Military and defence strategy

Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations.

This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War.

The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use.

Karl von Clausewitz's study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as 'not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war'.

The existence of the Schlieffen plan has been one of the basic assumptions of twentieth-century military history.

A Chronology of European Security and Defence 1945-2006 is a unique and authoritative source of reference for all those with an interest in European defence and security over the last 60 years.

This book explains the creation of the European Union's Security and Defence Policy - to this day the most ambitious project of peacetime military integration.

This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War.

Karl von Clausewitz's study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as 'not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war'.

The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use.

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

Many books have been written about the Second World War and the majority of them either concentrate on a particular battle, campaign or unit.

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

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

No modern intervention is intended to endure indefinitely; indeed some fashion of exit is always envisioned from the outset.

Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations.

Based on a detailed analysis of archives and high level interviews this book looks at the role of beliefs, culture and identity in the making of British nuclear policy from 1945 through to the present day.

Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence.

The United States maintains defense ties with as many as 60 countries, which not only enables its armed forces to maintain command globally and to project its force widely, but also enables its government to exert leverage over allies' foreign policies and military strategies.

The United States maintains defense ties with as many as 60 countries, which not only enables its armed forces to maintain command globally and to project its force widely, but also enables its government to exert leverage over allies' foreign policies and military strategies.

Uncertainty surrounds every major decision in international politics.

Uncertainty surrounds every major decision in international politics.

"e;An excellent work that adds to the history of the Normandy Campaign.

Why do states who are committed to the principle of civilian immunity and the protection of non-combatants end up killing and injuring large numbers of civilians during their military operations?

Why do states who are committed to the principle of civilian immunity and the protection of non-combatants end up killing and injuring large numbers of civilians during their military operations?

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

Understanding Adolf Hitler's ideology provides insights into the mental world of an extremist politics that, over the course of the Third Reich, developed explosive energies culminating in the Second World War and the Holocaust.

Understanding Adolf Hitler's ideology provides insights into the mental world of an extremist politics that, over the course of the Third Reich, developed explosive energies culminating in the Second World War and the Holocaust.

All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments.

All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments.

The study of strategic surprise has long concentrated on important failures that resulted in catastrophes such as Pearl Harbor and the September 11th attacks, and the majority of previously published research in the field determines that such large-scale military failures often stem from defective information-processing systems.

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There is a long history of state governments providing support to nonstate armed groups fighting battles in other countries.

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries.

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries.

The first history of the Soviet home front experience during World War II and of the civilians who bore the burden of total war and played a critical role in the global victory over fascism.

The first history of the Soviet home front experience during World War II and of the civilians who bore the burden of total war and played a critical role in the global victory over fascism.

In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy examines how the United States has balanced its potentially conflicting national security and economic interests in its relationship with the People's Republic of China (PRC).

As the world shifts away from the unquestioned American hegemony that followed in the wake of the Cold War, the United States is likely to face new kinds of threats and sharper resource constraints than it has in the past.

As the world shifts away from the unquestioned American hegemony that followed in the wake of the Cold War, the United States is likely to face new kinds of threats and sharper resource constraints than it has in the past.

Michael Oppenheimer's Pivotal Countries, Alternate Futures is both a synthesis of our knowledge on scenario planning and a practical guide for policymakers.

In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D.

In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D.

The end of the Cold War led to a dramatic and fundamental change in the foreign policy of the United States.

The end of the Cold War led to a dramatic and fundamental change in the foreign policy of the United States.

A decade and a half of exhausting wars, punishing economic setbacks, and fast-rising rivals has called into question America's fundamental position and purpose in world politics.