Theory of warfare and military science

This book provides a comprehensive, conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the reordering process in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, driven and shaped by China-US rivalry.

This book, first published in 1985, provides a comprehensive treatment of the role of the military within civil society.

This book focuses on the globalisation of the Cold War in the years 1975-85, highlighting the transformation from bipolar US-Soviet competition to global confrontation.

This edited volume examines the impact of globalisation on the economies, security policies and military-industrial complexes of the Asia-Pacific region.

Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines 'the problem of order' arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction.

Drawing on Iran's history and its relations with great powers and regional neighbours, this book addresses the question of how much continuity and/or change there is in Iranian international relations since the Iranian revolution.

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon.

Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade.

This book, first published in 1982, provides a well-informed historical overview, insightful analysis and searching critique of arms control agreements and negotiations from the Hague Declaration of 1899 to the SALT Treaties and Conventions of the 1970s and 1980s.

This is the first study to present a comprehensive analysis of Greek foreign and internal policy during the Cold War, covering the key period from the country's accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels' dictatorship in 1967.

The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany's post-war security and prosperity were founded.

Der Wunsch nach weltweitem Frieden ist ebenso redlich wie verständlich.

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

A provocative new history of counterinsurgency with major implications for the history and theory of war, politics, and social science.

The Powell Principles details the decision-making habits, success strategies, and leadership philosophies of Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Perspectives on the American Way of War examines salient cases of American experience in irregular warfare, focusing upon the post-World War II era.

This book studies India's historical, socio-cultural, and trade linkages with Inner Asia.

This book examines in detail the strategic relevance of the Arthashastra.

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 examines the large but neglected topic of the development of maritime power from both an historical and a contemporary point of view.

First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons.

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 provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the future of US warfare, including its military practices and the domestic and global challenges it faces.

This is the first scholarly book to look at the role of the 'warrior' in modern war, arguing that warriors' actions, and indeed thoughts, are increasingly patrolled and that the modern battlefield is an unforgiving environment in which to discharge their vocation.

This book explains how military coalitions form, as well as their implications for war, peace, and the spread of conflicts.

The global security environment in the last five years has been characterised by a state of 'no war, no peace' among major powers, resulting in a state of uncertainty about their national security objectives.

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

This volume discusses the challenges the future holds for different aspects of the intelligence process and for organisations working in the field.

Legitimacy is generally a term that is associated with the state.

This book, first published in 1990, examines the nature and causes of the changes to Soviet national security policy under Gorbachev.

This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts.

In the early 1980s there had been an upsurge of public concern over the nuclear threat to Europe.

Regional inter-governmental human rights organizations have been in operation for sometime in Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Based on a wide range of primary sources, this book shows the way in which diplomacy, economics, finance and strategy became intertwined during the First World War.

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries.

In September 2018, the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations acknowledged that international instability is increasing and that improving global security is among the most important tasks facing the world today.

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Nuclear Power in the Developing World (1982) explores the issue of nuclear power policies in developing countries.

The USSR and Latin America (1989) is an authoritative analysis of the Soviet Union's strategy and policy towards the region.

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

The proposed book draws on the on-going South China Sea dispute, and the multifaceted challenges wrought by the South China Sea issue that requires an inter-disciplinary perspective.

This book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities have occurred, or been prevented, over the 15 years since the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) was adopted at the 2005 UN World Summit.

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, first published in 1985, examines thinking around chemical weapons from the standpoint of national policy-making in a manner that integrates both defence and arms-control aspects.

This book explores the challenges which faced the United States and Taiwanese alliance during the Cold War, addressing a wide range of events and influences of the period between the 1950s and 1970s.

This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.

This volume re-examines the evidence surrounding the rise and fall of peacekeeping policy during the first Clinton Administration.

This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific.

This book examines public perceptions of the legitimacy of drones, and how this affects countries' policies on and the global governance of drone warfare.