Warfare and defence

Leading authorities analyze growing tensions in US-China relations and what this means for the futureThe US-China relationship is now defined by strategic competition.

Gangs have long been a social and criminal threat to society.

Brigadier General James L.

How America's vulnerable frontier allies-and American power-are being targeted by rival nationsFrom the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America's expense.

Why has the US military begun to suffer from overstretch in recent decades?

Rozman and Glosserman follow a momentous decade in the transformation of Japanese foreign policy from 2013 to 2023 that unveils Japan in a new light as a leading power more closely aligned with the United States than ever before but with distinct aspirations.

The economy of Kuwait is almost wholly dependent on oil.

This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA.

The tragedy that occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001 brought enhanced emergency preparedness among first responders to the forefront of public awareness.

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Establishing a new framework for understanding insider risk by focusing on systems of organisation within large enterprises, including public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, this book analyses practices to better assess, prevent, detect, and respond to insider risk and protect assets and public good.

This book provides an overview of economic espionage as practiced by a range of nations from around the world focusing on the mass scale in which information is being taken for China's growth and development.

Terrorists constantly present new challenges to law enforcement, emergency response teams, security planners, and others involved in counterterrorism.

The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and the Media in the 21st Century presents diverse international perspectives on what it means to be an archaeologist and to conduct archaeological research in the age of digital and mobile media.

As communities continue to undergo rapid demographic shifts that modify their composition, culture, and collective values, police departments serving those communities must evolve accordingly in order to remain effective.

Este ebook presenta "El arte de la guerra" con un sumario dinámico y detallado.

This book examines the nature and implications of the increasing interaction among three secondary powers in the world: China, Russia and India.

The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war.

This book explains how facilitative mediators, those without material leverage, contribute to progress in peace negotiations.

This book is a continuation of the special series devoted to the Swedish Army from the time of Charles XII.

James Ford Rhodes' 'The History of the Civil War (Complete Edition)' offers a comprehensive and detailed account of the American Civil War, focusing on the military campaigns, political strategies, and social implications of this defining moment in American history.

In this book, Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson turn their well-polished therapy microscopes onto the subjects of lying, falsehood, deceit, and the loss of trust in the counseling room.

This edited collection examines changes in national security culture in the wake of international events that have threatened regional or global order, and analyses the effects of these divergent responses on international security.

Understanding Non-State Actors aims to reduce the scarcity of academic literature on armed non-state actors (NSAs) that have always been a part of world politics and wars.

Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy by Western donors.

This monograph examines the potential utility of history as a source of education and possible guidance for the U.

This edited volume builds on a core set of concepts developed by I.

An Kriegen verdienen Rüstungskonzerne doppelt: zuerst beim Einsatz von Waffen und Munition, dann beim Beseitigen der Blindgänger und Minen.

Using a unique analytical framework, the UN Secretariat's Influence on the Evolution of Peacekeeping reveals deep insights in the UN's peacekeeping decision-making and shows that even international bureaucracies with limited autonomy can shape international politics.

Defense against nuclear attackso natural and seemingly so compelling a goalhas provoked debate for at least twenty years.

From Afghanistan to Angola, Indonesia to Iran, and Colombia to Congo, violent reactions erupt, states collapse, and militaries relentlessly pursue operations doomed to fail.

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Forgiveness and Mental Health considers the role of forgiveness in mental life, concerning both forgiving and being forgiven.

'No previous generation of statesmen has had to conduct policy in so unknown an environment at the border line of Armageddon'-Henry Kissinger Nuclear weapons pose a unique challenge to American foreign policy and the American president in particular.

Domestic and foreign violent extremist organizations, or terrorist groups, have caused a greater amount of harm with chemical agents than with biological or radiological weapons.

Is it ever possible to separate humanitarian action from politics?

This book examines public perceptions of the legitimacy of drones, and how this affects countries' policies on and the global governance of drone warfare.

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "e;war on drugs"e; and a "e;war on terror"e; that continues to rage a decade after 9/11.

Shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize and a finalist for the 2021 Cundill History Prize Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust-named a best history book of 2020 by the Daily Telegraph ?

Roughly ten million children were victims of political repression in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist era.

An exceptional storyteller with an analytical eye, Merrel Clubb has gathered the letters he sent his parents from the Pacific Theater of World War II and his subsequent reflections on that war and on his life into a kind of then-and-now memoir.

This "e;riveting account of one of history's greatest blunders"e; chronicles Russia's tragic mishandling of Nazi Germany's invasion during WWII (William L.

The Decline of Neutrality (1971) examines the impartial, disinterested neutrality as it was codified in the Hague Convention in 1907 and the changes the concept underwent from the beginning of World War I in 1914 up to Pearl Habor, December 1941.

This book argues for reform of the convention that, when politicians decide on a course of action, the general in supreme command obeys without question.

An unflinching account of Russia's brutal war in Chechnya by a reporter who was assassinated because of her work Chechnya, a 6,000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus, has struggled under Russian domination for centuries.

How have navies contemplated possible enemies?

This book was written as a resource for an emergency response in case of a nuclear detonation.

During World War II, the Luftwaffe's Nachtjagd evolved from chaos to effective night fighter units in response to RAF Bomber Command raids.

Bullock, Haddow, and Coppola have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their #1-selling third edition with this substantially improved version.

First published in 1986, Korea and the West examines the political culture and the economic development of the two Koreas, as well as the state of the military balance on the peninsula.