Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments. Democ...

The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, s...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army i...

An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous...

A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has bee...

The second millennium of mankind has been characterised by almost incessant warfare somewhere on the face of the globe. The Art of War in Twenty Ba...

A concise introduction to Ancient Egyptian warfare from the Neolithic period through to the Iron Age, covering everything from battle tactics to we...

A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been inte...

Through colourful illustrations and accounts of actual sieges in every chapter, you'll discover how armies from medieval times up to the English Ci...

The Rhetorical Invention of Americas National Security State examines the rhetoric and discourse produced by and constitutive of Americas national ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the third largest cabinet-level department in the federal government, employing more than 200,00 staff...

A robust yet accessible history of US involvement in the world's most dangerous waterway, and a guide for what to do about it. Lamentations that t...

U.S. Ports are part of an economic engine handling more than $700 billion in merchandise annually, and a disruption to port operations could have a...

Timothy W. Crawford's The Power to Divide examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from ...

This book explores the question of how the United States should respond to China''s military modernization effort, including its naval modernisatio...