Military forces and sectors

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the interests and activities of the Soviet Union in the northern Atlantic.

Is there a place left in international politics for the real use of violence as an instrument of policy in the nuclear age?

Is there a place left in international politics for the real use of violence as an instrument of policy in the nuclear age?

Based on formal content analysis of the writings of Admiral Sergei G.

"e;No book on the Soviet ground forces has been published in any language, including Russian, for many years.

This book is the story of Russian aviation and Soviet Russia's progress in preparing its strength as an air power.

This comprehensive examination of Soviet air power analyzes the three branches of the USSR Military Air Forces & Frontal Aviation, Long-Range Aviation, and Military Air Transport and Naval Aviation and the National Air Defense, emphasizing World War II and postwar developments.

This book is about the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its guerrilla army.

The 1980s have ushered in a new era for the U.

The instigation for this book was the author's doubt that the political and military confrontation in Central Europe would remain stable in a serious crisis.

Since Admiral Sergei G.

Originally published in 1989.

The Military Balance is an annual, quantitative assessment of the military power and defence expenditure of countries throughout the world.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

Now in its seventh year, this annual review provides a detailed database on military forces and strategic developments in the Middle East.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

This annual reference provides a statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of events in the region.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the uprising in the Territories of the Israel and the Palestinians and to assess its ramifications for the future.

A fully illustrated account of the World War 2 combat career of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber, one of the Royal Navy's most resilient and effective aircraft of the period.

Airpower remains the cornerstone of NATO's military advantage, so maintaining the ability to win air superiority over peer opponents in a conflict is key to long-term deterrence stability in both Europe and the Pacific.

Airpower remains the cornerstone of NATO's military advantage, so maintaining the ability to win air superiority over peer opponents in a conflict is key to long-term deterrence stability in both Europe and the Pacific.

This book describes and analyses two iconic figures in twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov.

This book describes and analyses two iconic figures in twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov.

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges.

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges.

This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.

This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.

The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 ushered in one of the most rapid periods of warship development in history; and only ten years after this all-big-gun, turbine-powered battleship was completed, two entire fleets of Dreadnoughts would meet at Jutland and put the work of the prewar designers to the ultimate test.

Developing the traditional civil-military relations approach to include security actors, the book compares the style of civil-security relations in both Egypt and Turkey.

Developing the traditional civil-military relations approach to include security actors, the book compares the style of civil-security relations in both Egypt and Turkey.

Tehran's ability to fight by, with and through third parties in foreign jurisdictions has become a valuable and effective sovereign capability that gives Iran strategic advantage in the region.

Tehran's ability to fight by, with and through third parties in foreign jurisdictions has become a valuable and effective sovereign capability that gives Iran strategic advantage in the region.

The Katana, a symbol of Japanese culture and martial arts, is not merely a simple sword but a reflection of Japan's history, philosophy, and craftsmanship.

This book examines the security dynamics of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, concentrating upon an analysis and evaluation of the air power capabilities of the various powers active in the two regions.

This book examines the security dynamics of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, concentrating upon an analysis and evaluation of the air power capabilities of the various powers active in the two regions.

India and Israel contextualises the varied aspects of the partnership between India and Israel, with a specific focus on the dominant driver - the defence engagement between the two sides, forged in the context of mutual complementarities.

India and Israel contextualises the varied aspects of the partnership between India and Israel, with a specific focus on the dominant driver - the defence engagement between the two sides, forged in the context of mutual complementarities.

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

This book provides an introduction to important socio-political issues and selected demographic data underlying recurrent debates concerning both the mythic and actual social composition and quality of U.

This volume aims to operationalize General John R.

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

This book provides an introduction to important socio-political issues and selected demographic data underlying recurrent debates concerning both the mythic and actual social composition and quality of U.

This volume aims to operationalize General John R.

Starting with the background of Japan’s rise to military prominence and the Asian country’s aggressive behavior against its neighbors, this graphic history covers all the significant events leading up to that fateful aerial attack on December 7, 1941.

When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem 'High Flight', little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their 'eager craft through footless halls of air'.

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.