Warfare and defence

Critical analyses of policing have accompanied accounts of the police since the early days of modern police organisations.

This book provides theoretical foundations and practical guidelines for an ethically competent integration of Islam and mental health practice.

Los años posteriores a la derrota de las potencias del Eje dieron lugar a un mundo bipolar dominado por el enfrentamiento entre dos fuerzas ideológicamente opuestas, cada una con una dotación de armamento capaz de asegurar la destrucción del planeta.

A frightened boy pursued by racist bullies who grew up to become a trailblazing soldier in the British Army and then the SAS, Melvyn Downes was one of the first British-born Black men to join the elite regiment.

This book presents realistic alternatives to security policies based on nuclear weapons for the Northeast Asian region.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment (APRSA) examines key regional security policies and challenges relevant to the proceedings of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defence summit convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Offering an in-depth exploration of the security challenges posed by COVID-19, Gunaratna, Aslam, and their contributors present a comprehensive collection of thematic and country-specific analyses on post-pandemic planetary health strategies.

Ein Essay über Krieg und Frieden: Orientierung in einer ewigen MenschheitsfrageDa dachten wir, Krieg sei in Europa undenkbar: Wer Krieg verhindern will, muss aber fragen, unter welchen Bedingungen er moralisch gerechtfertigt wäre.

This book makes a compelling argument for the role of the engineering profession in advancing human development and security and its contribution to various peacebuilding and diplomatic efforts in the 21st-century world.

The New Phase of Global Terrorism explores the nuances of the shift in the organization, strategy, and operation of terrorist groups into smaller and more robust terror groups in both the United States and international levels.

A unique account of the opening weeks of history's largest, most brutal conflict, told through the eyes of those who were there and based on original source material from across Europe.

Latin America has amassed comprehensive expertise in generating, managing, and providing access to archives documenting widespread human rights violations.

Latin America has amassed comprehensive expertise in generating, managing, and providing access to archives documenting widespread human rights violations.

Sulphur Springs native Frank Webster Pearce was a soldier in Texas' own 36th Infantry Division and the 111th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Sulphur Springs native Frank Webster Pearce was a soldier in Texas' own 36th Infantry Division and the 111th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments, this third edition of International Security Studies provides students with a comprehensive and accessible textbook on security with a particular emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate theoretical debates.

This book makes a compelling argument for the role of the engineering profession in advancing human development and security and its contribution to various peacebuilding and diplomatic efforts in the 21st-century world.

The 2025 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

This early work by Gerald Featherstone Knight was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

Trailblazer is the remakable and inspiring story of Cheryl Tyler, a Black woman who defied all odds and shattered barriers in her quest to protect the highest office in the land.

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present.

Positioned on the fault line between two competing Cold War ideological and military alliances, and entangled in ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, the Balkan region offers a particularly interesting case for the study of the global Cold War system.

The Walls That Remain explores the trauma of German reunification in 1990 as it affected ordinary Eastern and Western Germans.

This volume offers a set of concise and accessible introductions to the seminal figures in the historical development of the just war tradition.

This edited volume provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of UN peacekeeping and the use of force, to inform a better understanding of the complex and interconnected issues at stake for the UN community.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Nuclear Deterrence is an accessible and authoritative introduction to the deterrent tactics employed to prevent war, drawing on the unprecedented power of nuclear weapons.

Understanding the Modern Russian Police represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy of Russian Internal Affairs Ministry (VA MVD) and the Volgograd branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (VAPA).

Moving towards resiliency is more than just implanting policy and procedure; it is a process that takes organizations on a winding path requiring patience and tolerance.

Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991.

Drawing upon Soviet sources, this book assesses the evolving organization, uniforms, insignia, weaponry and personal equipment of Soviet naval infantry units from 1917 to 1991.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and maps, carefully chosen illustrations and insightful analysis, this book examines the legendary Mongol warriors and their vastly different European opponents.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and maps, carefully chosen illustrations and insightful analysis, this book examines the legendary Mongol warriors and their vastly different European opponents.

A rare look inside the British Army's elite special forces unit and its counter-terrorism surveillance operations-from one of its own.

A fascinating glimpse into the history of warfare.

The Royal Navy of Nelson’s time was such a huge organisation, that it is sometimes hard to comprehend its full scope.

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.

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This book offers a novel contribution to the study of post-Cold War European defence.

Niccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement.

Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transnational crime, this book uses the innovative concept of unlawfulness to examine the crimes of the global overworld, forming a unique analysis of global order in the twenty-first century.

The first operational military jet in the world, towards the end of the Second World War the ME 262 was to be the German ‘miracle weapon’.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES'A hugely important book .

'War, superb as it is, is not necessarily a filtering process, by which men and nations may be purified.