Military and defence strategy

This edited volume addresses the relationship between the essential nature of war and its character at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

This edited book constitutes the first detailed attempt at a comparative international analysis of the transformations that are currently affecting the composition of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and their place in Israeli society.

This edited book constitutes the first detailed attempt at a comparative international analysis of the transformations that are currently affecting the composition of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and their place in Israeli society.

This book deals with the processes and theories involved in managing military organisations in both peacetime and crisis conditions.

This book deals with the processes and theories involved in managing military organisations in both peacetime and crisis conditions.

Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century.

Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century.

This volume discusses the challenges the future holds for different aspects of the intelligence process and for organisations working in the field.

This volume discusses the challenges the future holds for different aspects of the intelligence process and for organisations working in the field.

This book examines the United States military's use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise information-age warfare.

This book examines the United States military's use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise information-age warfare.

The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest.

The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest.

Academic studies of 'terrorism' grew exponentially in number after the September 11 attacks.

Academic studies of 'terrorism' grew exponentially in number after the September 11 attacks.

One of the largest and most feared military forces in the world, the Red Army was a key player in advancing the cause of Soviet socialism.

Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.

Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.

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

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

This book examines the subject of strategy and its relationship with politics.

This book examines the subject of strategy and its relationship with politics.

Waziristan is a remote district of Pakistan populated by fiercely independent tribes who owe allegiance to no one and unite only to repel invaders or wage jihad.

This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century.

This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century.

Codenames were a vital feature of World War II, serving as mental shorthand for those in the know, and obscuring the issues for those who were not.

Codenames were a vital feature of World War II, serving as mental shorthand for those in the know, and obscuring the issues for those who were not.

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.

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.

First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons.

First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons.

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.

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.

The Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies.

The Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies.

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

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.

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.

This edited volume brings together many of the world's leading scholars of intelligence with a number of former senior practitioners to facilitate a wide-ranging dialogue on the central challenges confronting students of intelligence.

This edited volume brings together many of the world's leading scholars of intelligence with a number of former senior practitioners to facilitate a wide-ranging dialogue on the central challenges confronting students of intelligence.

This new collection of essays, from leading British and Canadian scholars, presents an excellent insight into the strategic thinking of the British Empire.

This new collection of essays, from leading British and Canadian scholars, presents an excellent insight into the strategic thinking of the British Empire.

A new look at how Britain's defence establishment learned to engage Japan's armed forces as the Pacific War progressed.

A new look at how Britain's defence establishment learned to engage Japan's armed forces as the Pacific War progressed.

John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research.

John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research.

This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program.

This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program.

This book is a fascinating new examination of one of the most feared and efficient secret services the world has ever known, the Stasi.