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Defense Policy Choices for the Bush Administration 2001-05 by Michael E. O'Hanlon
RRP: £17.99£15.32This latest study in the Brookings series on U.S. defense strategy and the defense budget reviews current American military capabilities and offers suggestions for the new administration and Congress. Michael O'Hanlon makes sense of the hot political... -
Security in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Safety and Care by Cameron Harrington
RRP: £88.99£72.87The belief that "Nature" exists as a blank, stable stage upon which humans act out tragic performances of international relations is no longer tenable. In a world defined by human action, we must reorient our understanding of ourselves, of our... -
Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America by Ashton B. Carter
RRP: £18.99£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815713074Author Ashton B. CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g -
Diversionary War: Domestic Unrest and International Conflict by Amy Oakes
RRP: £23.99£20.84The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questions of whether leaders deliberately provoke conflicts abroad to distract the public from problems at... -
Moscow's War in Syria by Seth G. Jones
RRP: £42.00£36.93This report examines Russia's military and diplomatic campaign in Syria, the largest and most significant Russian out-of-area operation since the end of the Cold War. Russia's experience in Syria will shape its military thinking, influence promotion and... -
The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint for Deep Cuts and De-Alerting of Nuclear Weapons by Harold A. Feiveson
RRP: £19.99£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815709534Author Harold A. FeivesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Borders and Border Regions in Europe: Changes, Challenges and Chances by Arnaud Lechevalier
RRP: £38.99£31.98Focussing European borders: The book provides insight into a variety of changes in the nature of borders in Europe and its neighbourhood from various disciplinary perspectives. Special attention is paid to the history and contemporary dynamics at Polish... -
Space and National Security by Paul B. Stares
RRP: £18.99£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815781097Author Paul StaresFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g -
Ukraine after Maidan: Revisiting Domestic and Regional Security by Tomasz Stepniewski
RRP: £26.00£21.07When public protests first began in Ukraine at the end of 2013, the failed promise of the Orange Revolution was still fresh in the minds of many Ukrainians. However, unlike in the aftermath of 2004/2005, the political and military crises ignited by the... -
How States Pay for Wars by Rosella Cappella Zielinski
RRP: £43.00£37.50Armies fight battles, states fight wars. To focus solely on armies is to neglect the broader story of victory and defeat. Military power stems from an economic base, and without wealth, soldiers cannot be paid, weapons cannot be procured, and food... -
The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations by Richard C. Bush
RRP: £19.99£18.01The rivalry between Japan and China has a long and sometimes brutal history, and they continue to eye each other warily as the balance of power tips toward Beijing. They cooperate and compete at the same time, but if competition deteriorates into... -
Power in Uncertain Times: Strategy in the Fog of Peace by Emily Goldman
£106.95The United States faces a complex and rapidly shifting international security landscape. Forces of ethnic and religious extremism, diffusion of information technologies, proliferation of mass destruction weapons, and newly empowered non-state actors are... -
Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics by Lawrence Rubin
RRP: £23.99£20.84Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics is an analysis of how ideas, or political ideology, can threaten states and how states react to ideational threats. It examines the threat perception and policies of two Arab Muslim majority... -
The Army after Next: The First Postindustrial Army by Thomas K. Adams
RRP: £27.99£21.40Sure to be found controversial by some, compelling by all, this is the only available book-length examination of the way the U.S. Army and Department of Defense have tried to create the capabilities promised by the high-tech Revolution in Military... -
Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security by Michael Desch
RRP: £22.00£17.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780691228990Author Michael DeschFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Princeton University PressPublisher Princeton University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Principles of Global Security by John D. Steinbruner
RRP: £19.99£17.61From the earliest human records, warfare has been both an organizing focus and a prime source of political motivation. Countless battles have been fought in the course of colonizing the planet, and the experience has created a legacy of military... -
Contemporary Meanings of Endurance: An Interdisciplinary Approach Noel Salazar (KU Leuven, Belgium) 9781032343846
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book critically analyses the concept of endurance from different theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical perspectives. The first part of the book takes a closer look at endurance, by examining how it relates to concepts such as... -
Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy: Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age by Rob Dover
RRP: £30.00£26.95Intelligence agencies are reflections of the societies they serve. No surprise, then, that modern spies and the agencies they work for are fixated on the internet and electronic communications. These same officials also struggle with notions of privacy,... -
Waging Insurgent Warfare: Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic State by Seth G. Jones 9780190600860
RRP: £37.99£22.29Since the end of World War II, there have been 181 insurgencies around the world. Today, there are over three dozen violent insurgencies, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. These insurgencies have... -
Thinking About Nuclear Weapons: Principles, Problems, Prospects by Michael Quinlan 9780199563944
RRP: £69.00£49.36The book reflects the author's experience across more than forty years in assessing and forming policy about nuclear weapons, mostly at senior levels close to the centre both of British governmental decision-making and of NATO's development of plans and... -
Digital Diplomacy and International Organisations: Autonomy, Legitimacy and Contestation by Corneliu Bjola
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book examines how international organisations (IOs) have struggled to adapt to the digital age, and with social media in particular. The global spread of new digital communication technologies has profoundly transformed the way organisations operate... -
Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry by P. W. Singer 9780801441141
RRP: £44.00£32.96Some have claimed that'War is too important to be left to the generals,'but P. W. Singer asks'What about the business executives?'Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until... -
The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution: Power Politics in the Atomic Age by Keir A. Lieber 9781501749292
RRP: £23.99£18.61Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their... -
Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy by Francis J. Gavin
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737919Author Francis J. GavinFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm)... -
In The President's Secret Service by Ronald Kessler
RRP: £14.99£10.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307461360Author Ronald KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict by Tanisha M. Fazal
RRP: £21.99£19.19In Wars of Law, Tanisha M. Fazal assesses the unintended consequences of the proliferation of the laws of war for the commencement, conduct, and conclusion of wars over the course of the past one hundred fifty years. Fazal outlines three main arguments:... -
The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes by Caitlin Talmadge
RRP: £27.99£24.14In The Dictator's Army, Caitlin Talmadge presents a compelling new argument to help us understand why authoritarian militaries sometimes fight very well-and sometimes very poorly. Talmadge's framework for understanding battlefield effectiveness focuses... -
Critical Security Methods: New frameworks for analysis by Claudia Aradau 9780415712958
RRP: £43.99£38.44Critical Security Methods offers a new approach to research methods in critical security studies. It argues that methods are not simply tools to bridge the gap between security theory and security practice. Rather, to practise methods critically means... -
Secret Service: National security in an age of open information by Jonathan Evans
RRP: £7.99£5.78'It was only two days after I arrived that I realised I had actually joined MI5. It did not exactly throw the doors wide and welcome scrutiny. The existence of the service was avowed but very little else about it was. Who worked for it? Where were its... -
Intelligence and Surprise Attack: Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond by Erik J. Dahl
RRP: £24.00£21.18How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? Intelligence and Surprise Attack... -
COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation by Hal Brands
RRP: £26.50£23.69Leading global experts, brought together by Johns Hopkins University, discuss national and international trends in a post-COVID-19 world.The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating... -
Busted Sanctions: Explaining Why Economic Sanctions Fail by Bryan R. Early
RRP: £27.99£24.14Powerful countries like the United States regularly employ economic sanctions as a tool for promoting their foreign policy interests. Yet this foreign policy tool has an uninspiring track record of success, with economic sanctions achieving their goals... -
Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence History by Robert Dover 9781589017702
RRP: £48.00£42.41Identifying "lessons learned" is not new - the military has been doing it for decades. However, members of the worldwide intelligence community have been slow to extract wider lessons gathered from the past and apply them to contemporary challenges... -
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran by Robert Spencer
RRP: £16.99£13.85"EITHER THE ISLAMIC STATE WILL DIE, OR WE WILL." New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer details the meteoric rise and unheard-of brutality of ISIS ISIS is in the news every day. The Islamic State is spectacularly dangerous, and curiously... -
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War by Andrew J. Bacevich
RRP: £14.99£12.37In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military might wed to a blind... -
The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East by James Shires
RRP: £35.00£31.24Cybersecurity is a complex and contested issue in international politics. By focusing on the 'great powers'--the US, the EU, Russia and China--studies in the field often fail to capture the specific politics of cybersecurity in the Middle East,... -
Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare by Mark R. McNeilly 9780199957859
RRP: £26.99£19.91Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwartzkopf. However, having been written two thousand years ago, the book can be somewhat daunting to the... -
Iran’s Networks of Influence in the Middle East by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
RRP: £99.99£86.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860792185Author The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint International Institute for Strategic... -
The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars by Barry R. Posen
RRP: £29.99£26.50Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements... -
Asia's New Geopolitics: Military Power and Regional Order Desmond Ball 9781032187365
RRP: £28.99£25.09Intensifying geopolitical rivalries, rising defence spending and the proliferation of the latest military technology across Asia suggest that the region is set for a prolonged period of strategic contestation. None of the three competing visions for the...