Military and defence strategy

In strategic studies and international relations, grand strategy is a frequently-invoked concept.

The Soviet Union in World Politics, first published in 1980, looks at the change in direction of Soviet foreign policy away from world revolution in the 1970s.

This book, first published in 1990, examines the theories on 'nonoffensive' or 'nonprovocative' defence that arose at the end of the Cold War.

A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level.

In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services today.

This book examines the use of military force as a coercive tool by the United States, using lessons drawn from the post-Cold War era (1991-2018).

The amount of publicly and often freely available information is staggering.

This book, first published in 1970, examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at the similarities and differences between the various dissents and rebellions.

The Road to Intervention (1988) uses rarely-seen British government papers to analyse the position of the Allied and Russian governments in the last year of the First World War, as the Russian revolution ended their participation in the war and the Western Allies feared a huge German offensive in France in consequence.

First published in 1988, Arms Transfers and Dependence was written to provide a view of arms transfers in the context of the global distribution of power.

Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam.

This book, first published in 1984, examines France's independent nuclear weapons programme of the 1980s alongside the French peace movement, which was almost totally absent - in contrast to the peace protests of the US and the rest of Europe.

Examines the changing roles of the state, the citizen and the soldier, and the consequences for national and international security.

This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies.

This book, first published in 1990, examines the nature and causes of the changes to Soviet national security policy under Gorbachev.

Constructing International Security identifies effective third-party strategies for balancing deterrence and restraint in security relationships.

Why did the British government declare war on Germany in August 1914?

First published in 1988, Arms Transfers and Dependence was written to provide a view of arms transfers in the context of the global distribution of power.

This is the first book to apply the Clausewitzian Trinity of 'passion, chance, and reason' to the experience of real war.

Defense against nuclear attackso natural and seemingly so compelling a goalhas provoked debate for at least twenty years.

This book analyses how banks implement counter-terrorist financing measures and experiment with technologies to assess risks and make security decisions.

A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics.

Rapid technological advances in the field of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) are transforming the international security environment and the conduct of contemporary conflict.

Drawing on recently released documents and private papers, this is the first book-length study to examine the intimate relationship between the Attlee government and Britain's intelligence and security services at the start of the Cold War.

This book offers a new insight into when and why paramilitary groups in Afghanistan engage in protective or predatory behavior against the civilians they purportedly defend.

Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy - more so than at any time since the 1930s.

The book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age, embedding his work within the classical theories of Carl von Clausewitz.

This book examines the newly emergent field of military design thinking, how it has been developed inside and outside of military doctrine, and the paradigms that underlie its key thinkers and methodologies.

Since the creation of the standing army in 1661, when each regiment was known by the name of its current colonel, there have been many reforms and rationalizations of the British army.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of UK defence exports, as an example of the international trade in defence capabilities.

an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' Michael McKernan, Sydney Morning Herald The bestselling, acclaimed, authoritative account of one of the most famous battles in Australian military history now established as a classic.

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

From the Trojan Horse to a photograph snapped in Vietnam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism.

A close examination of the role of intelligence in shaping America's perception of the Vietnam War, looking closely at the intelligence leadership and decision process.

For the past sixty years, countries have conducted military and civilian activities in space, often for competitive purposes.

McDermott examines the origins, development and prospects for the Australia and Japan Defence and Security Relationship.

A comprehensive look at the role of history, economics, security, threat perception, and domestic politics in the South Korea-United States alliance.

The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970.

How empires have used diversity to shape the world order for more than two millenniaEmpires-vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition-have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia.

Over the past fifty years, many thousands of conflict simulations have been published that bring the dynamics of past and possible future wars to life.

This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishu's inhabitants try to stay out of harm's way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the city's powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district.

Handbook of Warning Intelligence: Assessing the Threat to National Security was written during the cold war and was classified for 40 years.

Friedrich Beck was the single most important figure in the transformation of the inept Habsburg military into the modern military state that would wage World War I.

It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler.

This book presents the current history of United States military strategy in Afghanistan as an example of dysfunctional policy discourse among the nation's elites.

In surprise attacks on Israel in October 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Israeli-held Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, igniting what became known as the Yom Kippur War.

Published each year since 1959, The Military Balance is an indispensable reference to the capabilities of armed forces across the globe.

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea, first published in 1985, is one of the few comprehensive treatments on the subject from a strategic perspective.

This book examines the debate over private security contractors, using historical and contemporary cases, including several non-Western examples.

Intelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information.