Warfare and defence

This book offers a new understanding of the nature of power-seeking insurgent groups by empirically examining the use of violence by Hamas in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

This book, first published in 1985, is an in-depth analysis of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, using previously untapped German archives and newly-released 'Ultra' intelligence records.

This new volume, Disaster Recovery: Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the ?

In 1898 the United States and Spain went to war over the political future of Cuba.

The Russian regime's struggle for internal control drives multifaceted actions in cyberspace that do not stop at national borders.

This book examines whether differences in the organizational structure of armed groups shape patterns of human rights violations in civil wars.

The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007, the fifth volume in the monumental U.

Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52-O'Grady's call sign-the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge.

The security relationship between India and Pakistan is generally viewed through a neo-realist approach of International Relations.

This volume foregrounds some of the unknown or lesser-known incidents of xenophobia and genocide from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Rwanda.

This edited book explores diverse contestations and transformations of sovereignty around the world.

In June 1990, Paul Crenshaw shipped out for basic training for the National Guard.

Though calling itself The Bloody Seventh after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War.

Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction fills the need for an original, contemporary examination of peace that is challenging, informative, and empowering.

Since the establishment of the Red Army in 1927, China's military has responded to profound changes in Chinese society, particularly its domestic politics, shifting economy, and evolving threat perceptions.

This book assesses the Sino-Japanese strategic competition in the context of the South China Sea (SCS) territorial disputes.

Despite the increase in the number of studies in international relations using concepts from a role theory perspective, scholarship continues to assume that a state's own expectations of what role it should play on the world stage is shared among domestic political actors.

Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail.

The rise of India as a major power has generated new interest in understanding the drivers of its foreign policy.

This extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational security, human rights, and democratization.

Disenfranchising Democracy examines the exclusions that accompany democratization and provides a theory of the expansion and restriction of voting rights.

This book challenges the widely held assumption that a nuclear-armed Iran would provoke a proliferation cascade in the Middle East.

A nuclear attack on a large U.

An illustrated description of the famous US Nightfighter aces and their planes.

The Casualty Gap shows how the most important cost of American military campaigns--the loss of human life--has been paid disproportionately by poorer and less-educated communities since the 1950s.

'A great writer' 'A music journalist of integrity' 'There's only one Ted Kessler!

This book examines how key developments in international relations in recent years have affected intelligence agencies and their oversight.

Oil Companies in the International System (1978) provides an original and wide-ranging examination of the impact that the leading oil companies have had on international relations.

This innovative book presents the reader with a clear international view of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches to military and conflict-resolution studies.

In April 2003, after brief combat, Baghdad fell under US control and the Coalition Provisional Authority was formed to maintain order until a new Iraqi government became a reality.

During World War I, thousands of rural southern men, black and white, refused to serve in the military.

This book explores the why and the how of women's participation in armed struggle, and challenges preconceived assertions about women and violence, providing both a historic and a contemporary focus.

This book offers an examination of the role of emancipation in the study and practice of security, focusing on the issue of environmental change.

An epic story of one man's devotion to the American causeIn October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold s treasonous attempt to hand control of the Hudson River to the British, his patch-work fleet on Lake Champlain was all that stood between British forces and a swift end to the American rebellion.

This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining regional security orders.

Policing and police practices have changed dramatically since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and those changes have accelerated since the summer of 2014 and the death of Michael Brown at the hands of then-police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

The South Caucasus in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of South Caucasus-Eurasia relations and analyzes the broad outlines of U.

Preventive war has a long history in international politics, but until it became an instrumental part of the Bush Doctrine, it was mostly overlooked.

The recent debate about biopolitics in International Relations (IR) theory may well prove to be one of the most provocative and rewarding engagements with the concept of power in the history of the discipline.

'Drawing on the stories of the soldiers who were there, this dramatic history of the SAS is full of bravado.

Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the U.

The 1914-2024 War Atlas deconstructs the contemporary widespread and well-known image of the 20th and 21st centuries, arguing for the continuity of the historical process covering the period 1914-2024.

This book offers a comparative lens on the contested relationship between two leading conflict resolution norms: ethnopolitical power-sharing pacts and the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda.

Airpower Pioneers studies twelve especially influential airmen, detailing their impact on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF).

A groundbreaking comparative analysis of three understudied cases of intelligence democratization revealing new insights into main barriers to reform when states transition from authoritarianismReforming the intelligence services is essential when a state transitions from authoritarianism to democracy.

First published in 1980, the original blurb read:In August - September 1980 the second Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will take place in Geneva.

The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in EnglishCarl von Clausewitz's On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy.