Theory of warfare and military science

Scholars and policy makers have traditionally viewed portions of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific as separate and discrete political, economic, and military regions.

On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops.

The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding of what constitutes a particular freedom of navigation or the relevant law is lacking.

This book challenges the dominant strategic culture and makes the case for restraint in US grand strategy in the 21st century.

This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emerging underwater challenges facing India in the Indian Ocean region.

Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life.

The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics.

Virtual War and Magical Death is a provocative examination of the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war.

This edited volume critically examines the concept of the "e;security dilemma"e; and applies it to India-China maritime competition.

Peimani challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight.

This book applies the concept of mediatization to the contemporary dynamic between war, media and society, with a focus on the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).

This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other South Asian states.

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning and action proper.

The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria.

The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) is a cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran's existence.

Examining Russian military intelligence in the war with Japan of 1904-05, this book, based on newly-accessible documents from the tsarist era military, naval and diplomatic archives, gives an overview of the origins, structure and performance of Russian military intelligence in the Far East at the turn of the twentieth century, investigating developments in strategic and tactical military espionage, as well as combat renaissance.

This book discusses the practice of no-fly zones in international affairs.

The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) is a cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran's existence.

This book cuts through the misunderstandings about Russia's geopolitical challenge to the West, presenting this not as 'hybrid war' but 'political war.

This book addresses the relationship between the 'liberal' values of Anglo-Saxon cultures and the way that they conduct themselves when they are fighting - or preparing to fight - wars.

Is global climate change likely to become a significant source of violent conflict, and should it therefore be seen as a national security challenge?

If pacifists are correct in thinking that war is always unjust, then it follows that we ought to eliminate the possibility and temptation of ever engaging in it; we should not build war-making capacity, and if we already have, then demilitarization--or military abolition--would seem to be the appropriate course to take.

First published in 1990, Richard Clutterbuck's fascinating analysis of European security confronts the problems of internal European community frontiers and technological aids in combating terrorism and international crime.

This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate.

This book looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era.

This book seeks to address the roots of the hostility that has characterized the United States' relationship with Cuba and has persisted for decades, long after the Cold War.

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This book offers a new analytical framework for studying nuclear command and control (C2), based on a comparative study of four nuclear weapons states (NWS).

This book explores the relationship between the developing India-US strategic Partnership and Pakistan's security.

The combination of rising Chinese power and longstanding territorial disputes has drawn increased attention and threats to the Asia-Pacific region.

This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of NATO's strategy for the defence of the central front - the concern that has lain at the heart of NATO since its formation.

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts?

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

Originally published in 1980 'Luxury' Fleet (the phrase was Winston Churchill's) was the first history of the Imperial German navy from 1888 to 1918.

Strategic Survey 2020 The Annual Assessment of GeopoliticsThe worst pandemic in a century tested governments, strained societies and frayedinternational ties during the year to mid-2020.

This book focuses on the Indo-Pacific region's growing prominence as the world's major powers gravitate toward this space to expand their influence.

This book will raise awareness on emerging challenges of AIempowered cyber arms used in weapon systems and stockpiled in the global cyber arms race.

In recent years, an increasing amount of research has argued that the successful transformation of rebel organization into parties is critical to stable post-conflict peace and democratization.

This book analyses the various ways counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is gendered.

Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field which has come into its own.

With essays from leading names in military history, this new book re-examines the crucial issues and debates of the D-Day campaign.

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor.

This volume discusses the emergence of space exploration as a new pivot of the global space economy in the decade of 2020s.

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

Despite their Cold War rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union frequently engaged in joint efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

NATO's Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia's military activities.

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty had recently undergone its third formal review by its signatories, who had assessed its effectiveness and considered how it might better be implemented.

This book explores the use of deadly force by private security companies during the Iraq War.