Warfare and defence

Decisions about war have always been made by humans, but now intelligent machines are on the cusp of changing things with dramatic consequences for international affairs.

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view.

While we know a great deal about the benefits of regional integration, there is a knowledge gap when it comes to areas with weak, dysfunctional, or nonexistent regional fabric in political and economic life.

Indias Rise as an Asian Power examines Indias rise to power and the obstacles it faces in the context of domestic governance and security, relationships and security issues with its South Asian neighbors, and international relations in the wider Asian region.

This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?

A comprehensive challenge to prevailing understanding of international implications of oil wealth that shows why it can create bad actorsIn a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, its surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates.

A challenge to long-held assumptions about the costs and benefits of Americas allies.

A reappraisal of classic arms control theory that advocates for reprioritizing deterrence over disarmament in a new era of nuclear multipolarityThe United States faces a new era of nuclear arms racing for which it is conceptually unprepared.

This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process.

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders.

As India emerges as a significant global actor, diverse states have sought to engage India with divergent agendas and interests.

Case studies explore how to improve military adaptation and preparedness in peacetime by investigating foreign wars Preparing for the next war at an unknown date against an undetermined opponent is a difficult undertaking with extremely high stakes.

Sino-Japanese relations have been repeatedly strained by the territorial dispute over a group of small islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China.

Immortal is the only single-volume English-language survey of Irans military history.

A unique overview of the United States current nuclear command, control, and communications system and its modernization for the digital ageConcerns about the security of nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems are not new, but they are becoming more urgent.

The United Nations, which lacks its own peacekeeping force, faces three dilemmas when organizing a peacekeeping mission: convincing member states to contribute troops, persuading states to deploy troops quickly, and securing a troop commitment long enough to achieve success.

Chinas rise is changing the dynamics of the international system.

Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy?

How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect our national security and trade secretsThe United States is losing the counterintelligence war.

Pakistan, which since 9/11 has come to be seen as one of the worlds most dangerous places and has been referred to as the epicenter of international terrorism, faces an acute counterterrorism (CT) challenge.

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.

This book analyzes how the Iraqi city of Fallujah became registered as a setting for military heroics in American memory.

The Arctic convoys that sailed through the cold malevolent waters of the Barents Sea ran the gauntlet of German air and sea attacks as they struggled to transport vital supplies to Britain’s Russian allies.

During 1932, the occupation of the Colombian towns of Leticia and Tarapacá by Peruvian troops and civilians, in the Amazon region, led to a conflict that almost ended in a total war between both countries.

When the Second World War erupted, Latin America - despite being initially neutral - became part of it.

This is the story of military aviation in Rhodesia from the romantic days of 'bush' flying in the 1920s and '30s-when aircraft were refueled from jerrycans and landing grounds were often the local golf course-to the disbandment of the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) on Zimbabwean independence in 1980.

In 1961 - two years after a revolution in Cuba overran the government of Fulgencio Batista - a group of Cuban exiles (backed by the CIA) landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro from the new government.

The South African Air Force (SAAF), formed on 1 February 1920, is the second oldest air force in the Commonwealth.

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmachts flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: Not a Step Back!

The military scholar and author of The Human Face of War analyses the nature of 20th-century war and warfare in this wide-ranging study.

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Conceived as a comprehensive introduction to a field central to the work of the United Nations, Disarmament: A Basic Guide aims to provide a useful overview of the nuanced challenges of building a more peaceful world in the twenty-first century.

The volume 41 (Part I) compiles the disarmament resolutions and decisions of the Seventy-first session of the General Assembly, the voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee report and dates of their adoption.

The final decade of the Cold War saw unprecedented peacetime expansion of the US Navy, including Naval Aviation.

The relationship between intelligence organizations and the national security policymakers which they support has its ups and downs.

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

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

The relationship between intelligence organizations and the national security policymakers which they support has its ups and downs.

Now in its third edition, Disaster Recovery continues to serve as the most comprehensive book of its kind and will span the core areas that recovery managers and voluntary organizations must tackle after a disaster.

This book is a concise and accessible introduction to the problem of war crimes in modern history, emphasizing the development of laws aimed at regulating the conduct of armed conflict developed from the 19th century to the present.

Now in its third edition, Disaster Recovery continues to serve as the most comprehensive book of its kind and will span the core areas that recovery managers and voluntary organizations must tackle after a disaster.

Uses original evidence and first-hand interviews to demonstrate how ceasefires serve as tools for wartime order and statebuilding.

This textbook surveys new and emergent methods for doing research in critical security studies, filling a gap in the literature.

Russia and America (1987) examines the divergence between two countries organised on diametrically opposed economic principles - one centrally-planned, state-dominated, the other a highly decentralised market economy, free from significant government intervention.

This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.

This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.

The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning.

This textbook surveys new and emergent methods for doing research in critical security studies, filling a gap in the literature.

The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning.