Military and defence strategy

This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and efforts to protect the United States from international terrorism.

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century.

The Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series deals with a wide range of issues relating to global environmental hazards, natural and man-made disasters, and approaches to disaster risk reduction.

This book examines the evolution of airpower and specifically the growth and proliferation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs).

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war's echoing legacy.

During public health emergencies such as terrorist attacks or influenza outbreaks, the public health system's ability to save lives could depend on dispensing medical countermeasures such as antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines to a large number of people in a short amount of time.

This timely and compelling book presents a broad study of all key cyber security issues of the highest interest to government and business as well as their implications.

Experts agree, though it is already important, nuclear power will soon be critical to the maintenance of contemporary society.

This book explores the evolution of the current U.

A riveting combination of war memoir and analysis providing “valuable insights” into the role of military intelligence in Vietnam (International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence).

The effects of weapons of mass destruction cannot be contained, either spatially or temporally, are unpredictable, discriminate poorly between combatants and civilians, and are highly disruptive of ecosystems.

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The sniper is a battlefield threat second to none.

This book, first published in 1980, presents a comprehensive and detailed look at the problem of international militarisation.

Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War.

The Great War or the "e;War to end all wars"e; as promised by President Woodrow Wilson was neither great nor ultimately conclusive.

A careful analysis of the organisation, tactics and command structure which ensured that the Royal Navy was the undisputed master of the waves.

War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for those involved in the design of military strategy, and the forces that must execute that strategy.

As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units.

The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II.

This book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that continually draw the US back into a space-technology security dilemma.

Nationale Armeen und partikulare Militärbündnisse verschärfen die globalen Probleme.

This book is the first systematic examination of the emerging arms race in Asia.

Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E.

This volume examines intelligence services since 1945 in their role as knowledge producers.

Spying, the worlds second oldest profession, is hardly limited to the traditional great power countries.

This book analyzes the concept of military necessity and just war thinking and argues that it should be seen as a vital moral principle for leaders.

Recent disclosures about the bulk collection of domestic phone call records and other signals intelligence programs have stimulated widespread debate about the implications of such practices for the civil liberties and privacy of Americans.

This book, first published in 1982, addresses the problem of assessing the central and regional balance of power.

This book offers a comprehensive moral theory of privatization in war.

This is the first biography of Capt.

This book, first published in 1981, is an analysis of the Soviet Union's military strategy, taking in both sides of the 'hawks' and 'doves' views of the USSR's intentions.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and efforts to protect the United States from international terrorism.

One of the most difficult security challenges of the postCold War era has been stabilizing failing states in an era of irregular warfare.

Welcome to the Drone Age.

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.

The first volume in a groundbreaking work of WWII history presents a startlingly different narrative of D-Day based on newly released documents.

Besieged examines the most important sieges in history-the actions and motivations of attackers and defenders along with conditions inside and outside the city walls.

The definitive history of MI9's emergency escape and evasion mapping programme and the contribution the maps made to victory in 1945.

Prelude to the Easter Rising casts light upon the clandestine activities of Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany from 1914 to 1916.

This book examines the processes, practices and principles of defence planning in small and middle powers.

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence, Second Edition covers the history of Chinese Intelligence from 400 B.

The Polish army during the Blitzkrieg conjures up tragic images of infantry and dashing, but ineffective and ultimately doomed cavalry charges.

This superb introduction to NATO is written for the national security novice, yet is full of insights for the more seasoned hand interested in how and why NATO reached its current state.

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have constituted a perennial feature of the security landscape.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has undergone wide-ranging changes since 2006, when it was given a new maritime warning mission and the NORAD Agreement was signed in perpetuity.

Gaining a decisive technological edge is a never-ending pursuit for defense establishments and the countries they protect.