Theory of Warfare & Military Science

This is the first book to apply the Clausewitzian Trinity of 'passion, chance, and reason' to the experience of real war. It explores the depth and...

This book offers an in-depth examination of America’s nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear forces structure, arm...

This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influe...

This book brings together recent research on the end of the Cold War in the Third World and engages with ongoing debates about regional conflicts, ...

Burron provides a critical analysis of Canadian and US democracy promotion in the Americas. He concentrates on Haiti, Peru, and Bolivia in particu...

This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a...

This edited book addresses the appropriateness of US and other counter-terrorist (CT) strategies in Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, the Asia P...

The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply ...

Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years. These essays have ...

This new volume examines the influence of trade and empire from 1689 to 1815, a crucial period for British foreign policy and state-building.Jeremy...

The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply ...

This edited book addresses the appropriateness of US and other counter-terrorist (CT) strategies in Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, the Asia P...

This book explores and analyses the various factors that affected the formulation of the common EU policy towards the Middle East Peace Process (ME...

This book examines the military characteristics and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the new global revolution in military affairs.Offe...

This book, first published in 1997, examines the forced merger between national security interests and environmental policy makers arising from the...

With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude wa...

While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might e...

Why do some countries choose to end wars short of total victory while others fight on, sometimes in the face of appalling odds? How Wars End argues...

Buddhism has played a significant role in the current global rise in religious nationalism and violence, but the violent aspects of Buddhist tradit...

Despite their immense war-fighting capacity, the five most powerful states in the international system have failed to attain their primary politica...

Buddhism has played a significant role in the current global rise in religious nationalism and violence, but the violent aspects of Buddhist tradit...

Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman S...

Despite their immense war-fighting capacity, the five most powerful states in the international system have failed to attain their primary politica...

Timely and pathbreaking, Securing the Peace is the first book to explore the complete spectrum of civil war terminations, including negotiated sett...

Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War examines the hitherto unexplored history of secret intelligence cooperation between three asymmetric partners...

This book examines the contours of the Sino-American confrontation and its future trajectories. It delineates the two major causes of the friction ...

The Grand Illusion analyzes the impact of European military institutions on Hispanic America in general and examines the putative “Prussianization”...

Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the...

The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside o...

From the Ancient Greeks' obsession with the armies of the Persians, Westerners have been irresistibly drawn to the exotic nature of 'Oriental' warf...

Isn't war rooted in the vested interests of the ruling classes? (But have not democracies proved as bellicose as other states?) Should not politica...

Bousquet's book considers the impact of key technologies and scientific ideas on the practice of warfare and the handling of the perennial tension ...

Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated th...

From the Ancient Greeks' obsession with the armies of the Persians, Westerners have been irresistibly drawn to the exotic nature of 'Oriental' warf...

Recent developments such as the 'new wars' or the growing privatisation of warfare, and the ever more sophisticated military technology, present th...

Images from Baghdad's now notorious Abu Ghraib prison have come to define the ill-starred occupation of Iraq, but they also remind us of war's undi...

Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Cl...

This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military...

This study discusses salient trends demonstrated by contemporary warfare of these first years of the 21st century. The authors reinforce previous n...

This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military...

On the major European and Russian fronts throughout World War II, the challenge of crossing rivers under fire was absolutely central to any advance...

Humankind has always sought out innovative and new ways of waging war, establishing new forms of warfare. Set against a background of global strate...

Modern science has changed every aspect of life in ways that cannot be compared to developments of previous eras. This four-volume set presents key...