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Irregular War by Paul Rogers
RRP: £40.00£29.81If the rise of Islamic State can overthrow powerful states in a matter of weeks, what kind of a secure future can the world expect? After more than a decade of the war on terror, security specialists thought that Islamist paramilitary movements were in... -
Rebel Politics: A Political Sociology of Armed Struggle in Myanmar's Borderlands by David Brenner
RRP: £26.99£22.85Rebel Politics analyzes the changing dynamics of the civil war in Myanmar, one of the most entrenched armed conflicts in the world. Since 2011, a national peace process has gone hand-in-hand with escalating ethnic conflict. The Karen National Union... -
Conventional Deterrence by John J. Mearsheimer
RRP: £27.99£23.66Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John J. Mearsheimer examines a number of crises that led to major conventional... -
The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide by Valerie Hudson
RRP: £22.00£17.39Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? The First Political Order is a... -
Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse by Paul Staniland
RRP: £29.99£25.99Insurgent cohesion is central to explaining patterns of violence, the effectiveness of counterinsurgency, and civil war outcomes. Cohesive insurgent groups produce more effective war-fighting forces and are more credible negotiators; organizational... -
Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror by Roy J. Eidelson 9780228018612
RRP: £25.99£20.13Doing Harm pries open the black box on a critical chapter in the recent history of psychology: the field's enmeshment in the so-called war on terror and the ensuing reckoning over do-no-harm ethics during times of threat. Focusing on developments within... -
Digital War: A Critical Introduction by William Merrin
RRP: £36.99£32.93Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and the concept of 'warfare' itself.This introductory textbook explores the range of uses of digital technology in... -
The Politics of Nuclear Weapons by Andrew Futter
RRP: £42.99£35.15This book provides an introduction to political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can... -
Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution by Stephen Zunes 9780815632191
RRP: £42.95£37.52The Western Sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community. Pitting local nationalist determination against Moroccan territorial ambitions, the dispute is further complicated by... -
War and Peace in the Caucasus: Russia's Troubled Frontier by Vicken Cheterian
RRP: £20.00£17.46After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Caucasus was wracked by ethnic and separatist violence as the peoples of the region struggled for self-determination. Vicken Cheterian, who spent many years as a reporter and analyst covering the region's... -
Grave New World: Security Challenges in the 21st Century by Michael E. Brown 9780878401420
RRP: £48.00£42.04The optimism that arrived at the end of the cold war and marked the turn of the Millennium was shattered by September 11. In the aftermath of that event it is not unwarranted pessimism that lines the pages of "Grave New World", it is unavoidable reality... -
Body Count: The War on Terror and Civilian Deaths in Iraq by Lily Hamourtziadou
RRP: £24.99£19.39Lily Hamourtziadou's investigation into civilian victims during the conflicts that followed the US-led coalition's 2003 invasion of Iraq provides important new perspectives on the human cost of the War on Terror. From early fighting to the withdrawal... -
Hacking the Bomb: Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons by Andrew Futter 9781626165656
RRP: £28.00£24.05Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed... -
The Ones We Let Down: Toxic Leadership Culture and Gender Integration in the Canadian Forces by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine 9780228011262
RRP: £24.99£19.40In 2021, a sexual misconduct scandal struck the Canadian military, leading to a profound crisis in leadership. While some more recent allegations came to light before the #MeToo movement, these latest revelations have historical roots in the 1990s, an... -
The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World by Michael Karpin 9780743265959
RRP: £20.99£19.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743265959Author Michael KarpinFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 614gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Responsibility to Defend: Rethinking Germany's Strategic Culture by Bastian Giegerich
RRP: £18.99£16.87The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany's post-war security and prosperity were founded. With Washington increasingly focused on China's rise in Asia,... -
Information Technology and Military Power by Jon R. Lindsay
£42.03Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay's... -
Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Every War It Starts by Harlan K. Ullman 9781682472255
RRP: £33.95£27.99This book should be read by all practitioners and serious students of national security as the guide for avoiding failures and miscalculations in using American military power." --Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... -
How Wars End: Theory and Practice by Damien Kingsbury
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book addresses one of the most important issues in international relations - how wars are ended. The volume draws on the direct experience of both soldiers and academics, who in each case have also been advisers on fighting and ending wars. Unlike... -
Rivals in Arms: The Rise of UK-France Defence Relations in the Twenty-First Century by Alice Pannier
RRP: £23.50£18.30As the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical in the past... -
Maritime Strategy and Naval Innovation: Technology, Bureaucracy, and the Problem of Change in the Age of Competition by Alessio Patalano
£89.88The essays in this book highlight the connective tissue between maritime strategy and naval innovation. The cases and perspectives in this collection of essays by some of today's foremost strategic thinkers are both retrospective and prospective and... -
Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Struggle over Freedom and Security by Henry Farrell
RRP: £28.00£21.36How disputes over privacy and security have shaped the relationship between the European Union and the United States and what this means for the futureWe live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders,... -
John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel by Abraham Ben-Zvi
RRP: £49.99£43.50This volume seeks to reconstruct the process by which the Kennedy administration decided to sell to Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It argues that both domestic considerations and political calculations were part of a highly complex decision made by... -
Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats by Jeffrey Price 9780128042939
RRP: £78.99£70.76Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats, Third Edition is a complete guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events to the policies, policymakers, and major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped... -
The Globalization of Nato by Mahdi Darius Nazamroaya 9780985271022
RRP: £16.99£15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985271022Author Mahdi Darius NazamroayaFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
Nesara II: National Economic Security and Reformation Act by David E Robinson 9781468194234
RRP: £12.95£11.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468194234Author David E RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly 9781501700682
RRP: £27.99£23.66Rebel groups are often portrayed as predators, their leaders little more than warlords. In conflicts large and small, however, insurgents frequently take and hold territory, establishing sophisticated systems of governance that deliver extensive public... -
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower by Michael Mandelbaum
RRP: £30.49£24.66A new and unique framework for understanding the history of the foreign policy of the United States. The United States is now nearly 250 years old. It arose from humble beginnings, as a strip of mostly agrarian and sparsely populated English colonies... -
Not One More Death by John Le Carre
RRP: £9.99£8.41Not One More Death examines the record of US and UK troops in Iraq, questions Bush and Blair's position under international law, and considers the responsibilities of artists, writers and the wider public in a time of war and occupation.Published in... -
The Rise and Fall of Intelligence: An International Security History by Michael Warner
RRP: £26.50£23.22This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond. During the Cold War, only the alliances clustered around the two... -
Understanding Cyber Conflict: Fourteen Analogies by George Perkovich 9781626164987
RRP: £29.50£26.40Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict-including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns-require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink... -
Outsourcing Control: The Politics of International Migration Cooperation by Katherine H. Tennis 9780228004073
RRP: £52.50£41.17When the European Union signed an agreement with Turkey in 2016 to end irregular migration from Syria using extraterritorial measures, the media framed it as a radical new low in migrant protection. Similarly, when then presidential candidate Donald... -
The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures by Ryan Shaffer 9781538159972
RRP: £108.00£98.20National intelligence cultures are shaped by their country's history and environment. This book examines the national intelligence cultures of Africa. Focusing on nearly sixty countries, the volume offers a concise account of African intelligence and... -
Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts by Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson
RRP: £116.00£98.94As a rising great power flexes its muscles on the political-military scene it must examine how to manage its relationships with states suffering from decline; and it has to do so in a careful and strategic manner. In Rising Titans, Falling Giants Joshua... -
The Future of National Intelligence: How Emerging Technologies Reshape Intelligence Communities by Shay Hershkovitz
RRP: £30.00£26.87National intelligence agencies have long adjusted to the opportunities and threats from new technologies. From spy planes and satellites to the internet, they have created structures, concepts, and practices to best apply these new capabilities. But... -
Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion, and Foreign Policy by Kelly M. Greenhill 9780801448713
RRP: £56.00£48.02At first glance, the U.S. decision to escalate the war in Vietnam in the mid-1960s, China's position on North Korea's nuclear program in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the EU resolution to lift what remained of the arms embargo against Libya in the... -
Cyberspace and National Security: Threats, Opportunities, and Power in a Virtual World by Derek S. Reveron 9781589019188
RRP: £48.00£41.64In a very short time, individuals and companies have harnessed cyberspace to create new industries, a vibrant social space, and a new economic sphere that are intertwined with our everyday lives. At the same time, individuals, subnational groups, and... -
The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War by Gareth Porter
RRP: £10.99£9.42Why did the CIA overthrow Iran's democratically elected government? And why has the United States treated Iran as one of its biggest enemies for four decades? Is the Trump administration's "Maximum Pressure" campaign working, or will it precipitate a war... -
All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Power by Thomas J. Wright
RRP: £17.99£15.39A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response The two decades after the Cold War saw unprecedented cooperation between the major powers as the world converged on a... -
The Senkaku Paradox: Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes by Michael E. O'Hanlon
RRP: £25.00£22.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736899Author Michael E. O'HanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...