Theory of warfare and military science

This book, first published in 1965, examines the doctrine for fighting a conventional war against a nuclear power.

This book examines Russia's external security policy under the presidencies of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and beyond.

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

Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country which, since its foundation, has endured almost constant violence.

Remembering the Cold War examines how, more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cold War legacies continue to play crucial roles in defining national identities and shaping international relations around the globe.

This book identifies some of the main lessons for civil-military interactions that can be derived from the experiences of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan.

This textbook is designed to be used by those tackling the complex and challenging issues of security sector reform (SSR).

Patton's Way is a unique approach to the legend of General George S.

The laws are not silent in war, but what should they say?

First published in 1980, the original blurb read:In August - September 1980 the second Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will take place in Geneva.

A collection of some of the writings of Generalfeldmarschall Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, one of the more intriguing of Imperial Germany's military figures.

Analysing US foreign policy towards Angola during the Ford administration, this book provides an intriguing insight into one of the most avoidable and unfortunate episodes in Cold War history and explores the impact on Henry Kissinger's much vaunted reputation for being guided by realist principles.

This study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in which a state views its and others' responsibilities and burdens for responding to international crises.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the military importance of the Hawaiian Islands became clear.

The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System (1992) examines in detail the collapse of the Soviet economic system, and is set in its political context, both international and domestic.

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability.

This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine.

Risk Communication and COVID-19 explores the "e;risk communication"e; responses by national governments to the outbreak and global spread of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus.

Petho-Kiss and Gunaratna understand the nature of the threat posed by the far right because of their findings and they propose effective provisions and mechanisms for detecting and countering it.

This book analyses the categories of thought underpinning Russia's strategic decision-making and military operations, unpacking their nature, development, and interaction.

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

This book investigates how borders in former Soviet Union territories have evolved and shifted in the thirty years since the end of the Cold War.

A concise account of the roots of Russia''s invasion of Ukraine, describing how the 2013–14 intra-Ukrainian political clashes were exploited by Russia.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of UK defence exports, as an example of the international trade in defence capabilities.

US foreign policy during the Cold War has been analysed from a number of perspectives, generating large bodies of literature attempting to explain its origins, its development and its conclusion.

Survival, the bi-monthly publication from The International Institute for Strategic Studies, is a leading forum for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs.

Although there has been an increase in research on terrorism across the social and behavioural sciences in the past few decades, until recently most of this work has originated from political science, psychology or economics.

Despite their immense war-fighting capacity, the five most powerful states in the international system have failed to attain their primary political objective in almost 40% of their military operations against weak state and non-state targets since 1945.

This new book is the first full account, inside or outside government, of China's efforts to acquire foreign technology.

Devlet ist keine wehleidige Kritik an vergangenen und zeitgenössischen politischen Systemen, sondern ein konstruktiver und bahnbrechender Ansatz, um Politik und Gesellschaft neu zu überdenken.

Originally published in 1983, this book presents both the technical and political information necessary to evaluate the emerging threat to world security posed by recent advances in uranium enrichment technology.

First published in 1992, this edited collection argues that conflicts have a growing tendency both to intensify and to lengthen, thus increasing the likelihood of external actors being drawn into the on-going violence.

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

Defence against military attack has had a considerable geographical impact.

This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.

This book sheds new light on the foreign policies, roles, and positions of neutral states and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the global Cold War.

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

China's war on terror is among its most prominent and least understood of campaigns.

This is the first book to apply the Clausewitzian Trinity of 'passion, chance, and reason' to the experience of real war.

This book, first published in 1989, analyses Western and Soviet perceptions of each other's military thoughts and doctrines, a key part of the Cold War, where both sides planned to both win a possible conflict, and to avoid one.

This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr.

The nexus between terrorism and organised crime consists of a strategic alliance between two non-state actors who are able to exploit illegal markets, threaten the security of individuals, and influence policy-making on a global level.

Nuclear Deterrence (1968) examines the issue of nuclear-armed powers deterring attacks upon themselves with the threats of devastating retaliatory responses.

This book illustrates how Africa's defence and security domains have been radically altered by drastic changes in world politics and local ramifications.

The Soviet Union and Egypt, first published in 1993, sheds new light on Soviet policy towards the Middle East after 1945.

As America's first president never to have served in government or the military, Donald Trump entered the White House with an unformed foreign policy position.

This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, and the difficulty in pinpointing what factors may drive violence escalation.

Intensifying geopolitical rivalries, rising defence spending and the proliferation of the latest military technology across Asia suggest that the region is set for a prolonged period of strategic contestation.

This volume examines geopolitics by looking at the interaction between geography, strategy and history.