Theory of warfare and military science

Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.

Broadening an overly narrow definition of Islamic journalism, Janet Steele examines day-to-day reporting practices of Muslim professionals, from conservative scripturalists to pluralist cosmopolitans, at five exemplary news organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.

This book improves our understanding of battlefield coalitions, providing novel theoretical and empirical insight into their nature and capabilities, as well as the military and political consequences of their combat operations.

This book examines the complex interactions amongst states and security apparatuses in the contemporary global order, and the prospect of peace with the emergence of cyberwarfare.

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

Lyn MacDonald's acclaimed history 1914: The Days of Hope, is not so much the story of war as the story of an army.

An examination of how the media is under fire and how to safeguard journalists and the information they seek to share with the public.

*WINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022*'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not to read this stupendous book' Simon Heffer, Daily TelegraphIron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands, from the Rhine to the Balkan frontier, from Switzerland to the North Sea.

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

Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity.

The edited volume examines contemporary intelligence and tradecraft in Africa.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of historical Norwegian and allied airborne maritime surveillance operations in the North Atlantic, after World War II until the present.

In Sex Trafficking, Scandal, and the Transformation of Journalism, Gretchen Soderlund offers a new way to understand sensationalism in both newspapers and reform movements.

The Classical Age of Greece produced some of history's best-known generals and commanders.

The Classical Age of Greece produced some of history's best-known generals and commanders.

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest, among both philosophers, legal scholars, and military experts, on the ethics of war.

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side.

The myth of the peace-loving "e;noble savage"e; is persistent and pernicious.

Despite their immense war-fighting capacity, the five most powerful states in the international system have failed to attain their primary political objective in almost 40% of their military operations against weak state and non-state targets since 1945.

The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers.

The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers.

This book focuses on the problematic relationship between legality and legitimacy when a nation (or nations) intervene in the work of other nations.

The myth of the peace-loving "e;noble savage"e; is persistent and pernicious.

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side.

After America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.

Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwartzkopf.

Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwartzkopf.

Just War theory - as it was developed by the Catholic theologians of medieval Europe and the jurists of the Renaissance - is a framework for the moral and legal evaluation of armed conflicts.

Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J.

Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J.

What significance does "e;ethics"e; have for the men and women serving in the military forces of nations around the world?

What significance does "e;ethics"e; have for the men and women serving in the military forces of nations around the world?

Necessity and proportionality hold a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states, as well as in the law of armed conflict.

Necessity and proportionality hold a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states, as well as in the law of armed conflict.

Prior to the progressive development of the law of armed conflict heralded by the 1949 Geneva Conventions - most particularly in relation to the concepts of international and non-international armed conflict-the customary doctrine on recognition of belligerency functioned for almost 200 years as the definitive legal scheme for differentiating internal conflict from "e;civil wars"e;, in which the law of war as applicable between states applied de jure.

Prior to the progressive development of the law of armed conflict heralded by the 1949 Geneva Conventions - most particularly in relation to the concepts of international and non-international armed conflict-the customary doctrine on recognition of belligerency functioned for almost 200 years as the definitive legal scheme for differentiating internal conflict from "e;civil wars"e;, in which the law of war as applicable between states applied de jure.

Limited force is different than war: different in scope, strategic purpose, and ethical permissions and restraints.

Limited force is different than war: different in scope, strategic purpose, and ethical permissions and restraints.

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.

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.

War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war.

War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war.

This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework.

This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework.

Ten new essays critique the practice armed humanitarian intervention, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances.

Ten new essays critique the practice armed humanitarian intervention, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances.

Carl von Clausewitz has long been interpreted as the paradigmatic thinker of major interstate war.

Carl von Clausewitz has long been interpreted as the paradigmatic thinker of major interstate war.