Military and defence strategy

This groundbreaking WWI history presents a detailed narrative of German Army operations from the start of the war to the 1st Battle of the Somme.

Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of choice in World War II.

The advent of the War on Terror has seen intelligence agencies emerge out of the shadows to become major political players.

The advent of the War on Terror has seen intelligence agencies emerge out of the shadows to become major political players.

Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of choice in World War II.

How do crises produce changes in specific European Union foreign policy areas, and how should we conceptualise these policy changes?

Can Russia, the European Union and the three major EU member states adopt a unified policy line in the global arena?

Can Russia, the European Union and the three major EU member states adopt a unified policy line in the global arena?

This book examines the development of collective security by regional organisations particularly after the Cold War.

Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer was part of a secret detachment of the US Army known as the 'Jedi Knights'.

In the years following the Civil War, plans were drawn up to build a major set of fortifications along the Russian western border.

Bletchley Park has played a vital role in British history.

Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world's most famous shipwreck and then carried them to safety at New York.

Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world's most famous shipwreck and then carried them to safety at New York.

When the top secret code breaking activities at Bletchley Park were revealed in the 1970s, much of the history of the Second World War had to be rewritten.

The WWI military expert presents his authoritative study of the German Army's operations during the First Battle of Ypres.

'Turing writes on codebreaking with understandable authority and compelling panache.

All is fair in love and war.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.

State sponsorship of terrorism is a complex and important topic in today's international affairs - and especially pertinent in the regional politics of the Middle East and South Asia, where Pakistan has long been a flashpoint of Islamist politics and terrorism.

State sponsorship of terrorism is a complex and important topic in today's international affairs - and especially pertinent in the regional politics of the Middle East and South Asia, where Pakistan has long been a flashpoint of Islamist politics and terrorism.

As jihadist extremism, and its manifestation as Al Qaeda, began to spread - even in the years before 9/11 - Saudi Arabia became a principal target.

The Cambridge Spies continue to fascinate - but one of them, John Cairncross, has always been more of an enigma than the others.

The Cambridge Spies continue to fascinate - but one of them, John Cairncross, has always been more of an enigma than the others.

For most Arab regimes, intelligence, security apparatus and the secret services, are central to their domestic politics.

For most Arab regimes, intelligence, security apparatus and the secret services, are central to their domestic politics.

Time's running out for The Tobacco Girls in this penultimate books in this bestselling series from Lizzie Lane.

Our story is about the genesis and evolution of these phantoms and men-who-never-were, these artists and magicians at the front line who operated in stealth and secrecy.

On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur.

Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world.

'Judicious and absorbing' New York Times Book ReviewIn this biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the model for Greene's The Quiet American, Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a 'hearts and minds' diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam.

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.

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.

While today's presidential tweets may seem a light-year apart from the scratch of quill pens during the era of the American Revolution, the importance of political communication is eternal.

Between 1994-2014, Israels security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world.

Between 1994-2014, Israels security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world.

Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'.

Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'.

The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence.

The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence.

At the end of the war MI5 suspected him of espionage and interrogated him but he did not confess.

A few years before he died James MacGibbon confessed to his close family that he had spied for the Soviet Union during World War II.

In this classic account, Bernard Wasserstein draws on the files of the Shanghai Police as well as the intelligence archives of the many countries involved, to provide the definitive story of Shanghai's secret war.

The Vietnam War ended nearly fifty years ago but the central paradox of the struggle endures: how did the worlds strongest nation fail to secure freedom for the Republic of Vietnam?

Choice Outstanding TitleThroughout its existence, the Red Army was viewed as a formidable threat.

A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape.

A concise, illustrated guide to these Second World War defences scattered across the British landscape.

'A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.

'A fascinating anthology which sheds new light on the Bletchley Park story and shows that there is still more to tell.