Warfare and defence

This handbook offers a broad-ranging overview of the study of translating and interpreting in conflict and crisis settings and takes the field in new directions.

The Armed Conflict Survey 2023 provides an exhaustive review of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of active armed conflicts globally in the period from 1 May 2022-30 June 2023.

When Prussian soldier Fritz Oppenheimer left the World War I battlefield with two Iron Crosses, he could never have imagined that the pinnacle of his military career would come 27 years later at the German surrender in World War II, when he took top Nazi leaders into captivity and interrogated Wilhelm Keitel, head of the Wehrmacht.

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On a dark night in February 2005, Sara Sheldon arrived at Camp Fallujah, outside the dangerous ancient city for which it was named.

The Police Manager provides a roadmap for the challenges that police administrators face in their day-to-day duties, including considerations for dealing with subordinate officers and for interacting with the public.

The Politics of Silence, Voice and the In-Between: Exploring Gender, Race and Insecurity from the Margins seeks to dismantle the deficit discourses generated through research about people as agency-less and, by extension, objects of study.

This book is first of all an essay of political philosophy.

Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives.

This book explores how endangered local interpreters in Afghanistan were seen through Western eyes in the period from 2014, when the West drew down the bulk of its military forces, to the summer of 2021, when NATO forces withdrew completely.

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

The second volume of this comprehensive military history examines the fall of the Second French Empire and the founding of a unified Germany.

The first of a three-volume series examining the history of Chinese "e;puppet"e; soldiers fighting for the Japanese before and during World War II.

An insider's account of training and service in Nazi Germany's twenty-fifth Panzer Regiment during World War II.

During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force.

On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain.

Plongez-vous dans le monde fascinant des samouraïs avec « Le grand âge du samouraï – Le long voyage du guerrier du Japon ancien aux temps modernes ».

An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II.

Comprising critical writings in civil-military relations theory and research, this book of essays integrates the ideas and insights drawn from political science, particularly its subfields of comparative politics, theory and methodology both normative and empirical, with those from the combined disciplines of philosophy of science, history, sociology, and development studies, bringing out the relevance of these ideas and insights for understanding and analysing the issues central to the place and role of military in the Nigerian society.

Packed with illustrations, this is a new history and analysis of how the Royal Navy's most important fleet operated and fought the German Navy in the crucial first years of World War II.

This volume describes how technological and geo-political trends are rapidly transforming maritime affairs.

This book is a second edition.

This book examines the institutional contexts of dramaturgical practices in the changing political landscape of 20th century Germany.

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world.

The story of a German boy drafted into military service during WWII is vividly recounted in this memoir of combat and survival.

This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of defence offsets and its economic, security, political and theoretical implications.

Uncover the intricacies of ancient warfare from unit commanders' perspectives, with an overview of equipment, tactics, formations, and leadership through detailed case studies, accompanied by expert analysis and illustrations.

Hitler's decision to renege on his alliance with Stalin and invade Russia in June 1941 was to have the most far reaching consequences for the world.

In 1984, at the age of 78, world-renowned rose grower Hilda Murrell was found brutally murdered in the Shropshire countryside.

This book locates the Arctic within the context of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) national strategy of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.

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In the 1870s, to supplement their early steam engines, French warships were still rigged for sail.

The Austro-Hungarian Stormtroopers and the Italian Arditi of World War I were elite special forces charged with carrying out bold raids and daring attacks.

"e;The Battle of Moscow, 1941-1942: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counteroffensive Along the Moscow Strategic Direction"e; is a detailed examination of one of the major turning points of World War II, as seen from the Soviet side.

This book examines the institutional contexts of dramaturgical practices in the changing political landscape of 20th century Germany.

El 21 de septiembre de 1976, una autobomba en la capital de Estados Unidos asesinó al excanciller de Salvador Allende, Orlando Letelier, y a su colaboradora, la estadounidense Ronni Moffitt.

This book studies India's historical, socio-cultural, and trade linkages with Inner Asia.

This volume explores the evolution of theoretical and practical approaches to intervening in protracted conflicts, following the work of Herb Kelman.

En un mundo donde los conflictos bélicos son una noticia cotidiana que genera tensión e incertidumbre, aparejado con el debilitamiento que sufre el pensamiento práctico para distinguir entre una guerra y otros eventos, tales como los delitos internacionales, esta obra desentraña los casos en los que un estado u otro sujeto de derecho internacional público puede declarar una "guerra justa" a otro, a la luz de las reflexiones y los escritos del fraile dominico Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546), considerado por algunos como el padre del derecho internacional.

In the early years of Vladmir Putin s Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the President s most trusted assets.

This book locates the Arctic within the context of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) national strategy of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.

"e;A WWII soldier's rosy letters home are juxtaposed with his recollections of combat's harrowing on-the-ground reality in this immersive debut memoir.

The first volume of this comprehensive study of the Franco-Prussian War presents a detailed account of Germany Confederation's decisive victory over France.

This searing account primarily covers Ed Bird's Special Branch (SB) service in the Beitbridge area of southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980, encompassing Operations Repulse and Tangent of the bitter Rhodesian 'bush war'.

"e;Physically the book is well produced, has numerous maps where they need to be in the text and is well footnoted.