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From Bullets to Ballots: The Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties by John Ishiyama 9780367220563
RRP: £43.99£38.44In recent years, an increasing amount of research has argued that the successful transformation of rebel organization into parties is critical to stable post-conflict peace and democratization. However, the process of the transformation of rebel groups... -
Terrorism and Policy Relevance: Critical Perspectives by James Fitzgerald 9780367142209
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book explores the interrelationship between terrorism and policy relevance from a range of critical perspectives. In particular, it questions the politics of policy-relevance; that is, it interrogates how epistemological and practical pressures to... -
Civil-military Relations In Pakistan: From Zufikar Ali Bhutto To Benazir Bhutto by Saeed Shafqat 9780367012021
RRP: £135.00£117.68Taking an explicitly comparative theoretical approach, Saeed Shafqat presents a comprehensive exploration of civil-military relations in Pakistan. He begins by describing the history of military hegemony in this volatile South Asian country and then... -
War and Children: A Reference Handbook by Kendra E. Dupuy 9780313362088
£47.18A comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of how children and young people are affected by and respond to situations of armed conflict and postwar reconstruction. War and Children: A Reference Handbook looks at one of the most wrenching aspects of armed... -
War and Governance: International Security in a Changing World Order by Richard Weitz 9780313347351
£50.47An insightful and expert assessment examines how best to end-and avert-wars. How do we avoid war? To arrive at an answer, master analyst Richard Weitz explores the ways nations, international organizations, and individuals have sought to bring order to... -
Never Will We Forget: Oral Histories of World War II by Marilyn Mayer Culpepper 9780313344787
£47.58Never Will We Forget deals with the most enduring and moving side of World War II, the personal side. These are the stories of some 400 men and women, who, though they experienced the war in wildly different ways, were all profoundly affected by it... -
Zanzibar: The Hundred Days Revolution by Helen-Louise Hunter 9780313361951
£65.53In the late 1950s, Communists decided that Zanzibar offered them a particular favorable opportunity for expanding their influence.Book InformationISBN 9780313361951Author Helen-Louise HunterFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Praeger Publishers... -
Guns in the Desert: General Jean-Pierre Doguereau's Journal of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition by Rosemary Brindle 9780313325120
£83.24This lively, firsthand account of an army trapped in a hostile land, cut off from reinforcement and facing powerful enemies, is offered in English for the first time. As an active artillery officer, Jean-Pierre Doguereau was present at most of the major... -
Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Military History by Larry M. Wortzel 9780313293375
RRP: £60.00£20.40Tracking the evolution of the Red Army through the war against Japan and the Chinese civil war, Wortzel's book provides a comprehensive basic reference focusing on the major events, people, and issues that have produced the historical legacy of the... -
Sea Lanes and Pipelines: Energy Security in Asia by Bernard D. Cole 9780275996451
RRP: £66.00£57.43An unprecedented description of the critical energy situation throughout Asia, this book examines the energy resources, naval forces, and national strategies of the nations of that vast landmass, set against the priorities and resources of the United... -
Nation-Building and Stability Operations: A Reference Handbook by Cynthia A. Watson 9780275992187
£65.53Addressing the range of nation-building experiences and concerns in the United States and its allies, Watson opens with a discussion of Somalia, Haiti, and Southeastern European experiences during the 1990s. She then shifts to a discussion of the more... -
The First Air Campaign: August 1914 - November 1918 by Eric Lawson 9780306812132
£20.23Eric and Jane Lawson present a unique treatment of the air actions of World War I as a single grand campaign, with both sides striving for mastery using new technology and new tactics.About the AuthorEric Lawson has contributed several early aviation... -
Blood On The Sea: American Destroyers Lost In World War II by Robert Parkin 9780306810695
RRP: £19.99£18.91Seventy-one American destroyers went down during World War II, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of each,from launch to the ship's final hours. Through these stories we travel from the stormy North Atlantic to the calm... -
The Generals of Saratoga: John Burgoyne and Horatio Gate Max M. Mintz 9780300052619
RRP: £20.00£19.40This lively and colorful work offers a fresh account of the Saratoga campaign of 1777 through the lives of its opposing generals--John Burgoyne, the British commander, and Horatio Gates, the American (but British-born) commander. The book vividly... -
The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm by Jim A. Davis 9780275983147
£43.43A new threat is stalking nations, as terrorist organizations and rogue states alike appear intent on acquiring and using the poor man's nuclear weapon: biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. Attacks against Americans during the past... -
Mobile, 1865: Last Stand of the Confederacy by Sean O'Brien 9780275973346
£83.64The last major battle of the Civil War at Fort Blakely, Alabama, on April 9, 1865, was quickly overshadowed by the concurrent surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox, and is largely forgotten today. And yet the Federal campaign against Mobile,... -
Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944 by Samuel W. Mitcham 9780275968571
£47.76The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. Military historian Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. vividly recaptures the desperation of the Wehrmacht as the thin gray line in Normandy finally snapped, the... -
America at War: The Philippines, 1898-1913 by A. B. Feuer 9780275968212
£83.64Using previously unpublished diaries, letters, and photographs-plus the writings of war correspondent John T. McCutcheon-Feuer offers a vivid account of America's war in the Philippine Islands during the early part of the 20th century. This story... -
American Merchant Ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941 by David H. Grover 9780275943370
£83.24This work describes the activities of a handful of American companies and about eighty American captains who were trying to run ships on China's great river during the treacherous days between the two world wars. The considerable physical dangers of the... -
The Mexican War Otis A. Singletary 9780226760612
RRP: £23.00£22.13The Mexican War has long been overshadowed in the public imagination by that most popular of all American wars, the Civil War. And it has been swept under the carpet of national conscience as, at worst, a calculated land grab from a neighbor too weak to... -
The Strategic Implications of China's Energy Needs Philip Andrews-Speed 9780198516750
RRP: £24.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198516750Author Philip Andrews-SpeedFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 210g -
Soviet Air Force Theory, 1918-1945 by James Sterrett 9780415651868
RRP: £53.99£46.87This new book examines the development of Soviet thinking on the operational employment of their Air Force from 1918 to 1945, using Soviet theoretical writings and contemporary analyses of combat actions.About the AuthorJames Sterrett received his PhD... -
The Prospect of War: The British Defence Policy 1847-1942 by John Gooch 9781138178816
RRP: £135.00£117.28First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138178816Author John GoochFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g -
Right-wing Extremism in Western Europe by Klaus von Beyme 9781138165465
RRP: £135.00£117.28First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138165465Author Klaus von BeymeFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g -
International Law and the Use of Armed Force: The UN Charter and the Major Powers by Joel Westra 9780415495158
RRP: £43.99£38.44First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415495158Author Joel WestraFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 295g -
Post-war Counterinsurgency and the SAS, 1945-1952: A Special Type of Warfare Tim Jones 9780415449298
RRP: £43.99£38.44This work details the state of British counterinsurgency knowledge by 1945, and shows how wartime special forces and unconventional warfare affected many postwar counterinsurgencies. The vital role of the Special Air Service (SAS) is revealed here for... -
Mission Victory India: A Key to Quality Combat Leadership by Vinay B Dalvi 9789386618771
RRP: £34.95£33.98Over the last 70 years, ever since independence, the Indian Armed Forces have been repeatedly tested by multifarious threats and challenges from our adversaries across the border. The conflicts/wars of 1947/48, 1962, 1965, 1971 & 1999 have been acid... -
British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Chris Kempshall 9783319894645
RRP: £74.99£42.64This book provides a thorough examination of the relations between the men in the British, French and American armies on the Western Front of the First World War. The Allied victory in 1918 was built on the backs of British, French, and American soldiers... -
To Gettysburg And Beyond: The Parallel Lives Of Joshua Chamberlain And Edward Porter Alexander by Michael Golay 9781885119599
£22.77Readers of the bestselling novel, "The Killer Angels," or viewers of Ted Turner's movie "Gettysburg" and PBS's "The Civil War" have become familiar with Chamberlain and Alexander, two men who made their mark on history. This dual biography of the two... -
Caesar Against The Celts by Ramon Jimenez 9781885119209
£21.58A highly-acclaimed account of Julius Caesar's decade-long campaign against the Celts of Germany, Gaul and Britain.Book InformationISBN 9781885119209Author Ramon JimenezFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Da Capo Press IncPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER... -
The Norman Campaigns in the Balkans, 1081-1108 by Georgios Theotokis 9781843839217
RRP: £80.00£77.01First full-length analysis of Norman military organisation in the Balkans: events, strategy, and tactics. The Norman expansion in eleventh-century Europe was a movement of enormous historical importance, which saw men and women from the duchy of... -
Soldiers as Citizens: Popular Politics and the Nineteenth-Century British Military Nick Mansfield 9781789620863
RRP: £109.50£61.18Rank and file soldiers were not 'the scum of the earth' but included a cross section of working-class men, who retained their former civilian culture. While they often exhibited pride in regiment and nation, soldiers could also demonstrate a growing... -
A Warrior's Guide to Psychology and Performance: What You Should Know About Yourself and Others by Victoria Tepe 9781597975452
RRP: £19.99£15.43This timely, well-organised, and practical guide for the war fighter offers the collaborative contributions of dedicated military and civilian experts. Each chapter examines specific demands of military life and service, such as nutrition and its role in... -
The American Military: A Narrative History by Brad D. Lookingbill 9781444337358
RRP: £84.95£74.23The American Military: A Narrative History presents a comprehensive introduction to more than four centuries of American military history. * Presents a chronological account of American military history from clashes between militias and Native Americans... -
The American Military: A Narrative History by Brad D. Lookingbill 9781444337365
RRP: £45.95£40.51The American Military: A Narrative History presents a comprehensive introduction to more than four centuries of American military history. * Presents a chronological account of American military history from clashes between militias and Native Americans... -
Political and Military Sociology: Volume 43, Political Attitudes, Perceptions, and Culture: An Annual Review by Neovi M. Karakatsanis 9781412856997
RRP: £32.99£29.16This volume encompasses a wide range of empirical research on a variety of topics that are related by their focus on the importance of attitudes, culture, and perceptions. The significance of public attitudes, the impact of cultural norms, and the... -
Organizational Cultures and the Management of Nuclear Technology: Political and Military Sociology by Karthika Sasikumar 9781412849456
RRP: £47.99£41.81Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945. Eight countries have officially acknowledged the possession of nuclear weapons. Many countries have harnessed the atom for electricity generation and other civilian... -
American Military History: A Documentary Reader by Brad D. Lookingbill 9781405190527
RRP: £86.95£77.62American Military History: A Documentary Reader presents a comprehensive collection of primary documents relating to America's armed forces from the colonial period to the present. * Features documents which introduce key people, events, and turning... -
The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century by Christopher Coker 9781405120425
RRP: £87.25£75.78In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. This book argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life. It draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the... -
The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century by Christopher Coker 9781405120432
RRP: £26.95£23.43In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. This book argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life. It draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the...