Theory of Warfare & Military Science

In today's dominant discourse of liberal interventionism, the role of coercion and the monopoly of violence have been neglected, argues Antonio Giu...

Filled with diverse letters and diary entries from the archives and rich resources across America, Dont Hurry Me Down to Hades sheds new light on t...

A major new history of war that challenges our understanding of military dominance and how it is achieved This expansive book surveys the history o...

Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War. There...

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's ...

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's ...

For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with coun...

The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second edition, Br...

From lowly attendants (samurai literally means 'those who serve') to members one of the world's most powerful military organisations, the samurai u...

In the U.S. Navy Wheel Books were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique ...

A new translation for the 21st century.The Art of War by Sun Tzu is one of the most influential political and business books of our era. This gatew...

The U.S. Navy operates three types of submarines- nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), nuclear-powered cruise missile and special ...

China is modernizing her military very rapidly and as her economy strengthens, the pace of military modernization is going to touch higher trajecto...

In this sobering book, Barry R. Posen demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could, in conflict...

The Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) have long shared responsibility for U.S. assistance to train, equip, and otherwise enga...

This book challenges the unacceptable gap between the positive rules of the international law governing armed hostilities and actual state practice...

There are strong moral and legal pressures against harming civilians in times of conflict, yet neither just war theory nor international law is cle...

Against the backdrop of the British-American law- and war-making of the first decade of the millennium, Fighting Monsters considers how the way we ...

In the U.S. Navy Wheel Books were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique ...

Bringing just war doctrine to life, Richard J. Regan raises a host of difficult questions about the evils of war, asking first and foremost whether...