Theory of warfare and military science

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence: why people fight and can they stop.

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence: why people fight and can they stop.

In 2010, David Bates presented the Ford Lectures in British History at the University of Oxford, and The Normans and Empire is the book which was born from these lectures.

Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject.

While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our understanding of his concepts.

There are many histories of how wars have begun, but very few which discuss how they have ended.

Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'.

Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations.

With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude war has never been greater.

With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude war has never been greater.

Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society.

'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought.

Karl von Clausewitz's study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as 'not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war'.

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

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

Karl von Clausewitz's study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as 'not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war'.

Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject.

While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our understanding of his concepts.

Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society.

'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought.

The laws are not silent in war, but what should they say?

The laws are not silent in war, but what should they say?

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy.

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy.

Widely recognized as one of the most important theorists of warfare, important strands of Carl von Clausewitz's thinking on the subject are not widely known.

No modern intervention is intended to endure indefinitely; indeed some fashion of exit is always envisioned from the outset.

Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations.

Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative.

This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice.

This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice.

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

In 2004 the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - finalized their return to the West by joining NATO and the EU after definitively throwing off their 'captive nations' status by regaining independence in 1991.

In 2004 the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - finalized their return to the West by joining NATO and the EU after definitively throwing off their 'captive nations' status by regaining independence in 1991.

Terrorism, the use of military force in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and the fatal police shootings of unarmed persons have all contributed to renewed interest in the ethics of police and military use of lethal force and its moral justification.

Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative.

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.

Since the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world.

Since the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world.

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

In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of the American environmental movement.

In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of the American environmental movement.

A new approach to ideas about war, from one of the UK's leading strategic thinkersIn 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships.

Over two decades' research puts Lyn Macdonald among the greatest popular chroniclers of the First World War.

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard______________ On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece.

Still a source of inspiration for soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom 2000 years after it was written, Sun-Tzu's The Art of War is the most influential book of strategy in the world, translated from the Chinese by John Minford in Penguin Classics.

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This book provides a comprehensive insight into one of the key episodes of the Cold War - the process of reconciliation between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats.

Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress.