Theory of warfare and military science

This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli.

This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli.

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

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

This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II.

This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II.

This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder's seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history, and the space age.

This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder's seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history, and the space age.

This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the 'Great Patriotic War' of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45.

This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the 'Great Patriotic War' of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45.

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making.

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making.

This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part.

This book is the first full-length study of a key security issue confronting the west in the twenty-first century, urban military operations - as currently being undertaken by US and UK forces in Iraq.

This book examines the structural development of the Secret Intelligence Service from its inception to the end of the Cold War.

The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor.

The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor.

Hannig Nunez analyzes the processes behind technology transfers at a state-decision-making level in Latin America.

In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents.

In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents.

This book considers some of the most notable aspects of the legal response to the "e;war on terror"e; post- 9/11 and the use of technology to support them.

This book considers some of the most notable aspects of the legal response to the "e;war on terror"e; post- 9/11 and the use of technology to support them.

This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.

This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.

Shaping National Security: International Emergency Mechanisms and Disaster Risk Reduction presents international emergency mechanisms relative to disaster risk reduction (DRR).

This book looks at the historical and political dynamics of the Sino-Indian border dispute in India's Himalayan Frontiers.

This book explores the Artistic Records Committee (ARC) of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) as a bureaucratic mechanism that enabled the deployment of art as an instrument of war.

This book is a systematic effort by leading international scholars to map the trends in major-power warfare and explore whether it is waxing or waning.

This book is a systematic effort by leading international scholars to map the trends in major-power warfare and explore whether it is waxing or waning.

Since the cold war ended, it has become an international field of study, with new material from China, the former Soviet Union and Europe.

Since the cold war ended, it has become an international field of study, with new material from China, the former Soviet Union and Europe.

Shortly after it was founded in 1947, the CIA launched a secret effort to win the Cold War allegiance of the British left.

Shortly after it was founded in 1947, the CIA launched a secret effort to win the Cold War allegiance of the British left.

This work examines the evolution of the RAF's operational requirements for its home defence air force - for bombers to mount a deterrent counter offensive and for fighters to provide direct defence of Britain.

This work examines the evolution of the RAF's operational requirements for its home defence air force - for bombers to mount a deterrent counter offensive and for fighters to provide direct defence of Britain.

This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944-1950.

This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944-1950.

This volume brings together a group of leading international scholars to discuss how US-China-EU relations will shape the future of international politics.

This volume brings together a group of leading international scholars to discuss how US-China-EU relations will shape the future of international politics.

This work blends strategic analysis of contemporary US foreign policy with long-term historical discussion, producing an important argument relevant to the debates surrounding both the merits of contemporary US foreign policy and the long-term trends at work in American political culture.

This work blends strategic analysis of contemporary US foreign policy with long-term historical discussion, producing an important argument relevant to the debates surrounding both the merits of contemporary US foreign policy and the long-term trends at work in American political culture.

The nature of UN operational involvement in the practical management of conflict has evolved dramatically since the end of the Cold War.

The nature of UN operational involvement in the practical management of conflict has evolved dramatically since the end of the Cold War.

This book examines the nature and implications of the increasing interaction among three secondary powers in the world: China, Russia and India.

This book examines the nature and implications of the increasing interaction among three secondary powers in the world: China, Russia and India.

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation.

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation.

In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century.

In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century.

This book analyzes the way Israel has coped with nine wars of attrition from the 1950s to the recent Second Lebanon War (2006), questioning the belief that Western democracy cannot sustain prolonged wars of attrition.