Military Science category: 4493 books

Terrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surprisingly, there is now a plethora of books on the subject, offering definitions of what terrorism is and proffering advice on what causes it and how states should react to it. But one of the...

Australia’s Nuclear Policy: Reconciling Strategic, Economic and Normative Interests critically re-evaluates Australia’s engagement with nuclear weapons, nuclear power and the nuclear fuel cycle since the dawn of the nuclear age. The authors develop a holistic conception of ’nuclear policy’...

Soldier repatriation from Afghanistan has impacted debate about the war. This study highlights this impact with particular focus on Britain, Denmark and Germany. All three countries deployed soldiers soon after the 9/11 attacks, yet their role in Afghanistan and the casualty rates suffered, have been...

This title was first published in 2001. The security dilemma has long been at the heart of the security studies discipline. Moving beyond this, this book attacks the assumptions of the traditional concept and redefines the security dilemma in a way more useful for examining security policy. By exposing...

Grazie alla sua esperienza di inviato, Meo Ponte racconta, attraverso la voce dei protagonisti e il contenuto di documenti mai resi pubblici prima, le vite perse e le battaglie vinte dei soldati italiani attivi nelle cosiddette “missioni di pace”. A partire dagli anni Ottanta, con la prima...

Using a case study based on the Army's new Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the authors explore how the Army might improve its ability to contribute to prompt, global power projection, that is, strategically responsive early-entry forces for time-critical events. The authors examine options to reach a...

Unmanned combat air vehicles, or in common parlance 'drones', have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter an objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threat with lethal force. As a result, critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidisciplinary...

The unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the literature and doctrine and applied in two primary case studies (Vietnam and Afghanistan), reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative process: contextual assessment.

Modern theorists and their ideas on war and peace are here presented, interpreted, and evaluated with scholarship and clarity of expression. In examining the main currents in modern social theory, the author has gone directly to the works of the leading philosophic figures. This book is a carefully...

Although terrorism is an age-old phenomenon, jihadi ideology is distinctive in its ambition to abandon the principle of state sovereignty, overthrow the modern state system, and replace it with an extremely radical interpretation of an Islamic world order. These characteristics reflect a radical break...

Este libro forma parte de la memoria histórica de las guerrillas en Colombia. Cuenta y analiza los casi setenta años de este conflicto político armado contemporáneo, aún en proceso de resolución Presenciamos hoy el final del ciclo guerrillero en América Latina y el Caribe. Conocer y...

Si la guerra es tan antigua como el hombre, los conflictos armados de baja intensidad –llámense de guerrilla o terrorismo– también. Esto, pues no es reciente el hecho de que grupos humanos cohesionados por ideología, religión u odio se tomen las armas para alcanzar sus metas y acaben organizándose...

War memory and commemoration have had increasingly high profiles in public and academic debates in recent years. This volume examines some of the social changes that have led to this development, among them the passing of the two world wars from survivor into cultural memory. Focusing on the politics...

Anastasie Eloise Bertrand, Ana, has spent the better part of fifteen years in a state mental hospital convinced that she is the reincarnated protector of an ancient and powerful book. Ana struggles to discern her present reality from the wildly vivid dreams of her past lives as a rebellious Chinese...