Theory of warfare and military science

This volume describes and analyses the methods Germany used to reinforce Spain's independence thereby preventing Madrid's entry into the war on the Allied side.

This book connects findings and insights authored by famous scholars in management and organization studies with challenges the military is facing today.

This book examines the drivers behind great power security competition in space to determine whether realistic strategic alternatives exist to further militarization.

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

The Strategic Survey is a journal of records that includes all relevant names and titles, chronologies and dates.

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President John F.

Containing essays by leading Cold War scholars, such as Wilfried Loth, Geir Lundestad and Seppo Hentila, this volume offers a broad-ranging examination of the history of detente in the Cold War.

This volume examines how the adoption of AI technologies is likely to impact strategic and operational planning, and the possible future tactical scenarios for conventional, unconventional, cyber, space and nuclear force structures.

What were the calculations made by the US and its major allies in the 1960s when they faced the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?

This book examines how key developments in international relations in recent years have affected intelligence agencies and their oversight.

To keep the global average temperature from rising further than 2(deg)C, emissions must peak soon and then fall steeply.

This book provides an empirical understanding of how EU-level defence industrial cooperation functions in practice.

Will international wars where energy resources play a central role continue to hold sway over life and death for industrialized nations, or is this a transient phase in the evolution of industrial societies?

What if you could combine the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization?

This book examines how governments can weaken the regenerative capabilities of terrorist and insurgent groups.

This volume documents the UK Government's response to the unfolding social and political changes in Eastern Europe during 1989.

In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a 'new triad' based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure.

This book analyses the notion of neutrality to the politics of the state in Southeast Asia.

Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt examines the use and exploitation of intelligence in formulating Britain's strategy for the Arab Revolt during the First World War.

Research on The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a valuable addition to understanding the political situation in the potentially volatile South China Sea region.

This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations.

Perspectives on Strategy examines in depth five aspects of strategy.

This book examines India's Northeast borderland - strategically positioned at the confluence of South Asia, East and Southeast Asia - from the perspective of international relations.

Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research (1968) provides a comprehensive and authoritative English language summary of Soviet space-science research of the 1960s.

From grassroots terrorism to the nuclear ambitions of hostile nations, the United States faces increasingly complex threats to its national security.

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

This volume explores the reasons why American leaders from the 1700s onwards frequently adopt policies of unilateralism.

Security concerns have mushroomed.

Learning War examines the U.

US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom examines the thirty-year transformation in American military thought and defence strategy that spanned from 1973 through 2003.

This book examines Winston Churchill's role in the creation and development of the Anglo-American special relationship.

Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over maritime boundaries, and the prospect of increasing tensions where maritime power might play a significant role.

This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses.

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

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The Soviet Far East (1990) examines the largest economic region in the Soviet Union, the Far East.

First published in 1977, this study offers a comprehensive, systematic and integrated survey of the important relationship between navies and the making and execution of foreign policy.

Although each state is unique it is possible to identify certain common problems and issues with respect to defence governance and management.

This book provides a descriptive and analytical narrative of the evolution of US foreign policy towards Iraq at the supra-national (global), national (Arab Iraq) and sub-national (Iraqi Kurdistan) levels.

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea, first published in 1985, is one of the few comprehensive treatments on the subject from a strategic perspective.

Safeguards play a key role in verifying the effectiveness of restraints on the spread of nuclear weapons.

Although the literature on terrorism is vast, there are many holes in it.

This book examines the US foreign policy of differentiation towards the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe as it was implemented by various administrations towards Ceausescu's Romania from 1969 to 1980.

This book encapsulates the creation of Bangladesh with stories of some of those who made it happen -from the perspectives of people who fought for recognition of Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan, those who brought the stories of war to life as it progressed through the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro, operations by valiant military men, sacrifices of Birangonas (women of valour) whose contribution to the liberation of Bangladesh has often been neglected, martyrs who laid down their lives for the birth of the nation, and those who worked among the freedom fighters and refugees and kept their morale high.

Moral and political questions are vitally relevant to the issue of survival in the nuclear age.

This book, first published in 1944, assesses the prospects of peace following the Allied victory in the Second World War.

This volume provides a comprehensive understanding of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the leading EU armaments policy institution.

In managing national security, how Realist is India in terms of cultivating and using power and especially military power?

This book analyses conflict theory through one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation.

This book provides a unique insight into the ethical issues and dilemmas facing practitioners and researchers of terrorism and counterterrorism.