Warfare and defence

Since the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of political science at Angelo State University.

As economic strategy and national security become increasingly intertwined, Japan and the United States are aligned on the importance of protecting critical and emerging technologies to manage strategic competition with China.

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War.

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider’s guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world.

Can children fly an airplane?

This latest and final report in the Kremlin Playbook series explores how the United States and its European allies can protect the religious beliefs and values of their citizens from malign influence at a time when transatlantic societies are grappling with the speed of societal change.

Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people.

The federal government's use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements has exploded in recent years, thanks in large part to a surge in popularity within the Department of Defense (DoD).

International aid to Syria is at an inflection point.

In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real.

In this follow-on report to Europe's High-End Military Challenges: The Future of European Capabilities and Missions, the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and International Security Program examine the other side of the coin of European military effectiveness: the political will of European countries to conduct military missions and operations.

We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II.

There are growing calls for a decrease in the U.

The events of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make an obvious case for expert study of the George W.

War stories are mostly innocent fables and understood as such by both the teller and the hearer.

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***Selected for the 2010 Chief of the United States Air Force's Reading List***This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century.

Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers.

Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Guide to Planning for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and disasters.

The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source.

The battle is an old one: man versus nature.

During histhirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.

Understanding the Department of Homeland Security discusses why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-the largest and the newest department of government-was established and then takes a detailed look at the role of the 22 different federal departments and agencies that were incorporated into it.

The Nuclear Scholars Initiative is a program run by the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to engage emerging nuclear experts in thoughtful and informed debate over how to best address the nuclear communitys most pressing problems.

This seminal work on modern terrorism is the one book to read in order to truly understand the reasons why radical Muslims such as Osama bin Laden and his followers have declared war on America and the West.

Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policymaking, from the Spanish- American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Very Special Ships is the first full-length book about the Abdiel-class fast minelayers, which were considered the fastest and most versatile to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Wouldn't it be more comfortable to ride an airplane if you knew the science behind its flight?

Volume 1:The Imperfect Intersection of National Security and Public Safetyexplains homeland security as a struggle to meet new national security threats with traditional public safety practitioners.

The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries.

As of early 2010, more than two million U.

An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process.

Past NATO enlargement helped create a Europe whole, free, and at peace, but future enlargement, should it occur, faces a hostile and militarily revitalized Russia.

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"e;[Serves] as both a helpful concise history text and as a phenomenal field guide to modern Valley Forge and its surroundings.

Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of Eye of the Viper are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six-month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost of $2 million each.

Few professions have experienced change to the same extent as has intelligence.

The Nuclear Scholars Initiative is a signature program run by the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)to engage emerging nuclear experts in thoughtful and informed debate over how to best address the nuclear community's most pressing problems.

In the post-1945 era, the aircraft carrier has remained a valued weapon despite the development of nuclear weapons, cruise and ballistic missiles, and highly capable submarines.

The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerrs All the Light We Cannot See An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition When Jacques Lusseyran was an eight-year-old Parisian schoolboy, he was blinded in an accident.

"e;The VA is not your loving Uncle Sam who opens his wallet and says, 'Here you are, nephew-a $1,000 check per month for the rest of your life.

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

For centuries arsenic’s image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play.

Beating Goliath examines the phenomenon of victories by the weak over the strong-more specifically, insurgencies that succeeded against great powers.

CSISs Mark Cancian annually produces a series of white papers on U.

For the men of the Army Air Corps in early World War II, the chance of surviving the obligatory twenty-five missions without death, injury, or imprisonment was one in three.

This unique book captures state of the art thinking and methodologies designed to advance intelligence education to produce a capable and qualified intelligence workforce.

Retiring or being discharged from the military is one of the most trying times for service members.

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