Military and defence strategy

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

Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement offers a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.

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

Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement offers a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.

"e;The Commentaries on the Gallic War"e; is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative.

This book addresses radiological terrorism and the significant threats it poses to the public, the economy, and the environment across the globe.

Frank Dell’s experience as a Second World War pilot with the Royal Air Force’s Light Night Striking Force takes an even more dramatic turn when his Mosquito is shot down over Germany on the night of 14/15 October 1944.

As a teenager ‘Tich’ Palliser became ‘hooked on this flying game’ and aspired to take to the skies.

Shot down and killed in April 1944, Lionel Anderson, a low flying Mosquito intruder pilot, was part way through his second tour of operations.

Gordon Mellor served as a navigator with RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War, and ETA is the firsthand account of a conflict that tests not only his initiative and resilience, but also the ability to survive amidst the extreme dangers of a Nazi occupied Europe.

Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger’s No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim.

The first in-depth study of the role of canines in WWII Britain, an "e;important but hitherto under-represented subject,"e; with photos included (Society of Army Historical Research).

When the Red Army invaded Finland in November 1939 most observers expected a walkover.

The last six years have witnessed a virtually unending debate over U.

In the Allies post-war analyses of the Nazis defeat, the weakness and incompetence of the German intelligence services figured prominently.

When President George W.

In 1947 German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes committed during World War II.

When the German Wehrmacht swarmed across Eastern Europe, an elite corps followed close at its heels.

Choice Outstanding TitleIt was one of the most ruthlessly conceived and executed invasions in the annals of warfare.

Originally published in 1999, America's Space Sentinels won the American Astronautical Society's prestigious Eugene Emme Astronautical Literature Award and quickly established itself as the definitive book for understanding a crucial component of our national defense capabilities.

Honorable Mention: Theodore and Franklin D.

Did Americas departure from Vietnam produce the "e;peace with honor"e; promised by President Richard Nixon or was that simply an empty wish meant to distract war-weary Americans from a tragic defeat with shame?

In 1847 General Winfield Scott boldly led a small but undaunted army from the Mexican coast all the way to the Halls of Montezuma, routing Mexican forces at every turn while pacifying the countryside.

During World War II, Britain enjoyed spectacular success in the secret war between hostile intelligence services, enabling a substantial and successful expansion of British counter-espionage which continued to grow in the Cold War era.

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

Today's intelligence community faces challenges that would have been inconceivable only a dozen years ago.

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

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

As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential nature of his work.

Security perceptions in Europe have changed drastically in the last decade due to the effects of globalisation.

In recent years, South Asia has become a flashpoint of conflict between the nuclear powers of India and Pakistan over the interconnected problem of Kashmir and cross-border terrorism.

Since World War I, Cyprus has played a crucial role in British defence strategy.

Using the framework of genocide, this volume analyzes the patterns of persecution of the Roma in Nazi-dominated Europe.

While we often tend to think of the Third Reich as a zone of lawlessness, the Nazi dictatorship and its policies of persecution rested on a legal foundation set in place and maintained by judges, lawyers, and civil servants trained in the law.

In the last two decades our empirical knowledge of the Holocaust has been vastly expanded.

Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Junger who, if not the greatest German writer of the twentieth century, certainly was the most controversial.

The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force.

On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess, then the Deputy F hrer, parachuted over Renfrewshire in Scotland on a mission to meet with the Duke of Hamilton, ostensibly to broker a peace deal with the British government.

The original and bestselling leadership book!

The original and bestselling leadership book!

Subhas Chandra Bose continues to be a well-known figure in India more than fifty years after his death, but in the West remains a shadowy figure unknown to many.

At the moment, the revision of security policy and the formation of a new consensus to support it are still at an early stage of development.

In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises.

From the first vistas provided by flight in balloons in the eighteenth century to the most recent sensing operations performed by military drones, the history of aerial imagery has marked the transformation of how people perceived their world, better understood their past, and imagined their future.

A valued adviser and trusted insider in the highest echelon of U.

The debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations.

One of America's early attempts at nation building - US military advisors' shaping of the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) from 1946 until 1953.

Immediately after September 11, the Brookings Institution began a comprehensive, multidisciplinary project focused on the key policy challenge of these dangerous timesassessing and improving homeland defense.

William J.