Theory of warfare and military science

This book traces the history of private military companies, with a special focus on UK private forces.

This book provides an explanation of Chinese policy towards the South China Sea, and argues that this has been sculpted by the changing dynamics of the law of the sea in conjunction with regional geopolitical flux.

The Cold War Past and Present (1987) analyses the generally antagonistic postwar relations between the Soviet Union and the West, particularly America.

The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) is a cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran's existence.

This book analyses how and to what extent ex-communist states have adjusted their defence strategies since joining the EU and NATO, and how differences and similarities between their strategies can be explained.

The Way of Bitterness (1931) is a valuable record of life in Soviet Russia in the early days of Bolshevik rule.

This volume explores a basic question in the historiography of art: the extent to which iconology was a homogenous research method in its own immutable right.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era.

This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of 'hegemony' and 'empire'.

Despite the disasters of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and ever more visible evidence of the horrors of war, the concepts of 'Humanitarian Intervention' and 'Just War' enjoy widespread legitimacy and continue to exercise an unshakeable grip on our imaginations.

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

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

This book explores the transformation of Europe''s military forces as they prepare for global intervention missions.

This book examines India's naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security.

This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era by two officers-one from the Philippines and the other from America-who fought as guerrillas against the Japanese occupation and went on to defeat the Huk rebellion after World War II.

This book offers a novel approach to understanding the puzzle of nuclear proliferation by examining how leaders' beliefs and perceptions about the international system influence states' decisions to acquire nuclear weapons.

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

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

This edited volume focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947.

The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

The edited volume examines contemporary intelligence and tradecraft in Africa.

This book delivers an interpretive framework for making sense of today's geopolitical landscape and casts new light on the impact ideology and technology have had on American foreign policy and contemporary security practices.

This book focuses on strategic special operations and how these have led to the achievement of major foreign policy goals, which is illustrated by six case studies.

This book locates the Arctic within the context of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) national strategy of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.

In 'The Roots of War and Terror', Anthony Stevens provides profound insights into the nature and origins of armed conflict.

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor.

The Seven Years War has been described as the first global conflict in history.

Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country which, since its foundation, has endured almost constant violence.

Introduction by SAS and Gulf War hero Andy McNab DCM MMIncludes all three volumes of On War s 1908 editionEvery diagram and map from Von Clausewitz s originalTranslated by Col JJ GrahamBonus material: Introductions and notes by Col FN Maude, CBBonus material: A memoir of Von Clausewitz by his translatorBeautifully formatted in this Apostrophe Books editionOn War is one of the most influential books ever written on the subject of conflict.

Explores the emergence of targeted killing in Israeli and US statecraft, and in the international law of force.

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 provides a comprehensive account of Chinese AI in its various facets, based on primary Chinese-language sources.

This volume conceptualizes the threats, challenges, opportunities, and boundaries of great power cyber competition of the 21st century.

The Way of Bitterness (1931) is a valuable record of life in Soviet Russia in the early days of Bolshevik rule.

'Utterly brilliant: a fantastically exciting book.

A fully revised and updated new edition of the leading introduction to the theory and conduct of warfare.

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First published in 1977, this study offers a comprehensive, systematic and integrated survey of the important relationship between navies and the making and execution of foreign policy.

Since the end of World War II, Germans have struggled with the legacy of the Wehrmacht -- the unified armed forces mobilized by Adolf Hitler in 1935 to ensure the domination of the Third Reich in perpetuity.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of Russia's security policy.

This book applies strategic culture concepts to violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in a comparative analysis.

This book offers the first systematic, comparative analysis of military education and training in Europe within the context of the post-Cold War security environment.

Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union's limited success in improving local government between in the 1960s to 1980s, as the country made a drive toward centralized policy control.

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

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

This book builds a bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies by addressing developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration.

This book analyses UK defence as a complex, interdependent public-private enterprise covering politics, management, society, and technology, as well as the military.

This book locates the Arctic within the context of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) national strategy of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.

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

This book explores the mythology woven around the Soviet secret police and the Russian cult of state security that has emerged from it.