Theory of Warfare & Military Science

Professor Thomas relates security policy to the country's economy and technological capacity, discusses the capabilities of each of the armed servi...

Is naval conflict in the Asia-Pacific region becoming more likely? On the face of it, this seems likely; nearly all countries in the region are rap...

Aside from the occasional nod to epaulettes or use of camouflage, war and fashion seem to be strange partners. Not so, argue the contributors to th...

We know that a revolution's success largely depends on the army's response to it. But can we predict the military's reaction to an uprising? How Ar...

A user-friendly approach to practicing social work with military members, veterans, their families, and their communitiescomplete with case example...

What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition...

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Wil...

Torture and the Twilight of Empire looks at the intimate relationship between torture and colonial domination through a close examination of the Fr...

After twenty years of almost unbroken wars of choice, the ethical deficiencies in the operational conduct of war by Western armed forces have large...

This open access anthology takes a holistic approach to how Russia carries out hybrid warfare against its neighbouring countries - states at the in...

With the concept of 'Atomic Anxiety', this book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important and longstanding puzzles of international p...

From Angola and Liberia to Iraq and the Congo, wars have taken place in resource rich countries full of poor people. In Wars of Plunder Philippe Le...

Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, this clear...

A richly absorbing book... Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians - The Daily TelegraphWhy has warfare always been part of the...

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins o...

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins o...

The Gulf is in the first rank of potential global flashpoints. It is the largest market for weapons imports in the world, and is considered to be a...

Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, state violence, environmental destruction and repressive technologies. At the s...

In the past 15 years, UK anti-militarist activists have auctioned off a tank outside an arms fair, superglued themselves to Lockheed Martin's centr...

'Deeply researched and engagingly written' The Times'Has the pace and style of a well-crafted thriller' Mail on Sunday'Chock full of memorable char...

The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, ...

What qualities make an ally useful in coalition warfare, and when is an ally more trouble than its worth? Allies That Count analyzes the utility of...

This book explores civilmilitary relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the...

This book explores civilmilitary relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the...

The central task of all statebuilding is to create a state that is regarded as legitimate by the people over whom it exercises authority. This is a...

France ranks as the world's third largest arms exporter and supplies arms and military technology to over a hundred countries. This book exposes th...

Donna Seto investigates why children born of wartime sexual violence are rarely included in post-conflict processes of reconciliation and recovery....

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the most beneficial technological development of the twenty-first century. Media hype and raised expectations f...

Originally setting out to write the very book that he would have wanted to own as a young infantryman, the author penned On Tactics as a remedy for...

The U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its re...

A Promethean technology is one that allows someone of average resources, skills, and intelligence to carry out actions that were once only doable b...

Throughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval...

This updated and expanded edition of Cyberspace in Peace and War by Martin C. Libicki presents a comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity, cybe...

As Clausewitz observed, In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect. The essence of war is a competitive reciprocal relatio...

War is changing. The cybersphere, civil society, outer space ... all are emerging as domains in which battles are fought. What drives this shift? H...

Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military, international affairs, and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources o...

A generation after the First Gulf War, and in the wake of a decade of counterinsurgency operations and irregular warfare, this book explores how th...

The United States is at a crossroads. Despite a defense budget that dwarfs that of any of the nations rivals, the marginal return on this investmen...