Warfare & Defence

Why did Britain come to play such a prominent role in the war on terror and why did the military instrument come to be the dominant theme in the Br...

Ultimately, World War II was the first war won by technology, but within only a few weeks after the war began, the U.S. Navy realized its torpedo p...

Jack Snyder is a leading American international relations scholar with an international reputation for his research on IR theory and US Foreign pol...

This book examines the process of norm development and knowledge creation in international politics, and assesses these processes in case studies o...

Rarely in the atomic age have hopes been raised as high as they are now for genuine progress toward disarmament. The new receptivity reflected in t...

This innovative new textbook seeks to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context, brid...

Despite for many years receiving the highest per capita aid worldwide, the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have failed to achieve any las...

This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war.After the Cold War, Western armed forces have increasingly been called u...

Jack Snyder is a leading American international relations scholar with an international reputation for his research on IR theory and US Foreign pol...

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It ha...

The events of 9/11 and subsequent acts of jihadist terrorism, together with the failures of intelligence agencies over Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destr...

The essays in this volume are concerned with armed conflicts in South Asia and the conflict management efforts made to mitigate them. Articles in t...

Transatlantic Relations Since 1945 offers a comprehensive account of transatlantic relations in the second half of the 20th century (extending to t...

Using a wide array of sources - including long-closed court martial records, psychiatric and personnel files, unit war diaries, films, and oral his...

Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy the European Union (EU). Rather than ...

This book looks at the political reintegration of armed groups after civil wars and the challenges of transforming ‘rebel’, ‘insurgent’ or other no...

In recent years, the question of war and sacrifice has been a major topic of political debate and controversy. If our country goes to war for reaso...

Neurocognitive and Physiological Factors During High-Tempo Operations features world-renowned scientists conducting groundbreaking research into th...

This volume presents complementary analyses of the current features, issues and trends of multilateral security and the European Security and Defen...

This book examines how legal, political, and rights discourses, security policies and practices migrate and translate across the North Atlantic. Th...

This edited volume explores the theoretical and practical implications of war and terror situations for citizenship in democratic states. Citizensh...

Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. Defeat Into Victory is his class...

This book directly challenges the stereotype that women are inherently peaceable by examining female combatants’ involvement in ethno-national conf...

This book weaves together perspectives drawn from critical international relations, anthropology and social theory in order to understand the Polis...