Theory of Warfare & Military Science

The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporar...

Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new ...

Coup dÉtat astonished readers when it first appeared in 1968 because it showed, step by step, how governments could be overthrown. Translated into ...

These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic m...

Machiavelli on War offers a comprehensive interpretation of the philosopher-historian's treatment of war throughout his writings, from poems and me...

Troubled Waters looks at four dynamics in the Persian Gulf that have contributed to making the region one of the most volatile and tension-filled s...

In this innovative theoretical book, Elizabeth Kier uses a cultural approach to take issue with the conventional wisdom that military organizations...

In this innovative theoretical book, Elizabeth Kier uses a cultural approach to take issue with the conventional wisdom that military organizations...

Necessity and proportionality hold a firm place in the international law governing the use of force by states, as well as in the law of armed confl...

What does AI mean for the role of humans in war? The AI Commander addresses the largely neglected question of how the fusion of machines into the w...

How does armed conflict shape global politics? And, critically, can it ever be regulated, a necessary first step to achieving a more peaceful world...

This book interrogates the often controversial civil-military relations debate in Zimbabwe. The study argues that, theoretically, Civil-Military Re...

Throughout history society has determined specific rules of engagement between adversaries in armed conflict. With advances in technology, from ar...

These essays from the journal International Security cover aspects of past and present naval technologies and explore current disputes over America...

Professor Knorr examines bends in the values which nations derive in their international relationships from the possession and use of both nuclear ...

Why do we--not the politicians or the generals, but ordinary people--so often and so willingly support war, in the west and elsewhere? In search of...

The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four deca...

These essays from the journal International Security cover aspects of past and present naval technologies and explore current disputes over America...

The risks of arms control and disarmament, how they can be reduced or eliminated, and the political implications of drastic disarmament are analyze...