Theory of warfare and military science

Between June 1812 and January 1815, US and British forces, notably the regular infantrymen of both sides (including the Canadian Fencibles Regiment), fought one another on a host of North American battlefields.

The story of Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one of consistent support and involvement but of varying levels of military and diplomatic engagement.

Originally published in 1977, the purpose of this book was to analyse the relationship between the security of two states mutually undergoing strategic disarmament at the time and the need for safeguarding their security by means of a verification system.

This Handbook provides an essential overview of the contemporary dynamics of the Mediterranean region.

This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, and/or anti-democratic aspects of national and international politics.

The idea of non-alignment and peaceful coexistence was not new when Yugoslavia hosted the Belgrade Summit of the Non-Aligned in September 1961.

This book critically analyses the concept of the intelligence cycle, highlighting the nature and extent of its limitations and proposing alternative ways of conceptualising the intelligence process.

US Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.

This book, first published in 1990, examines the origins and evolution of the security police, considering the continuities as well as changes in its function as guardian of the regime's security.

How do America's democratic allies perceive and respond to a relative decline in US power and influence and the simultaneous rise of China?

This volume examines geopolitics by looking at the interaction between geography, strategy and history.

The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest.

This book, first published in 1980, is a close analysis of Britain's defence policy in the latter years of the Cold War.

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 examines the normative debates around the American use of targeted killings.

Geo-economic strategy - deploying economic instruments to secure foreign-policy aims and to project power - has long been a key element of statecraft.

Although each state is unique it is possible to identify certain common problems and issues with respect to defence governance and management.

Prelude to the Easter Rising casts light upon the clandestine activities of Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany from 1914 to 1916.

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

This book, first published in 1956, analyses the Red Army's strategic planning for a war involving nuclear weapons - whereby the front line is thinned out to protect it from nuclear attack and replaced by large-scale offensive operations in NATO's rear.

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, first published in 1981, examines the influences affecting Soviet military thinking planning and theory in the later Cold War.

This book is a study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention.

This edited volume focuses on the use of 'necessary condition counterfactuals' in explaining two key events in twentieth century history, the origins of the First World War and the end of the Cold War.

This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences in the post-war era and endeavours to unpack their performance.

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

The edited volume examines contemporary intelligence and tradecraft in Africa.

This edited volume addresses the key issues of ethics, war and international relations in the post-9/11 world.

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.

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China.

Now in its third edition, The American Culture of War presents a sweeping critical examination of every major American war since 1941: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the First and Second Persian Gulf Wars, U.

A comprehensive exploration of contemporary debates in Just War Theory, addressing moral, political, and legal issues.

This book investigates everyday practices of intelligence cooperation in anti-terrorism matters, with a specific focus on the relationship between Europe and Britain.

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.

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making.

This analysis of battles in the American Civil War, and in other contemporary wars, demonstrates the importance of superior numbers.

Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century.

This book, first published in 1995, traces the attempt by the British Foreign Office to establish an international regional organisation in South-East Asia which would allow Britain to dominate the region politically, economically and militarily.

Contributions to this volume consider the importance of mediation in violent conflict.

This book, first published in 1975, analyses the three tools which the Russians used for attaining their political objectives: war, peace and neutrality.

In the twenty-first century, the global community constantly strives to bring structure and order to the world through strategic means.

This book considers whether the United States and the People's Republic of China have irreconcilable visions of world order.

This book examines the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a commercial insurgency through the network-complex paradigm of insurgency.

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.

This new volume explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict.

Although the literature on terrorism is vast, there are many holes in it.

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading scholars.

This volume examines intelligence services since 1945 in their role as knowledge producers.

This book, first published in 1985, examines the Cold War risks of superpower confrontations, mainly in the Third World, resulting in war in Europe.

This book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that continually draw the US back into a space-technology security dilemma.