Military and defence strategy

This book offers a new analytical framework for studying nuclear command and control (C2), based on a comparative study of four nuclear weapons states (NWS).

This detailed account of Britain's Siege of Charleston is "e;a welcome addition to the history of South Carolina and of the American Revolution"e; (Journal of Military History).

Argues that states'' attachment to the strategy of deterrence can increase the chances of violence rather than avoid it.

The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret from the bestselling author of NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO'An extraordinary book' DAILY EXPRESS'Revelatory .

This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the historical, technical, and strategic context of cyber conflict.

The Casualty Gap shows how the most important cost of American military campaigns--the loss of human life--has been paid disproportionately by poorer and less-educated communities since the 1950s.

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

This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of NATO's strategy for the defence of the central front - the concern that has lain at the heart of NATO since its formation.

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider’s guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world.

While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level.

Renowned military historian Earl Hess offers the first book dedicated to the history of underground tactics and strategy in warfare from antiquity to the present.

The author of The Road to Victory delivers "e;a well-written, easy to read, and concise summary of the options available to Eisenhower and the Allies"e; (Journal of Military History).

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

This book provides an empirical understanding of how EU-level defence industrial cooperation functions in practice.

Strategic Survey 2020 The Annual Assessment of GeopoliticsThe worst pandemic in a century tested governments, strained societies and frayedinternational ties during the year to mid-2020.

This book will raise awareness on emerging challenges of AIempowered cyber arms used in weapon systems and stockpiled in the global cyber arms race.

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Steinberg focuses on the narcissistic personality, identifying it as intensely self-involved and preoccupied with success and recognition as a substitute for parental love.

Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field which has come into its own.

The Fear of Invasion presents a new interpretation of British preparation for War before 1914.

This book translates US foreign policymaking theory into practical analytic tools for those preparing to be national security professionals.

The Civil War and the World War II stand as the two great cataclysms of American history.

This study of friendly fire on civilians during the London Blitz and the attack on Pearl harbor exposes the unknown horror behind these iconic WWII events.

Frank Foley presents the first in-depth comparative analysis of counterterrorist operations in two leading liberal democracies.

A cooperative effort by a number of historians and political scientists, this essay collection focuses on the important connection between domestic affairs and foreign relations during the Cold War.

A compelling overview of systems and strategies implemented to safeguard U.

This volume discusses the emergence of space exploration as a new pivot of the global space economy in the decade of 2020s.

This book, first published in 1961, is an analysis of the great struggle of the twentieth century, the Cold War.

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.

This timely study examines the forces at play in one of the world's most explosive nations, helping readers understand why Syria's popular uprising has been the most violent and hard-fought in the Middle East.

NATO's Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia's military activities.

This book explores the use of deadly force by private security companies during the Iraq War.

There is more to defense than military might and more to the military than a fighting force.

Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought.

The Cold War was a period of intense political rivalry, in which diplomacy and international relations in Asia and the Middle East acquired huge global significance.

This is the previously untold story of the remarkable relationship between a young British diplomat and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia from the latter's Coronation in 1930 until his murder in 1975.

Developing Intelligence Theory analyses the current state of intelligence theorisation, provides a guide to a range of approaches and perspectives, and points towards future research agendas in this field.

Of all the violent disputes that have flared across the former Soviet Union since the late 1980s, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is the only one to pose a genuine threat to peace and security throughout Eurasia.

Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong.

This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences in the post-war era and endeavours to unpack their performance.

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 full history of South African intelligence and provides a detailed examination of the various stages in the evolution of South Africa's intelligence organizations and structures.

A "e;provocative, intriguing and cogently argued"e; exploration of the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance (David Stuttard, Classics for All).

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

An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disastersFrom the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land.

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

This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era.

Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable intelligence in order to increase their sense of security.

This book, first published in 1983, contains articles written as a result of the UN 1978-81 study on the relationship between disarmament and development.