Theory of warfare and military science

Governing Europe's Marine Environment is a coherent up-to-date multidisciplinary analysis of current approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.

Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it.

Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it.

The world is a dangerous place and recent events have served to make it less safe.

This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century.

This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century.

In contrast to every other book about the conflict Andrew Lambert's ground-breaking study The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-1856 is neither an operational history of the armies in the Crimea, nor a study of the diplomacy of the conflict.

In contrast to every other book about the conflict Andrew Lambert's ground-breaking study The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-1856 is neither an operational history of the armies in the Crimea, nor a study of the diplomacy of the conflict.

Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the decision to resort to the use of armed force and, once that decision is made, what constraints should govern the actual conduct of military operations.

Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the decision to resort to the use of armed force and, once that decision is made, what constraints should govern the actual conduct of military operations.

When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was Achilles, and then the rest followed.

When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was Achilles, and then the rest followed.

Today, the ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) are employed almost ubiquitously in strategic studies, military history and defence literatures, but often in a manner which distorts their true meaning.

Today, the ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) are employed almost ubiquitously in strategic studies, military history and defence literatures, but often in a manner which distorts their true meaning.

Contemporary security has expanded its meaning, content and structure in response to globalisation and the emergence of greatly improved world-wide communication.

Contemporary security has expanded its meaning, content and structure in response to globalisation and the emergence of greatly improved world-wide communication.

This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea.

This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea.

This broad-ranging new text introduces a wide range of theoretical perspectives with a central focus on their application to understanding key issues in global, state and human security in the contemporary world.

This book of contributed chapters by subject matter expertly provides an overview and analysis of salient contemporary and historical military subjects from the military geographers perspective.

This book of contributed chapters by subject matter expertly provides an overview and analysis of salient contemporary and historical military subjects from the military geographers perspective.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

Four sections present a thorough overview of current issues in the politics of conflict in historical perspective.

Four sections present a thorough overview of current issues in the politics of conflict in historical perspective.

This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing on military history, philosophy, and political science.

This volume features original essays on the ethics of ending wars (jus ex bello).

This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing on military history, philosophy, and political science.

This book raises questions about the just war tradition through a critical examination of its revival and by juxtaposing it with a literary phenomenology of war.

This book raises questions about the just war tradition through a critical examination of its revival and by juxtaposing it with a literary phenomenology of war.

'Beyond Biopolitics constitutes a truly serious attempt to think about the unthinkable.

'Beyond Biopolitics constitutes a truly serious attempt to think about the unthinkable.

Describes the application of research to the evolution of weapons.

Describes the application of research to the evolution of weapons.

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

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

This book offers a scientific interpretation of the field of military knowledge situated between strategy and tactics, better known as operational art', and traces the evolution of operational awareness and its culmination in a full-fledged theory.

This is a comprehensive study of the major changes in infantry tacticts from the time of Frederick the Great to the beginning of what many see as the era of modern war, in the 1860s.

This is a comprehensive study of the major changes in infantry tacticts from the time of Frederick the Great to the beginning of what many see as the era of modern war, in the 1860s.

This book offers a scientific interpretation of the field of military knowledge situated between strategy and tactics, better known as operational art', and traces the evolution of operational awareness and its culmination in a full-fledged theory.

Published in 1991, Clausewitz and Escalation is a valuable contribution to the field of Military & Strategic Studies.

Published in 1991, Clausewitz and Escalation is a valuable contribution to the field of Military & Strategic Studies.

This volume evaluates the impact of coercive arms control efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the twenty-first century.

This volume evaluates the impact of coercive arms control efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the twenty-first century.

The Soviet Study of War"e; series examines the lessons Soviet military theorists and commanders learned from the study of their own military experience.

The Soviet Study of War"e; series examines the lessons Soviet military theorists and commanders learned from the study of their own military experience.