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The RAF and Aircraft Design: Air Staff Operational Requirements 1923-1939 Colin S Sinnott 9780415761307
RRP: £49.99£43.50This work examines the evolution of the RAF's operational requirements for its home defence air force - for bombers to mount a deterrent counter offensive and for fighters to provide direct defence of Britain. It discusses the management processes,... -
Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism: Terrorism's Fifth Wave Jeffrey Kaplan (Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, USA) 9780415532709
RRP: £49.99£43.50The central focus of this book is a small but vitally important group of movements that constitute a distinct 'fifth wave' of modern terrorism, here called the "New Tribalism". Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism examines a collection of terrorist or... -
Pathways from Ethnic Conflict: Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies by John Coakley
RRP: £28.99£25.09The book begins with an agenda-setting introduction which will provide an overview of the central question being addressed, such as the circumstances associated with the move towards a political settlement, the parameters of this settlement and the... -
Female Terrorism and Militancy: Agency, Utility, and Organization Cindy D. Ness (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA) 9780415484275
RRP: £43.99£38.44This edited volume provides a window on the many forces that structure and shape why women and girls participate in terrorism and militancy, as well as on how states have come to view, treat, and strategize against them. Females who carry out terrorist... -
Selective Security: War and the United Nations Security Council since 1945 Adam Roberts 9780415474726
RRP: £26.99£23.46In contrast to the common perception that the United Nations is, or should become, a system of collective security, this paper advances the proposition that the UN Security Council embodies a necessarily selective approach. Analysis of its record since... -
Strategy and History: Essays on Theory and Practice Colin S. Gray (University of Reading, UK) 9780415386357
RRP: £43.99£38.44Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years. These essays have been selected both because they had significant messages for contemporary controversies, and because they... -
NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Regional Alliance, Global Threats by Eric Terzuolo
RRP: £135.00£117.28NATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the "new threats" of the post-Cold War era? This new study assesses the organization's political and military... -
UN Peace Operations and Asian Security by Mely Cabellero-Anthony
RRP: £135.00£117.28This is an unparallelled analysis of the state of the United Nations peace operations and their impact on Asian security.This new volume examines new strategies being adopted by the UN; including doctrinal shifts in peace operation, and assesses the... -
The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia Timothy Donais (York University, Toronto, Canada) 9780415357319
RRP: £135.00£117.28A fresh examination of the political economy of the peacebuilding process in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the aftermath of the country's 1992-95 war. Little progress has been made in transforming the country's war-shattered economy into a functioning market... -
Sanctions as Grand Strategy Brendan Taylor 9780415595292
RRP: £16.99£15.22Economic sanctions are becoming increasingly central to shaping strategic outcomes in the twenty-first century. They afford great powers a means by which to seek to influence the behaviour of states, to demonstrate international leadership and to express... -
Stalin's Ocean-going Fleet: Soviet Naval Strategy and Shipbuilding Programs, 1935-53 by Mikhail Monakov
RRP: £53.99£47.27A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian.Book InformationISBN 9780415761253Author Mikhail MonakovFormat PaperbackPage... -
Punishment, Justice and International Relations: Ethics and Order after the Cold War by Anthony F. Lang
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines the international political order in the post-Cold War era, arguing that this order has become progressively more punitive. This is seen as resulting from both a human-rights regime that emphasizes legal norms and the aggressive... -
European Approaches to United Nations Peacekeeping: Towards a stronger Re-engagement? by Joachim Alexander Koops
RRP: £41.99£36.75This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of European approaches to United Nations peacekeeping by assessing past practice, present obstacles and future potentials related to nine core European countries' contributions to blue helmet... -
Beyond Liberal Peacebuilding: A Critical Exploration of the Local Turn by Elisa Randazzo
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the logic behind the shifts and paradigm changes within the scholarship on peacebuilding. In particular, the book is concerned with examining if, and how, these shifts have significantly altered how we think about peacebuilding... -
The Ukraine Conflict: Security, Identity and Politics in the Wider Europe by Derek Averre
RRP: £41.99£36.75It is not hyperbole to suggest that the foundations of post-cold war security in Europe have been badly damaged by the conflict in Ukraine since 2014. Russia's annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine appear to have created a 'simmering'... -
Warfare in Woods and Forests by Anthony Clayton
RRP: £24.99£21.67Fighting in woods and forests is a very special form of war. Avoided by military commanders unless such terrain is to their advantage, for soldiers forest battles are a chaotic mix of dread, determination, and, all too often, death. Adversaries remain in... -
Multinational Military Forces: Problems and Prospects by Roger H. Palin
RRP: £24.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198280255Author Roger H. PalinFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g -
Changing Direction: British Military Planning for Post-war Strategic Defence, 1942-47 Julian Lewis 9780415491716
RRP: £43.99£38.84This volume records the transition from planning against any post-war resurgence of German and Japanese militarism to preparations against a possible threat from the Soviet Union. It charts Foreign Office resistance to consideration of even the... -
India Redefines its Role by Shekhar Gupta
RRP: £24.99£21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198280217Author Shekhar GuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Thomson WestWeight(grams) 499g -
Buttons Parade: Military & Civilian Uniform Buttons in Malta - 18th to 21st Century by George Cassar
RRP: £75.00£51.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995750770Author George CassarFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group Ltd -
Coccarde Tricolori 2020 Riccardo Niccoli 9788895011196
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788895011196Author Riccardo NiccoliFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint RN PublishingPublisher RN Publishing -
'Can These Bones Come to Life?', Vol 1: Historical European Martial Arts by Ken Mondschein
RRP: £22.50£21.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937439132Author Ken MondscheinFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint FreeLance Academy PressPublisher FreeLance Academy Press -
Disarming Diplomat: The Memoirs of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith, Arms Control Negotiator by Gerard C. Smith
RRP: £25.00£18.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568330624Author Gerard C. SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 562g -
Cross-Training for First Responders by Gregory Bennett
RRP: £135.00£117.68The tragedy that occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001 brought enhanced emergency preparedness among first responders to the forefront of public awareness. Since those events - and despite significant progress made in many of the areas... -
Political and Military Sociology: Volume 41, The Social Implications of National Defense: An Annual Review Bruce D. McDonald III 9781412852647
RRP: £47.99£41.81Political and Military Sociology, Volume 41 explores the social elements and impact of national defense. The origin of government is a response to a society's common interest in security and defense. In recent years, security and defense issues, and... -
Men at War: Politics, Technology, and Innovation in the Twentieth Century by Christon Archer
RRP: £42.99£37.59The growing number of books on military history and the lively interest in military history courses at colleges and universities show that the study of war is enjoying considerable popularity. The reasons for this are arguable, but of immediate interest... -
EU Global Strategy and Human Security: Rethinking Approaches to Conflict by Mary Kaldor
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume examines the EU's Global Strategy in relation to human security approaches to conflict. Contemporary conflicts are best understood as a social condition in which armed groups mobilise sectarian and fundamentalist sentiments and construct a... -
The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods by Alison J. Williams
RRP: £43.99£38.84This new handbook is about the practices of conducting research on military issues. As an edited collection, it brings together an extensive group of authors from a range of disciplinary perspectives whose chapters engage with the conceptual, practical... -
The 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty: A New Path to Nuclear Disarmament by Joseph A. Camilleri
RRP: £39.99£35.06Rising concern over the increasing threat of nuclear war impelled the 2017 United Nations (UN) negotiations and adoption by 122 UN member states of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty seeks to ban nuclear weapons globally in the... -
Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: A Global History Kaushik Roy 9781032005003
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book provides a historical study of the theory and praxis of modern insurgencies and counterinsurgencies (COIN).Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: A Global History shows that the insurgents can wage a variety of conflicts: at times... -
The Crisis in Western Security by Lawrence S. Hagen
RRP: £31.99£28.33This book, first published in 1982, examines the crisis of detente in Europe and between the superpowers, the crisis in arms control, and the heightening of tensions within NATO, and analyses the central precepts of Western policy and thought in these... -
Everyday Forms of Peasant Res Cb: Everyday Forms Res Asia by James C. Scott
RRP: £43.99£38.44First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138993648Author James C. ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 290g -
Russia's Military Way to the West: Origins and Nature of Russian Military Power 1700-1800 by Christopher Duffy
£112.01This book provides an historical perspective on the growth of Russian military power, studying the emergence of the Russian regular army from 1700 until the end of the eighteenth century. In the process he evaluates the relative importance of Western and... -
Turkey's New Foreign Policy: Davutoglu, the AKP and the Pursuit of Regional Order Aaron Stein 9781138907232
RRP: £37.99£33.38Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), after coming to power in 2002, sought to play a larger diplomatic role in the Middle East. The AKP adopted a proactive foreign policy to create 'strategic depth' by expanding Turkey's zone of influence in the... -
The Royal Navy and Nuclear Weapons Richard Moore 9781138881952
RRP: £47.99£41.81This work examines British thinking about nuclear weapons in the period up to about 1970, looking at the subject through the eyes of the Royal Navy, in the belief that this can offer new insights in this field. The author argues that the Navy was always... -
US Nuclear Weapons Policy After the Cold War: Russians, 'Rogues' and Domestic Division by Nick Ritchie
RRP: £31.99£28.33This book offers an in-depth examination of America's nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons production complex, the volume identifies competing sets... -
Clausewitz and Escalation: Classical Perspective on Nuclear Strategy by Stephen J. Cimbala
RRP: £49.99£43.50First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138873575Author Stephen J. CimbalaFormat PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 318g -
British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War, 1854-1856 Stephen M. Harris 9781138873599
RRP: £47.99£41.81This is a study of the British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War. It details the beginnings of the intelligence operations as a result of the British Commander, Lord Raglan's, need for information on the enemy, and traces the... -
Maritime Issues in the South China Sea: Troubled Waters or A Sea of Opportunity by Nien-Tsu Alfred Hu
RRP: £32.99£29.16South China Sea (SCS) issues are complex and dynamic, ranging from historic claims to present day military occupation, from military security to regional stability, from rhetorical appeasements to national interests, from intraregional competition to... -
Freedom and Terror: Reason and Unreason in Politics by Gabriel Weimann
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism. Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by...