Military Science

This book results from a research programme jointly financed by SIPRI and the United Nations Environment Programme, and examines the way in which certain resource limitations, such as water, oil, fisheries, can lead to conflict.Reviews'This book is a...

More than forty years of commitment to nuclear weapons may have prepared Britain to take part in Armageddon, but not to defend itself against attack. What made British governments choose this path and how have they justified it? How have they responded...

Why did Britain decide in 1947 to build an atomic bomb? What military plans were there for using it? This neglected dimension of British nuclear policy is assessed in detail for the first time, using confidential records - including those of the Chiefs...

Defense of the Baltic has gained unprecedented prominence in the West in view of a post-2014 resurgent Russia. The West's East follows the principles of strategic analysis for a systematic introduction to defense of the three Baltic states within their...

Parity and War is an impressive explanation of why peace predominates in the international arena and why, on occasion, wars do start. Useful for college students and scholars alike, the work scrutinzes and tests ideas about power preponderance, first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626185401Author Amber C RoseFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 384g

Army chaplains have long played an integral part in America's armed forces. In addition to conducting chapel activities on military installations and providing moral and spiritual support on the battlefield, they conduct memorial services for fallen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613241066Author Elisabet A JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 165Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 420g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633218840Author Alexis ForrestFormat HardbackPage Count 121Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 344g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633211322Author Sharleen NicholsFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 364g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629481388Author Nancy C LincolnFormat HardbackPage Count 195Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 546g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619420090Author Anthony G LeehyFormat HardbackPage Count 117Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 352g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620813744Author Albert B FosterFormat HardbackPage Count 154Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617288463Author James C TentasFormat HardbackPage Count 159Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 404g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606924082Author Daniel J McKinleyFormat HardbackPage Count 127Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 360g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614705079Author Michael E HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 484g

The first two volumes of this outstanding history of Canada's defence and foreign policy have drawn unanimous acclaim from scholars and critics alike. Richard Preston said of the first volume that is 'opens up a new chapter in Canadian historiography'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977101174Author Matt ScheffFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

As the costs of a preemptive foreign policy in Iraq have become clear, strategies such as containment and deterrence have been gaining currency among policy makers. This comprehensive book offers an agenda for the contemporary practice of deterrence -...

In the years since the 9/11 attacks - and the subsequent lethal anthrax letters - the United States has spent billions of dollars on measures to defend the population against the threat of biological weapons. But as Lynn C. Klotz and Edward J. Sylvester...

This book focuses on how advances in ICT have brought about a sea change in the way people work, live and share while also making them vulnerable. These advances exhibit a fundamentally reformed global context for development that has not just been...

Scholars have argued that the end of the Cold War and the War on Terror have radically changed the context of war and defense, diminished the role of nation-states in favor of multi-lateral defense activities, and placed a new focus on human security. In...

In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan and India: state outsourcing of violence to ordinary civilians, criminals, and ex-insurgents. Why would these countries gamble with their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666350289Author Mari SchuhFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 207mm * 209mm * 8mm

First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons. The complete range of hardware used in land, sea and air forces...

This study, extending well beyond military history, documents the ways in which five different countries - Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, China, and Japan - refashioned their armed forces along European lines during the three centuries after 1600...

Stephen M. Meyer steps back from the emotions and rhetoric surrounding the nuclear arms debates to provide a systematic examination of the underlying determinants of nuclear weapons proliferation. Looking at current theories of nuclear proliferation, he...

The Middle East Strategic Balance is prepared annually by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University, to provide an authoritative and indispensable guide to strategic developments and military capabilities in the Middle East. MESB...

Numerous states have passed gender integration legislation permanently admitting women into their military forces. As a result, states have dramatically increased women's numbers, and improved gender equality by removing a number of restrictions. Yet...

Many different social scientists have been challenged by the origins of wars, their immediate causes and the mechanisms leading to the breakdown of peaceful relations. Many have speculated whether conflicts were avoidable and whether alternative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833059659Author Chaitra M. HardisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint RANDPublisher RAND

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833040008Author Frank CammFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 153mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833037336Author Victoria A. GreenfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 163mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833036575Author Tim BondsFormat PaperbackPage Count 43Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 149gDimensions(mm) 266mm * 227mm * 6mm

The guiding principle of peacemaking and peacebuilding over the past quarter century has been "liberal peace": the promotion of democracy, capitalism, law, and respect for human rights. These components represent a historic effort to prevent a...

Against the backdrop of four decades of continuous conflict in Afghanistan, the Pashtun male protagonists of this book carry out their daily effort to internally negotiate, adjust (if at all), and respond to the very strict cultural norms and rules of...

Waging Gendered Wars examines, through the analytical lens of feminist international relations theory, how U.S. military women have impacted and been affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although women were barred from serving formally in ground...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784287023Author Sun TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Media representations and practices that have emerged out of contemporary wars have been well documented by a wide array of books and articles. These treatments, however, have been less attentive to how cultural constructions of military personnel and...

This fun book provides a simple explanation of military vehicles found in the air, on the water, and on land. Labeled photos and a photo glossary help make the text engaging and easy to read.About the AuthorBrienna Rossiter is a writer and editor who...