Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of ...

This absorbing illustrated study reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 191418. Covering th...

Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and ac...

Preparation for warfare materially reshapes rural landscapes and environments; this is a comparative history and geography of militarized landscape...

The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one of the turning points of the Second World War. It slowed down the German advance into Russia and b...

The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater openness and (democratic) accounta...

Secret Tactics offers ancient wisdom for contemporary readerswith new interpretations of Japanese martial arts classics In the tradition of Musashi...

Wars never run according to plan, perhaps never more so than during the Italian campaign, 1943-45, where necessary coordination between the differe...

The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, ...

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE From Octavian's victory at Actiu...

More than ever, international security and economic prosperity depend upon safe access to the shared domains that make up the global commons: marit...

How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And...

Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict-including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastr...

Does state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international ...

This book explores civilmilitary relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the...

Between 2021 and 2031, the UK government is set to spend over £230 billion on its military. Who decides how to use these funds, and how can we be s...

Translated into English for the first time, this is a fascinating history of intelligence practices and their impact on great power rivalries in th...

As the bombs fell on Guernica, the Blitz terrorized Britons, and atrocities were reported from Nanking-even before Pearl Harbor--Americans watched ...

This book explores civilmilitary relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the...

Global politics in the twenty-first century is complicated by dense economic interdependence, rapid technological innovation, and fierce security c...

In a little-known episode of the Vietnam War, the CIA hired Norwegian skippers to command fast patrol boats to land South Vietnamese commandos and ...