Security

In this book Brent Nosworthy provides a wealth of detailed analysis of the various tactical doctrines employed by the main armies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.Book InformationISBN 9780094772403Author Mr Brent NosworthyFormat PaperbackPage...

This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system...

John Paul Lederach's work in the field of conciliation and mediation is internationally recognized. As founding Director of the Conflict Transformation Program and Institute of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, he has provided consultation...

What is the appropriate balance between privacy, security, and accountability? What do we owe each other in terms of information sharing and access? Why is privacy valuable and is it more or less important than other values like security or free speech?...

This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners' insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security...

It has become conventional wisdom that America and China are running a "superpower marathon" that may last a century. Yet Hal Brands and Michael Beckley pose a counterintuitive question: What if the sharpest phase of that competition is more like a...

This book describes the turbulent political history of Afghanistan from the communist upheaval of the 1970s through to the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001. It reviews the importance of the region to external powers and explains why warfare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781393970Author Tzu SunFormat HardbackPage Count 46Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 243gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474443081Author Paul LashmarFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

"A must-read...It reveals important truths."-Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer"One of the finest books on information security published so far in this century-easily accessible, tightly argued, superbly well-sourced, intimidatingly perceptive."-Thomas Rid,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316213523Author Parmy OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789381904084Author S N MisraFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint KW Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher KW Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Terrorism is a persistent form of political violence, but it appears intermittently, afflicting certain places in certain eras while others remain unscathed. Since the late nineteenth century, it has risen and fallen in recurrent generation-long spasms...

Scotland’s unique geography and topography provided a useful base for Allied military preparations during the Cold War, a 40-year nuclear stand-off between the USA and the Soviet Union ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This book...

In Subversion, Lennart Maschmeyer provides a powerful new theory and analysis of an age-old concept. While a strategy of subversion offers great strategic promise in theory, it faces an underappreciated set of challenges that limit its strategic value in...

O'Rourke's book offers a onestop shop for understanding foreignimposed regime change. Covert Regime Change is an impressive book and required reading for anyone interested in understanding hidden power in world politics. Political Science Quarterly ...

A major new examination of the Indian Ocean, revealing how the region has become a hotly contested geopolitical flashpoint Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been an essential space for trade, commerce, and culture. Every European power has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501183911Author Tim MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Generations of Australians have been reared on the belief the fall of Singapore in February 1942 was a British betrayal that exposed Australia to Japanese invasion. In The Road to Singapore a young American historian, using archival records from across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640320802Author Carl Von ClausewitzFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Chump ChangePublisher Chump ChangeWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420957198Author Carl Von ClausewitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 700Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein,...

Between the late 8th and late 11th century Viking warriors had a massive impact not just in northern Europe, but across a huge arc from the western Mediterranean round through northern Europe and the Baltic to the Middle East and Central Asia. Their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101911785Author George FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

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Greenland has increasingly captivated imaginations around the globe. Yet, while it is central to the Arctic region, its role has been poorly understood. Greenland in Arctic Security delivers a comprehensive overview of how security dynamics unfold in and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250231307Author Bernard-Henri LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789527065754Author William S LindFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Castalia HousePublisher Castalia HouseWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI and GPS tracking than to the human resources of the Leninist surveillance state.For decades China watchers...

In the wake of World War I, the German Army lay in ruins--defeated in the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of Versailles. A mere twenty years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military machines in the world, capable...

History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Marathon, Cannae, Tours, Agincourt, Austerlitz, Sedan, Stalingrad--all...

As 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...

A penetrating analysis of weaponized information-one of the most pressing dangers to open societies Now more than ever, communities across the world are integrated into a complex, global information ecosystem that shapes the nature of social,...

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607965688Author GuevaraFormat HardbackPage Count 154Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.com

In late 1945, it became clear that the Soviet Union was an aggressive power. American military planners began to develop strategies to deal with the frightening possibility of a war with the Soviet Union. This work examines those plans.Book...

From the former news policy lead at Google, an "informative and often harrowing wake-up call" (Publishers Weekly) that explains the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia that...

The proliferation of advanced militarily relevant technologies in the Asia-Pacific over the past few decades has been a significant, and perhaps even alarming, development. This volume addresses how such technologies may affect military capabilities and...

In 1920s Shanghai, Zhou Enlai founded the first Chinese communist spy network, operating in the shadows against nationalists, Western powers and the Japanese. The story of Chinese spies has been a global one from the start. Unearthing previously...

Mexican drug networks are large and violent, engaging in activities like the trafficking of narcotics, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, and mass murder. Despite the impact of these activities in Mexico and abroad, these illicit networks are...