Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

After the unprecedented death and devastation of the First World War, few people imagined that such a conflict could ever happen again. Though the ...

This book will provide an entirely fresh way of looking at the Battle of the Somme 1916. It will not be a rehashed narrative history of the battle....

Known affectionately as ''Dad''s Army'', the Home Guard was Britain''s very serious attempt to protect our shores from invasion by Nazi Germany in ...

What is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-...

Originally published in 1999, Americas Space Sentinels won the American Astronautical Societys prestigious Eugene Emme Astronautical Literature Awa...

In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Is...

This book provides an overview of instances in which the United States has used its armed forces abroad in situations of military conflict or poten...

It is extraordinary how reluctant the British soldier is to show cunning. We try to play the game of war as if it had rules for fair play like cric...

In the summer of 793 AD Viking raiders attacked and looted the monastic island of Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland. This assault was on...

Our competitive edge has eroded in every domain of warfare air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace,General Mattis said. And it is continually erodin...

Historians of American environmentalism have long given religion either a negligible role or a negative one in the development of the field. Accord...

Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have brought the teachings of the famed samurai school Natori-Ry? back to life through The Book of Samurai series...

Beginning in 1943, US Army leaders such as John M. Palmer, Walter L. Weible, George C. Marshall, and John J. McCloy mounted a sustained and vigorou...