptian judiciary was critically important in bringing down two vastly different regimes in three years.

Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars-now the longest wars in American history-the US military has struggled to recruit troops.

The United States government invests billions each year on equipping armed forces with the most advanced military equipment.

Pershing's Lieutenants details the history of the key leaders working for and with the American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J.