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Building Regional Security in the Middle East: Domestic, Regional and International Influences by Emily B. Landau
RRP: £54.99£47.72Discussions on regional security were initiated in the Middle East in 1992, as part of the Middle East peace process. The collapse of the Oslo process and other regional developments in the latter half of the 1990s have diminished hopes that the initial... -
War, Citizenship, Territory Deborah Cowen 9780415955133
RRP: £32.99£29.16For all too obvious reasons, war, empire, and military conflict have become extremely hot topics in the academy. Given the changing nature of war, one of the more promising areas of scholarly investigation has been the development of new theories of war... -
Captain of the Guild: Master Peter Falkner's Art of Knightly Defense by Christian Henry Tobler
RRP: £75.00£68.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982591161Author Christian Henry ToblerFormat HardbackPage Count 351Imprint FreeLance Academy PressPublisher FreeLance Academy Press -
Poland, SOE and the Allies Jozef Garlinski 9781032039787
£106.61This book, first published in 1969, discusses objectively the tragic wartime position of Poland, having both the Nazis and Soviets as enemies - the war opened with the country being invaded by both. The book examines the work of the Polish underground... -
Special Trust and Confidence: The Making of an Officer Cathy Downes 9781138996403
RRP: £43.99£38.44This is an examination and an analysis of the systems of recruitment, selection, education and training for junior officers in the British Armed Forces. It is a study based around four core institutions: The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, The... -
More Instructions from the Centre: Top Secret Files on KGB Global Operations 1975-1985 by Christopher M. Andrew
RRP: £45.99£40.13During the decade that preceded Mr Gorbachev's era of glasnost and perestroika, the KGB headquarters in Moscow was putting out a constant stream of instructions to its Residencies abroad. Unknown to the KGB, however, many of these highly classified... -
Israel's Wars of Attrition: Attrition Challenges to Democratic States by Avi Kober
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book analyzes the way Israel has coped with nine wars of attrition from the 1950s to the recent Second Lebanon War (2006), questioning the belief that Western democracy cannot sustain prolonged wars of attrition. Challenging Israel with attrition... -
German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: Volume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941 Eric Grove 9781138873636
RRP: £47.99£41.81This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for... -
Evolution of the Cyber Domain: The Implications for National and Global Security Eneken Tikk-Ringas 9781138654501
RRP: £130.00£112.51Cyber security has become a focal point for conflicting domestic and international interests, and increasingly for the projection of state power. The military utility of the cyber domain is linked to the economic and social potential of information and... -
From Bullets to Ballots: The Transformation of Rebel Groups into Political Parties by John Ishiyama
RRP: £135.00£117.28In 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... -
The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period: An Operational Perspective Joseph Moretz 9781138011137
RRP: £53.99£46.87Joseph Moretz's innovative work focuses on what battleships actually did in the inter-war years and what its designed war role in fact was. In doing so, the book tells us much about British naval policy and planning of the time. Drawing heavily on... -
The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism: A Supply-Side Approach by William C. Potter
RRP: £43.99£38.44The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium... -
Reconceptualising Arms Control: Controlling the Means of Violence by Neil Cooper
RRP: £53.99£46.87The theory and practice of arms control seemed to have its heyday during the height of the Cold War, with its focus on the East-West conflict and nuclear arms. In the past twenty years, both arms technologies and various practices aimed at their control... -
Defending Democracy and Securing Diversity by Christian Leuprecht
RRP: £43.99£38.44Old sergeants say, "we're here to defend democracy, not to practice it!" But are they right? The special mandate with which defence and security organizations are tasked imposes unique constraints with respect to the accommodation of diversity... -
Critical Terrorism Studies since 11 September 2001: What Has Been Learned? by David Miller
RRP: £86.99£75.54Academic studies of 'terrorism' grew exponentially in number after the September 11 attacks. The problem was that much of this work of 'orthodox' terrorism studies was biased, often shoddily researched and was too closely identified with the power... -
Civil-Military Cooperation in Post-Conflict Operations: Emerging Theory and Practice by Christopher Ankersen
RRP: £53.99£46.87Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) is the relationship between militaries and humanitarians. Largely conducted in post-conflict environments, CIMIC has become a key characteristic of military operations in the twenty-first century. However, the field is... -
Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia by Christian Enemark
RRP: £29.99£26.64Focusing on East Asia, this book sets out a framework for analyzing infectious disease threats in security terms. It covers the security significance of naturally occurring disease outbreak events such as SARS and avian influenza, the development and use... -
Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times by Scott Gates
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines the origins, courses and consequences of conventional wars in post-colonial South Asia. Although South Asia has experienced large-scale conventional warfare on several occasions since the end of World War II, there is an almost... -
NATO and the Crisis in the International Order: The Atlantic Alliance and Its Enemies by Magnus Petersson
RRP: £54.99£47.72The main objectives of this book are to analyse the risks and dangers NATO faces in the current strategic environment and to discuss how the alliance can readjust to those challenges. How can NATO adapt to the dangerous combination of a revisionist... -
Soldiers: A Global History of the Fighting Man, 1800-1945 by John A. Haymond
RRP: £30.00£23.25No matter the war, no matter the army, no matter the nationality, common threads run through the experiences of men at war. Soldiers highlights these shared experiences across 150 years of warfare, from the Napoleonic Wars through World War II and... -
A Scientific Way of War: Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought by Ian Clarence Hope
RRP: £45.00£39.58While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy graduates serving throughout the country Enlightenment thinking persisted, asserting that war was governable by... -
Cultural Construction of Empire: The U.S. Army in Arizona and New Mexico by Janne Lahti
RRP: £45.00£39.58From 1866 through 1886, the U.S. Army occupied southern Arizona and New Mexico in an attempt to claim it for settlement by Americans. Through a postcolonial lens, Janne Lahti examines the army, its officers, their wives, and the enlisted men as agents of... -
Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools 1912-1945 by Don Marsh
RRP: £72.99£49.52The book details the history of Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945, covering not only the formation of the schools, but also evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots, other aircrew, and ground crew maintenance... -
Custer's Best: The Story of Company M, 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn by French L. MacLean
RRP: £63.99£44.80This is the story of George Custer's best cavalry company at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn - Company M. With a tragically-flawed, but extremely brave Company Commander and a no-nonsense First Sergeant, Company M maintained a disciplined... -
Along the Tigris: The 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, February 2003 to March 2004 Thomas L. Day 9780764326202
RRP: £31.99£21.00"Along the Tigris" tells the story of 16,000 soldiers in combat, from the training grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Airborne Division anchored for eight months after... -
Can You Play Cricket on Mars?: And Other Scientific Questions Answered by CBE, DSc, FRAS, Sir Patrick Moore
RRP: £12.99£9.62Can You Play Cricket on Mars? answers questions like: is there a dark side to the Moon? What happens when a comet hits the Sun? Do the Martian canals have any water in them? Is the Moon hot inside? What would happen if the Sun were to collide with a... -
Power and Stability: British Foreign Policy, 1865-1965 by Erik Goldstein
RRP: £47.99£41.81The pursuit of stability drove British foreign policy even before 1865. These papers assess the implications of such a policy during the following 100 years when Britain slid from being the only global power to a regional European state.Book... -
Our Man in Yugoslavia: The Story of a Secret Service Operative by Sebastian Ritchie
RRP: £47.99£41.81As a fully documented study of a Second World War Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) operative, Our Man in Yugoslavia is absolutely unique. Its subject is Owen Reed, an army officer recruited into SIS in the summer of 1943 and then parachuted in to... -
Ireland and International Peacekeeping Operations 1960-2000 by Katsumi Ishizuka
RRP: £45.99£40.13The Republic of Ireland has won its status as a leading contributor to international peacekeeping operations, which has been its key 'foreign policy' since the 1960s. But why is Ireland so keen to be involved? This new book asks and answers this and... -
Strategic Logic and Political Rationality: Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel by Bradford A. Lee
RRP: £58.99£51.08One of three volumes in honour of the teaching and scholarship of the late Michael I. Handel, this book details the universal logic of strategy and the ability of liberal-democratic governments to address this logic rationally. Treating war as an... -
Russia Between East and West: Russian Foreign Policy on the Threshhold of the Twenty-First Century by Gabriel Gorodetsky
RRP: £54.99£47.72Gabriel Gorodetsky unravels President Putin's efforts to re-establish Russia's position as a major power, attempting to reconcile Russia's traditional national interests with the newly emerging social and political entity taking shape at home.Book... -
Latin American Peasants by Tom Brass
RRP: £47.99£42.21The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America. Among the issues covered are the impact of globalization and... -
The Future of Non-lethal Weapons: Technologies, Operations, Ethics and Law by Nick Lewer
RRP: £31.99£28.33These essays explore the increase in interest in non-lethal weapons. Such devices have meant that many armed forces and law enforcement agencies are able to act against undesirables without being accused of acting in an inhumane way. Topics for... -
Ethnic Groups in Motion: Economic Competition and Migration in Multi-Ethnic States by Milica Zarkovic Bookman
RRP: £28.99£25.09This title focuses on one aspect of migration, namely its ethnic competition. Rather than observe population movements in general, the study is limited to the movements of specific ethnic groups. It explores the role played by ethnicity in determining... -
Negotiation in International Conflict: Understanding Persuasion by Deborah Goodwin
RRP: £31.99£28.33This work explores the application and structure of negotiation within existing international conflicts, and assesses the effectiveness, or otherwise, of such forms of dispute resolution. It examines the role of negotiation and the skills required by any... -
Inside Terrorist Organizations David C. Rapoport 9780714681795
RRP: £43.99£38.44These original essays describe the internal life of terrorist organizations in fascinating detail. They show how no description of terrorist behaviour is adequate without a grasp of the deep tensions that often characterize such groups, and an... -
Human Resource Management in the British Armed Forces: Investing in the Future Alex Alexandreou 9780714681566
RRP: £47.99£41.81This study of the future of human resource management in the British armed forces considers the impace of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Macpherson report. It covers ethnic minorities and gay rights as well as other challenging human resource issues... -
Food Aid and Human Security by Edward Clay
RRP: £54.99£47.72Food aid is historically a major element of development aid to support longer-term development, and the primary response to help countries and peoples in crisis. This examination of food aid focuses in particular on institutional questions.Book... -
Power and the Purse: Economic Statecraft, Interdependence and National Security Jean-Marc F. Blanchard 9780714681160
RRP: £61.99£53.61The essays here address the relationship between economic interdependence and international conflict, the political economy of economic sanctions, and the role of economic incentives in international statecraft.About the AuthorJean-Marc F. Blanchard,... -
The Politics of Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era by David S. Sorenson
£53.75Most literature on peacekeeping narrowly focuses on particular peacekeeping operations, and the political bargaining between peacekeeping participants. However, there is very little published research on why nations actually commit forces to peacekeeping...