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The End of the Cold War David Armstrong 9781138881921
RRP: £47.99£41.81Giving an overview of the origins and history of the Cold War, this work considers whether the Cold War is truly over, and what the effects have been on Europe, and the former Soviet Union, as well as US foreign policy.Book InformationISBN... -
The Future of Biological Disarmament: Strengthening the Treaty Ban on Weapons by Nicholas A. Sims
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book examines the politics of biological disarmament, focusing on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) as a treaty regime and the cornerstone of biological disarmament efforts. Biological weapons have long been banned, but the ban needs... -
Security Strategies and American World Order: Lost Power by Birthe Hansen
RRP: £31.99£28.33This book analyses security strategies in the American world order, systematically comparing Russian, Middle Eastern and European policies. The main finding is that the loss of relative power has decisive importance for the security strategies of... -
Citizens, Soldiers and National Armies: Military Service in France and Germany, 1789-1830 Thomas Hippler 9781138873469
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book examines the creation of 'national armies' through compulsory military service in France and Prussia during the French Revolution and the Prussian Reform Period. The French Revolution tried to establish military and political structures in... -
Violence in Post-Conflict Societies: Remarginalization, Remobilizers and Relationships by Anders Themner
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do not. Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source... -
Decentring Security: Policing Communities at Home and Abroad by Mark Bevir
RRP: £135.00£117.28Contemporary security governance often relies on markets and networks to link public agencies to non-governmental actors. This book explores the rise, nature, and future of these new forms of security governance across various domestic, transnational,... -
Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability: Relationships of Influence with Civil Society Vian Bakir (Bangor University, UK) 9781138309388
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book provides a definitive overview of the relationships of influence between civil society and intelligence elites.The secrecy surrounding intelligence means that publication of intelligence is highly restricted, barring occasional whistle-blowing... -
Monumental Conflicts: Twentieth-Century Wars and the Evolution of Public Memory Derek R. Mallett 9781138282285
RRP: £36.99£32.53Monumental Conflicts examines 20th century wars from the First World War to the First Gulf War, each chapter analyzing how public memory has evolved over time. The chapters raise fascinating questions about war and memory: Why are wars remembered as... -
Victims of Terrorism: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Study by Orla Lynch
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book examines the politicisation of victims of terrorism and the reality of the victimisation experience within the broader field of terrorism and the resulting conflict.Victims of terrorism are a unique group of individuals whose experience is... -
Military Robots: Mapping the Moral Landscape by Jai Galliott
RRP: £51.99£45.19Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it. The death and destruction that unmanned warfare entails magnifies the moral and ethical challenges we face in conventional warfare and... -
Heritage after Conflict: Northern Ireland by Elizabeth Crooke
RRP: £135.00£117.28The year 2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Belfast Agreement that initiated an uneasy peace in Northern Ireland after the forty years of the Troubles. The last twenty years, however, has still not been sufficient time to... -
Democracies and Small Wars by Efraim Inbar
RRP: £58.99£51.08By their nature, democracies clearly have greater constraints than autocratic regimes on their freedom of action as they have to meet constitutional, legal and moral criteria in their use of force. This collection analyses a number of case studies... -
Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?: Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict by Brian Rappert
RRP: £47.99£41.81As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing... -
Asymmetries of Conflict: War Without Death by John Leech
RRP: £47.99£41.81Decisions about defence and security are becoming increasingly open to public influence. This book therefore aims to give both the voter and the decision maker a new vision of how to manage crises and avert hostilities with non-traditional means.Book... -
France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962: Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy Martin S. Alexander 9780714682648
RRP: £61.99£53.61The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that... -
Armed Forces in the Middle East: Politics and Strategy by Thomas A. Keaney
RRP: £43.99£38.44An examination of the Middle East's leading armed forces and their role in both military and political affairs. The book considers their missions, doctrine, training, equipment and effectiveness as fighting forces.Book InformationISBN 9780714682457Author... -
Women and International Peacekeeping by Louise Olsson
RRP: £41.99£36.75This volume deals with women's participation in international peacekeeping operations and what those operations might consider to be the role and circumstances of women, including those of the host society. Essays include: a theoretical perspective on... -
International Intervention: Sovereignty versus Responsibility by Michael Keren
RRP: £47.99£41.81National sovereignty, defined as a nation's right to exercise its own law and practise over its territory, is a cherished norm in the modern era, and yet it raises great legal, political and ethical dilemmas. This study looks at the problems created by... -
Intelligence for Peace: The Role of Intelligence in Times of Peace by Hesi Carmel
RRP: £47.99£41.81This collection of articles is by experts in the field who are convinced that intelligence has an important role to play, not only in times of war and confrontation, but also in times of conciliation and political processes.Book InformationISBN... -
Secret Flotillas: Vol. I: Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany, 1940-1944 by Brooks Richards
RRP: £135.00£117.28With the fall of France, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These 'secret flotillas' landed and picked up agents in and from... -
Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918 by Brock Millman
RRP: £100.00£87.01This analysis of Britains war policy during the last years of the Great War argues that it was strongly affected by a mood of pessimism. The policy was revised after the defeats suffered by the allies in 1917, so much so that Britain almost "tumbled... -
Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates by Arthur P. J. Mol
RRP: £37.99£33.78The idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the... -
Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared Douglas A. Borer 9780714644097
RRP: £47.99£41.81During the Cold War, military conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan validated the importanct of war in global power dynamics. But military intervention proved not to be politically sustainable for the USA and the USSR. This study investigates the... -
The Nili Spies Anita Engle 9780714642932
RRP: £53.99£47.27An extraordinary tale, much-neglected by historians, of courage, bravery and eventual tragedy which took place during the First World War in the Middle East. It is the story of a small group of people, of whom Sarah and Aaron Aaronsohn were the core, who... -
Millennialism and Violence by Michael Barkun
RRP: £54.99£47.72As the world approaches the year 2000, many societies are experiencing an unprecedented growth in millenarian movements that anticipate an imminent and total transformation of the world. Many of these movements have been associated with violence, either... -
Winter Warfare: Red Army Orders and Experiences by Richard N. Armstrong
RRP: £43.99£38.44Based on German and Soviet military archival material, this book provides an insight into the tactics and planning for combat in a winter climate. It also studies the mechanisms for change in an army during the course of battle. The first part of the... -
Terror from the Extreme Right Tore Bjorgo 9780714641966
RRP: £32.99£29.16This first volume in a new series comprises nine contributions originally presented at a workshop supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin in August, 1994. Topics range from right-wing violence in North America to the development,... -
The Legal Framework of the European Union by Sukhwinder Bajwa
RRP: £22.99£20.16The law of the European Union continues to increase in complexity, importance and momentum, and is having an increasing effect on the lives of every person living in Britain. This book provides a focus on EC Law.Book InformationISBN 9780714642918Author... -
Churchill and Hitler: Essays on the Political-Military Direction of Total War by Col. David Jablonsky
RRP: £53.99£46.87This collection of essays examines the development of Churchill and Hitler as strategic leaders and analyses in particular the impact of their formative years on their leadership styles, operational codes', views on civilmilitary relations, and... -
The Arab Movements in World War I Eliezer Tauber 9780714640839
RRP: £47.99£42.21This study surveys the many revolutionary attempts carried out against the Ottoman Empire in the Fertile Cresecnt and the Arabian Peninsula during World War I. Special emphasis is laid upon the subversive activities of the Arab secret societies which... -
Leaders and Intelligence Michael I. Handel 9780714640594
RRP: £54.99£47.72From a systematic point of view, all intelligence work can be studied on three levels: Acquisition, analysis, and acceptance. The author focuses on the third of these levels, studying the attitudes and behavioural patterns developed by leaders during... -
Dieppe Revisited: A Documentary Investigation John P. Campbell 9780714634968
RRP: £120.00£103.61This book reappraises the ill-fated raid named operation Jubilee, focusing on aspects such as naval and air operations in the Channel, signals, radar intelligence, agents and deception. It draws from official archives, both German and Allied. From these... -
Right-wing Extremism in Western Europe by Klaus von Beyme
RRP: £68.99£59.52First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780714633459Author Klaus von BeymeFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 295g -
Hero or Coward: Pressures Facing the Soldier in Battle by Elmar Dinter
RRP: £100.00£86.61Elmar Dinter addresses the question of why some men fight well in war and others do not. He examines the factors and draws conclusions involving recommendations for new methods of personnel selection and new tactics, training and military education.Book... -
Media Diplomacy: The Foreign Office in the Mass Communications Age by Yoel Cohen
RRP: £110.00£95.51First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780714632698Author Yoel CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 295g -
The Future of NATO by Ted Galen Carpenter
RRP: £32.99£29.16The end of the Cold War has raised questions about the future of NATO. Now that the threat from the Warsaw Pact has disappeared, there seems little need for a Western military alliance of such magnitude. The contributions here offer various views on... -
Working in a World of Hurt: Trauma and Resilience in the Narratives of Medical Personnel in Warzones by Carol Acton
RRP: £85.00£60.17Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. The... -
The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia Barnes Carr 9781398112353
RRP: £12.99£8.48It remains one of the most audacious spy plots in history - a bold and extremely dangerous operation to invade Russia, defeat the Red Army, and mount a coup in Moscow against Soviet dictator Vladimir Ilich Lenin. After that, leaders in Washington, Paris,... -
Prisoners of America's Wars: From the Early Republic to Guantanamo by Stephanie Carvin
RRP: £45.00£39.82Prisoners of war have featured in virtually every conflict that the US has engaged in since its revolutionary beginnings. Today visitors to Washington will frequently see a black POW flag flying high on government buildings or war memorials in silent... -
Journal of Medieval Military History - Volume IX: Soldiers, Weapons and Armies in the Fifteenth Century by Prof. Anne Curry
RRP: £80.00£76.61Special edition of a volume which has become the leading forum for debate on aspects of medieval warfare, looking at warfare in the fifteenth century. The articles in this volume focus on the fifteenth century. Several draw on the substantial archives...