Warfare and defence

This innovative argument shows the consequences of increased aversion to international war for foreign and military policy.

Revisionist history of the reception of the most important Chinese work on strategy, The Art of War, in the West.

Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.

Introduces conflict and peace economics, outlines its history of thought, contemporary theory and evidence, and maps trajectories for further research.

This Element interprets how narcotrafficking and private armies interacted with the process of configuration of the state in Colombia.

Explores the different military responses to popular uprisings during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya.

This Element interprets how narcotrafficking and private armies interacted with the process of configuration of the state in Colombia.

This Element presents the recent history of defence economics using a non-technical approach ideal for both economists and general readers.

The little-known history of U.

Uncovers how a material object – the civilian gas mask – can reveal the power and limits of the modern state facing total war.

Uncovers how a material object – the civilian gas mask – can reveal the power and limits of the modern state facing total war.

The little-known history of U.

The UN plays a vital but underappreciated role in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war.

A revised and updated edition of Evan Mawdsley''s acclaimed global history of World War II.

Examines how all four Allied powers interned alleged Nazis without trial in camps only recently liberated from Nazi control.

Examines how all four Allied powers interned alleged Nazis without trial in camps only recently liberated from Nazi control.

Thomas Leahy investigates whether informers, Special Forces and other British intelligence operations forced the IRA into peace in the 1990s.

A new understanding of US policy toward Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War based on fresh archival discoveries.

A theoretical analysis and historical investigation of the Cold War nuclear arms race that challenges the nuclear revolution.

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and discharged its defence obligations in the Gulf before 1971.

A new understanding of US policy toward Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War based on fresh archival discoveries.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

Thomas Leahy investigates whether informers, Special Forces and other British intelligence operations forced the IRA into peace in the 1990s.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in the First World War.

Rebuts the pervasive ''folk'' notion that quagmire is intrinsic to a country or civil war.

Rebuts the pervasive ''folk'' notion that quagmire is intrinsic to a country or civil war.

Highlights the threats posed by nuclear weapons and shows a way to denuclearization through the application of international law.

Analyses why the great battles were won and lost, and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.

War and American Literature examines representations of war throughout American literary history.

A history of modern military command, from the individualist, heroic generals of the twentieth century to the highly-professionalised command teams of the twenty-first.

Analyses why the great battles were won and lost, and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

This book uses formal models to explore the conditions under which nuclear agreements are credible.

An authoritative analysis of Iran''s defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.

An authoritative analysis of Iran''s defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.

This book uses formal models to explore the conditions under which nuclear agreements are credible.

A history of modern military command, from the individualist, heroic generals of the twentieth century to the highly-professionalised command teams of the twenty-first.

Former Pentagon insider Van Jackson explores how Trump and Kim reached - and avoided - the precipice of nuclear war.

This comparative account of civilian experiences of aerial bombing in World War II Britain and Japan reveals the universality of total war.

A rich and accessible examination of military intervention on the African continent, from both foreign and African military actors.

The authoritative manual on the applicable international law and best practice in the planning and conduct of peace operations.

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

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

This book translates US foreign policymaking theory into practical analytic tools for those preparing to be national security professionals.

Law''s Trials analyzes the performance of US courts in upholding the rule of law during the ''war on terror''.

The book brings together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe to address political and cultural responses to the arms race of the 1980s.

This book provides the richest study available of African American literature during the years immediately following the Civil War.

A comprehensive look at the role of history, economics, security, threat perception, and domestic politics in the South Korea-United States alliance.