Warfare & Defence

Africa has historically held a peripheral role in the transnational illicit drug trade, but in recent years has increasingly become a focus for dru...

The term Deepwater refers to a collection of more than a dozen Coast Guard acquisition programs for replacing and modernising the service''s ageing...

The Spanish Peninsular War (1808-1814), which saw open confrontation between the Spanish people together with their British and Portuguese allies a...

After over 40 years of authoritarian repression and eight months of armed conflict, fundamental political change has come to Libya. The killing of ...

Ashton is a unique village located in the north east corner of Northamptonshire, this book describes its evolution, together with the links with th...

Ashton is a unique village located in the north east corner of Northamptonshire, this book describes its evolution, together with the links with th...

In contrast to the voluminous literature on trench warfare, few scholarly works have been written on how the First World War was experienced at sea...

The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A maste...

Brazil is considered a significant political and economic power in Latin America, and an emerging global leader. Brazil has long held the potential...

ATF has developed a nation-wide strategy to reduce firearms trafficking and violent crime by seeking to prevent convicted felons, drug traffickers,...

Migration has become a heterogeneous phenomenon today, with the emergence of migration lying in the quest of human beings to obtain a better life. ...

The Unified Command Plan (UCP) and associated Combatant Commands (COCOMs) provide operational instructions and command and control to the Armed For...

The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) play key roles in offering post-combat support to servicemembers and ve...

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) culminated years of efforts by state and local government officials and various business interests ...

On 5 January 2012, President Obama announced a new defence strategic guidance entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Cent...

A broad range of medical care services and benefits are offered to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. This book examines a variety of medical condi...

The American people expect their Army to be trained and ready whenever called upon to achieve national objectives. In an increasingly complex world...

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence: why people fight and can they stop. Spanning warfare from prehistory ...