Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

Tactics is the art and science of employing all available means to win battles and engagements. Specifically, it comprises the actions taken by a c...

This updated edition of Professor Paul Moorcraft s timely and controversial book examines the international and domestic threats to the West from J...

Since 2000, the U.S. military has been building up forward-deployed forces on the westernmost U.S. territory of Guam to increase U.S. presence, det...

In April 2009, then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced he intended to significantly restructure the Army''''s Future Combat System (FCS) p...

Though the medium of wireless communication was in relative infancy during World War I, the technology could have made a profound impact on tactica...

From the time the Romans first set foot on England's shore in 55 B.C., the British Isles have faced a constant threat of foreign invasion. As a ...

A U.S. passport not only allows an individual to travel freely in and out of the United States, but also can be used to obtain further identificati...

The Ethiopian popular revolution of 1974 ended a monarchy that claimed descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and brought to power a mil...

In Contrails over the Mojave George Marrett takes off where Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff ended in 1963. Marrett started the Air Force Test Pilot Sch...

In 1967, the North Vietnamese launched a series of offensives in the Central Highlands along the border with South Vietnam--a strategic move int...

This book discusses strategies, management and potential risks of policing. Chapter One describes and examines the Policing Excellence and Preventi...

The Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain is vulnerable to the risk of counterfeit parts, which have the potential to delay missions and ultimat...

This book explores the current tensions and troubles facing the Middle-Eastern countries of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Discussed are the politics,...

Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness (PPD-8) describes the Nation''''s approach to preparing for the threats and hazards that pos...

According to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 10 (HSPD-10): Biodefense for the 21st Century, a national bioawareness capability providing e...

In September 2010, media reports emerged about a new form of cyber attack that appeared to target Iran, although the actual target, if any, is unkn...