Theory of warfare and military science

This book examines theories of morality and ethics in war through a comprehensive study of the Israel Defence Forces.

This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era.

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)?

India and Israel contextualises the varied aspects of the partnership between India and Israel, with a specific focus on the dominant driver - the defence engagement between the two sides, forged in the context of mutual complementarities.

The author, an eminent policy analyst, applies strategic balance of power models to African security issues for the first time, and formulates the "e;Praetorian Index"e; to gauge levels of military corruption, and the risk of social unrest and civil war.

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.

Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America's nineteenth-century 'evangelist of sea power' and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy.

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.

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the warriors fighting on both sides during the Vikings' attacks on the Frankish realm in the 9th century, as raiding escalated into full-scale siege warfare.

America has been at war for most of the 20th and 21st centuries and during that time has progressively moved towards a vicarious form of warfare, where key tasks are delegated to proxies, the military's exposure to danger is limited, and special forces and covert instruments are on the increase.

Chatting with notorious war criminal Charles Taylor on the lawn of his presidential mansion as ostriches and armed teenagers strut in the background.

This book explores mutual common ground between Russia and NATO and the potential to move beyond cultural differences, particularly in political culture.

This unique book captures state of the art thinking and methodologies designed to advance intelligence education to produce a capable and qualified intelligence workforce.

This edited volume brings together a range of essays by individuals who are centrally involved in the debate about the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies.

As Clausewitz observed, "e;In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.

There has been a recent increase in clashes between warships asserting rights to navigate and states asserting sovereignty over coastal waters.

This book explores France's African intervention policy and related legitimation strategies through the United Nations, the European Union, and various ad hoc multilateral frameworks.

This volume explores India's role in the global governance architecture post-Cold War.

Gives readers the resources to explore and understand the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, as well as a fact-based approach to examining partisan debates about national security priorities, economic prosperity, capitalism, and human rights.

This handbook offers a critical and substantial analysis of maritime security and documents the most pressing strategic, economic, socio-cultural and legal questions surrounding it.

This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers - European, the US, Japan and China - attempted to militarily, politically and economically dominate the Asia Pacific sphere.

This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory.

Unwägbarkeiten im Internet betreffen Bundeswehr, zivile Infrastruktur und nicht zuletzt auch deutsche Unternehmen und Schlüsselindustrien gleichermaßen.

This new book provides a framework for understanding the international relations of armed groups, including terrorist organizations, insurgencies and warlords, which play an increasingly important role in the international system.

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.

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

This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process.

Developing Intelligence Theory analyses the current state of intelligence theorisation, provides a guide to a range of approaches and perspectives, and points towards future research agendas in this field.

This book, first published in 1980, presents a comprehensive and detailed look at the problem of international militarisation.

It is not hyperbole to suggest that the foundations of post-cold war security in Europe have been badly damaged by the conflict in Ukraine since 2014.

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

The war in Iraq has expanded from a struggle between Coalition forces and the remnants of former regime loyalists to a multi-faceted conflict involving numerous Sunni groups, Shi'ite militias, Kurdish nationals, and foreign jihadists.

Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy and this work seeks to comprehensively assess the impact and nature of that opinion through a collection of historical and contemporary essays.

Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism.

The North Pole is being transformed from a sea-ice cap to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades.

This textbook provides an overview of qualitive and quantitative methods used in different social sciences to investigate defence issues.

This engaging volume scrutinises the causal relationship between warfare and state formation, using Charles Tilly''s work as a foundation.

The Battle for Britain is a provocative reinterpretation of both British air and naval power from 1909 to 1940.

This 12-volume set contains titles, originally published between 1934 and 1995.

This edited volume examines deterrence and the defense efforts of European states neighboring Russia, following the Crimean intervention.

Die gesellschaftliche Kontroverse um die militärischen Doktrinen "AirLand Battle" und "Follow-On-Forces Attack" der USA und der NATO, die im Falle eines militärischen Konflikts mit dem Warschauer Pakt ein offensives Vorgehen westlicher Streitkräfte inklusive Einsatzes taktischer atomarer und chemischer Waffen vorsahen, markiert einen Höhepunkt gesellschaftlicher Einwirkung auf dem Feld der Sicherheitspolitik.

The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field.

At the heart of this book is the problem of war termination.

This book investigates how Uyghur-related violent conflict and Uyghur ethnic minority identity, religion, and the Xinjiang region, more broadly, became constituted as a 'terrorism' problem for the Chinese state.

Organized around single country studies embedded in key historical moments, this book introduces students to the shifting and varied guerrilla history of Latin America from the late 1950s to the present.

Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution.

This book explores the evolution and future relevance of NATO from the perspective of the member-states.

This book, first published in 1983, examines weapons standardisation as one aspect of NATO's efficiency.

This book examines intelligence analysis in the digital age and demonstrates how intelligence has entered a new era.