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This new study challenges the widely held view that many current US adversaries cannot be deterred, maintaining that deterrence is not a relic of the Cold War period and that it should shape US policies toward so-called 'rogue states' and terror groups...

Containing essays by leading Cold War scholars, such as Wilfried Loth, Geir Lundestad and Seppo Hentila, this volume offers a broad-ranging examination of the history of detente in the Cold War. The ten years from 1965 to 1975 marked a deep...

An examination of Britain's relations with China from the end of the World War II to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. This volume demonstrates how Britain's effort to recover something of its pre-war commercial pre-eminence in China were...

Like most years in the 50-year history of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2008 saw events that could have significant consequences for international relations and global balances of power. These included the election of Barack...

Psychiatry, like most professional fields in Russia, gained its legitimacy from its ability to serve the Tsar and later the Bolshevik party. The militarised nature of these governments meant that psychiatry would have to prove its worth to the military...

This book seeks to demonstrate how rules not only guide a variety of practices within international politics but also contribute to the chaos and tension on the part of agents in light of the structures they sustain. Four central themes- practice,...

Russia's resurgence as an assertive actor in the global diplomatic arena after a long period of introspection and preoccupation with domestic troubles, and the economic revival that underpins it, are among the most striking developments in international...

Although inter-state tensions have generally been easing after the Cold War, military power remains a dominant factor in Asian regional politics. As China, operating the world's largest army, grows stronger, there are ongoing debates over the...

A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political...

This is a new analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This is one of the most tense and potentially explosive relationships in world politics. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods...

This book addresses the critical importance of understanding innovation and decision-making between terrorist groups and unconventional weapons, and the difficulty in pinpointing what factors may drive violence escalation. It is useful for students of...

An incisive analysis of the use of the press for propaganda purposes during conflicts, using the first Gulf War and the intervention in Kosovo as case studies. As the contemporary analysis of propaganda during conflict has tended to focus considerably...

This new book explains the recent rift between America and some of her oldest European allies, especially with Germany and France. Particular attention is devoted to the several competing interpretations of the Euro-American rift, for example, that...

This volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era. Containing essays by US contributors...

It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in terms of their approach to war and security policy in general. This edited book...

This book examines NATO's engagement with gender issues through its military structures.Drawing on newly declassified NATO documents, this volume provides the first comprehensive account of NATO's long-established engagement with gender issues. These...

This book deals with the history and future of the concept of 'world peace through law' (WPTL), which advocates replacing the use of international force with the global rule of law. WPTL calls for replacing war with the global rule of law by arms...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199290048Author Dean A. WilkeningFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199224326Author Tim HuxleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 142g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198294092Author Waheguru Pal Singh SidhuFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199224272Author Bruno TertraisFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198516675Author Shahram ChubinFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198527992Author Hans-Christian HagmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789385936678Author Dhruv C. KatochFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Bloomsbury IndiaPublisher Bloomsbury IndiaWeight(grams) 384g

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781857531268Author David MussingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 112g

Japan's post-war armed forces are a paradox, both embarrassing remnants of the past and valuable repositories of experience. This book charts the development of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) from 1954 as both unorthodox military institutions and...

This is a powerful collection of stories of history's great battles and the men and women who fought in them, from the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans through the bloody twentieth century. From Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey in 48 BC to the...

The Greatest Stories Never Told: Snipers is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories about great snipers, including Chris Kyle, Joe LeBleu, Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen, Michael Lee Lanning, Blake Stillwell, Andrew Rule, Peter R. Senich,...

Military commanders from ancient time had set down rules and regulations to discipline their troops. From the Pharaohs on, commanders directed the strategy, tactics, and camp discipline of the often unruly hosts of soldiers under their command. They had...

The soldiers of the Red Army identified the Reichstag as the victor's prize to be taken in Berlin. This account of the battle lays the many myths created by Soviet propaganda after the event to rest and details what exactly happened as the Red Army and...

This book, first published in 1991, provides a major analysis of the prelude to the US's Cold War maritime strategy, showing how NATO's maritime forces were organised in the period. It examines how the United States Navy and allied navies, particularly...

This book examines military and civilian actors in international interventions and offers a new analytical framework to apply on such interventions. While it is frequently claimed that success in international interventions hinges largely on...

The relationship between intelligence organizations and the national security policymakers which they support has its ups and downs. Sometimes the relationship is a good one; communication flows and both sides benefit from the interaction, but sometimes...

This work reports on the Vietnam war as seen by the GI in the jungles. It discusses current attitudes, views from Saigon, Hanoi and Phnom Penh, and other locales in the countryside.Book InformationISBN 9781138895904Author Gail LapidusFormat PaperbackPage...

Drawing on records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, this work focuses on Britain's role in the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Vienna, and British policy towards the Soviet Union and its satellites. British reactions to detente between the...

This book offers a timely and critical reflection on how states have responded to the test of terrorism in the long shadow of 9/11. Terrorism has become the hallmark of international relations in the early twenty-first century. This book provides a...

Bringing together scholars from Europe and North America, this book examines the engagement of legislatures across the world in foreign and security policy. The articles are specifically chosen to cover the whole range of foreign affairs questions from...

This book examines the impact of American perceptions of the military balance between the United States and the Soviet Union during the key period of 1976-1985. That decade witnessed the decline of the US-Soviet detente and the resurgence of superpower...

This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.Book InformationISBN 9781138011106Author Dr Alice Moore-HarellFormat...

Military Strategy in the 21st Century explores military strategy and the new challenges facing Western democracies in the twenty- first century, including strategy in cyber operations and peacekeeping, challenges for civil-military relations, and the...