Military and defence strategy Books
Cornell University Press Securing Japan
Book SynopsisFor the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan''s security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military profile of Asia is changing rapidly, however. Korea''s nuclear program, China''s rise, and the relative decline of U.S. power have commanded strategic review in Tokyo just as these matters have in Washington. What is the next step for Japan''s security policy? Will confluence with U.S. interestsand the alliancesurvive intact? Will the policy be transformed? Or will Japan become more autonomous?Richard J. Samuels demonstrates that over the last decade, a revisionist group of Japanese policymakers has consolidated power. The Koizumi government of the early 2000s took bold steps to position Japan''s military to play a global security role. It left its successor, the Abe government, to further define and legitimate Japan''s new grand strategy, a project well under way-and vigorously contested both at home and in the regioTrade Review"Richard Samuels clarifies the international and domestic factors that are shaping the options and choices facing Tokyo and the implications that an emerging strategic consensus in Japan carries for the U.S. alliance and relations in East Asia. Samuels shows how international constraints and domestic politics have been interacting since the late 19th century, filtering and framing security policy choices. He argues that through all the fluctuations—and Samuels is a very astute guide through these zigs and zags"The search for prestige and autonomy have been the constants. He concludes that they are now within Japan's grasp."—Jeff Kingston, Nov. 18, 2007, The Japan Times"Samuels's book is a valuable reminder that sovereignty has never been far from the top of Japan's national security agenda, even when Japan had hugged the U.S. so closely that it seemed to have become an 'abnormal' country. Samuels is especially good at outlining the gamut of opinion from the Gaullists on the far right to those who cling to the remnants of the Yoshida Doctrine of 'mercantile realism.' He also points out that the Gaullist right is now joining with the traditional left in opposing the existance of U.S. bases in Japan as an intolerable affront to sovereignty."—Robyn Lim, October 2007, Far Eastern Economic Review"Richard J. Samuels is a master of understanding and explaining Japan's emerging place in the world. To me, this book is as valuable as his earlier influential studies on the ideological—and technological—origins of Japan's military policies. In addition to being persuasive, it is a pleasure to read."—James Fallows, author of Blind Into Baghdad"In his excellent new book, Richard J. Samuels, one of our preeminent analysts of Japanese politics, brings his skills to bear on the security debates in Japan and helps us understand the policy options it has in a turbulent new era."—Kenneth B. Pyle, author of Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose"Feeling threatened by China and North Korea, and worried about America's reliability, Japan is beginning to act like a normal great power. Where this leads is not clear. Fortunately Richard J. Samuels has come to our rescue with this outstanding book, which clearly describes Tokyo's options and their likely consequences for East Asia and the United States."—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago"In Securing Japan, Richard J. Samuels links Japan's current strategic thinking and policy to its past history, dissects the domestic strategic debate, and explores the various factors that will shape Japan's new strategic consensus. This book will be of keen interest to non-Japan or non-Asia specialists in the international relations and international security fields."—Mike M. Mochizuki, The George Washington University
£19.99
MB - Cornell University Press The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy
Trade ReviewProvocative. Collectively, the material in this book serves as a persuasive reminder that state behavior, strategic or otherwise, cannot be satisfactorily explained solely on the basis of 'structural realism.' * Perspectives on Political Science *A sustained and convincing attack on the 'realist' mode of thought which argues that grand strategy is mainly determined by the foreign relations of states. * International Affairs *Editors Rosecrance and Stein present a focused and disciplined set of empirical critiques of structural realism. The book is a useful entry in the literature of theoretical debate, and it is less soporific than the usual exegeses of competing paradigms. * The American Political Science Review *Each essay is well-written, and most are relatively persuasive on a stand-alone basis. In generating their various puzzles, these essays seemingly provide further evidence against the explanatory and predictive power of structural realism. They call into question both that theory's operating assumptions and its analysis of state behavior. And while many of the critiques fault neorealism for claims it never makes, some essays raise serious questions that must be confronted by realist scholars if they wish to continue defending the theory's utility. * International Organization *The book deserves to be praised for its brave attempt to challenge Realism in a typical Realist arena and for the thoroughness of its case studies. * Political Studies *A superb collection of essays that together present an exceptional picture of the importance of the domestic factor in the grand strategic decision-making process. Making skillful use of both theory and historical precedent, the collective authors of this volume show that any nation's development of a grand strategy, without full consideration of its own and others' domestic influences, is a blunder of potentially enormous proportions. * Military Review *The principle value of [this] book is to place realism as an explanation of grand strategy into proper perspective. It will be of interest primarily to graduate students, analysts, and professors who are interested in the debate over realist theory and its applicability to grand strategy. * Mershon International Studies Review *
£19.94
Johns Hopkins University Press World Politics and the Evolution of War
Book SynopsisOutside intervention in these conflicts will be costly.Trade ReviewAn interesting approach to the question of why wars are started. Friday Review of Defense Literature A wide-ranging and intelligent appraisal... On the recent past [Weltman] impresses with his balance and powers of observation. He is illuminating, for example, on the way in which geography had a different effect on the stake and the conduct of the Korean War compared to the Vietnam War. -- Geoffrey Blainey International History Review
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Duty Honor Country
Book SynopsisGoodpaster.Trade ReviewThroughout history every great nation has kept in its treasure-chest an academy for advanced learning and military training. Steven Ambrose's history leaves the reader with a greater understanding of the relationship between our treasure, West Point, and the society it supports. Parameters There have been many other histories of West Point, but this is the best... From this excellent book every American will find interest and take pride in this truly national institution that has played so great a part in the building of the country. Historical Time The title of this first-rate account of the United States Military Academy is drawn from the Academy's motto... [Ambrose] follows the long gray line through history, skillfully re-creating the administrations of West Point's outstanding superintendents (Sylvanus Thayer and Douglas MacArthur), telling some amusing anecdotes about cadets 'who simply refused to conform to the West Point mold' (James McNeill Whistler and Edgar Allan Poe). New York Times Book Review The conception of West Point, as Ambrose makes clear in his short history of the Military Academy, was immaculately Jeffersonian. It was a school to train engineers-that most liberal, nonaristocratic, and socially useful branch of the military service-not in order to create a corps d'elite but to provide the reservoir of military expertise which was needed if the militia ideal were to become a practical reality... Ambrose has told this story clearly and well; he is at his best in tying it to the larger context of American politics, social attitudes, and higher education. Journal of American History A welcome addition to the growing literature on military education. Ambrose covers the whole history of West Point, from the first feeble beginnings under President Jefferson down to the present. He has carefully examined both the published and unpublished sources and has rounded out the basic data with numerous interviews. Journal of Higher EducationTable of ContentsForewordIntroductionChapter 1. The BeginningChapter 2. The FoundlingChapter 3. Alden PartridgeChapter 4. Sylvanus ThayerChapter 5. Thayer's Curriculum and FacultyChapter 6. The Jacksonians and the AcademyChapter 7. The Golden Age, 1840–1860Chapter 8. Cadet LifeChapter 9. Civil WarChapter 10. StagnationChapter 11. Hazing and the Negro CadetsChapter 12. From Cuba To FranceChapter 13. Douglas MacArthur Chapter 14. Implementing The MacArthur Reforms Chapter 15. FootballChapter 16. The Modern AcademyAfterwordBibliographyIndexIllustrations
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press War in the Modern World
Book SynopsisTopics include land and sea warfare from the Renaissance to the neoclassical age; the Anglo-American military tradition; the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution and war; and the First and Second World Wars and their aftermath.Trade ReviewOutstanding and penetrating outline of the processes of war and the means of fighting from 1415 onward. Chicago Tribune Far and away the best of the histories of military affairs. American Political Science Review Leaves the reader astonished by its combinations of brevity, clarity, and accuracy. Times Literary Supplement Surpasses any other general history of the subject. Library Journal The narrative flows easily, is illuminated by flashes of colorful detail, and relates the development of warfare to the political, technological, and economic changes of the modern era... Especially stimulating and helpful is Mr. Ropp's system of bibliographic footnotes. These are found on almost every page, directing the reader to a well-selected choice of historical and military writings which will provide more light and wider vistas whenever his interest is further stirred by what he is reading... This reviewer... has never seen anything quite as calculated to guide the beginner in further exploration of the subject or to serve as a quick reference index for the experienced analyst. New York Herald Tribune A substantial and scholarly history of modern warfare from the age of the 'great captains' through the innovations of the industrial revolution, to our age of unlimited violence. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition, by Alex Roland Introduction to the Original Edition Part I: The Age of the Great Captain sChapter 1: Land Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1415-1789) i. New Techniques and Types of Military Organization ii. The Wars for Italy and the Rise of Spain (1494-1559) iii. The Army of the Spanish Hapsburgs iv. Spain's Decline (1559-1659) v. The Age of Louis XIV (1643-1715) vi. The Age of Frederick the Great: Neoclassical Warfare vii. The Common Soldier in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 2: Naval Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1417-1789) i. The Command of the Sea ii. Portuguese and Spanish Sea Power iii. The Rise of English Sea Power iv. Navies in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 3: The Anglo-American Military Tradition i. The Weakness of the Standing Army ii. Problems of Imperial Defense iii. The Break with Britain iv. The Continental Army and Navy v. The British in the American RevolutionChapter 4: The French Revolution and Napoleon i. French Military Reformers ii. The Revolution iii. The Organizer of Victory iv. The Napoleonic Empire v. The Opposition to Napoleon: The Peninsula vi. The Opposition to Napoleon in Eastern EuropePart II: The Industrial Revolution and WarChapter 5: The First Half of Nineteenth Century (1815-1853) i. Britain and the Long Peace ii. Austria, Russia, and France iii. PrussiaChapter 6: The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1854-1871) i. The New Weapons of the Industrial Revolution ii. The Crimean and Italian Wars iii. The Rise of Germany iv. The American Civil War: Men and Tactics v. The American Civil War: StrategyChapter 7: The Years of Uneasy Peace (1871-1914) i. Military Organization: The Spread of Prussian Doctrine ii. Mobilization and Intellectual Preparation of the Mass Army iii. The Race for Colonies and Sea Power iv. Land Tactics with the New Fire Weapons v. The War Plans of the Continental Powers vi. British Participation in a Continental WarPart III: The Age of Violence Chapter 8: The First World War i. The Opening Battles (1914) ii. Deadlock in the West (1915-1916) iii. German Victory in the East (1915-1916) iv. The United States and the War (1917) v. Years of Decision (1917-1918)Chapter 9: The Long Armistice (1919-1939) i. The Peace Settlements ii. The Totalitarian State: Bolshevik Russia iii. Italian Fascism and the Theories of Giulio Douhet iv. The Military Recovery of Germany v. The Three DemocraciesChapter 10: The Second World War i. The Opening Battles ii. Britain, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic iii. The Russo-German War iv. Allied Deployment: Decision in Western Europe v. The East Asian and Pacific Wars: The Japanese Raid vi. The Allied Counterattack in the Pacific vii. The War for East AsiaEpilogue Index
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Battling the Elements
Book SynopsisAs this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.Trade ReviewA remarkable guide to nature's effects on the conduct of military operations... Accessible to the layman but still of considerable utility for the expert, this book belongs on the shelf of any serious student of military affairs. Foreign Affairs This work... underscores the importance of weather, terrain, and soil type on military operations... An intriguing perspective that goes beyond instructing plebes to engaging recreational readers of military affairs. Booklist Military geographer Winters and his contributors use specific case studies to illustrate the importance in military operations of five elements of physical geography: weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation. The range is impressive and the examples are well chosen... These case studies will usefully expand the limited sense of military geography possessed by most readers of military history. Publishers Weekly An excellent book and an important addition to the library of serious students of the military art... Well written, educational, multidisciplinary, and interesting. ParametersTable of ContentsContents: 1 Storms, Fair Weather, and Chance Kamikazes, Dunkirk, and Normandy 2 Too Much and Too Wet The Civil War Mud March and Flander's Fields 3 Clouds and Fog The Bulge and Khe Sanh 4 Invading Another Climate as Seasons Change Napoleon and Hitler Russia 5 Forests and Jungles The Wilderness and the Ia Drang Valley 6 Terrains and Corridors The American Civil War's Eastern Theater and World War I Verdun 7 Troubled Waters River Crossings at Arnhem and Remagen 8 Glaciers Shape the Land Alpine Fighting and the Road to Moscow 9 Peninsulas and Sea Coasts Anzio and Inchon 10 Island Battles Tarawa and Iwo Jima 11 Hot, Wet, and Sick New Guinea and Dien Bien Phu 12 Heat, Rock, and Sand The Western Desert and the Sinai
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Foxholes and Color Lines
Book SynopsisFoxholes and Color Lines challenges this view, revealing both the intense political conflict at the time and the strenuous opposition to racial integration within all branches of the armed forces.Trade ReviewA first-rate account of how, over a relatively brief period, America's military establishment transformed itself. Times Literary Supplement Wonderful... This book is invaluable as armed-forces history. -- Harold Jackson Baltimore Sun Well-written, thoughtful, and incisive... A fresh look at why the armed services took so long to implement a policy imposed upon them by their civilian leaders. -- Dale E. Wilson Journal of Military History Mershon and Schlossman... provide the most penetrating and thorough account to date of the policies and tensions associated with this metamorphosis. Publishers Weekly
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Rethinking the Economics of War
Book SynopsisCountries studied include Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Colombia, and Afghanistan.Trade ReviewRecommended. Choice 2006 Comprehensive and well-executed examination of the multiple dimensions-political, economic, ideational and historical-that come together to spark intra-state violence and impede its revolution. -- Lee J. M. Seymour Political Studies Review 2006 An important book... I can strongly recommend it. -- Ron Smith Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2007 The book maintains a high level of scholarship, addressing the audiences from virtually every field that attempts to understand human social dynamics. -- Muhammad M. Haque Journal of Third World Studies 2008 The anthology contributes to our understanding of why some violent internal conflicts are so enduring. -- Walter W. Hill International Journal on World Peace 2009
£18.90
Hopkins Fulfillment Service Ruling But Not Governing The Military and Political Development in Egypt Algeria and Turkey Council on Foreign Relations Book
Book SynopsisRuling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change.Trade ReviewCook's argument is solid, coherent and well supported by the empirical data he provides. -- Omar Ashour International Affairs 2007 Cook has produced a sensitive, insightful analysis of the political role of the military in three Middle Eastern countries... Recommended. Choice 2008 Cook's book makes an important contribution to the literature on persistent authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. -- Stephen J. King Political Science Quarterly 2008 An impressive comparative study of the disputed political regimes of Algeria, Egypt, and Turkey... will likely initiate a new literature on the international and domestic efforts necessary to democratize the Middle East. -- Huseyin Alptekin Insight Turkey 2009Table of ContentsPreface1. A Logic of Regime Stability2. The Egyptian, Algerian, and Turkish Military Enclaves: The Contours of the Officers' Autonomy3. The Pouvoir Militaire and the Failure to Achieve a ''Just Mean''4. Institutionalizing a Military-Founded System5. Turkish Paradox: Islamist Political Power and the Kemalist Political Order6. Toward a Democratic Transition? Weakening the Patterns of Political Inclusion and ExclusionNotesIndex
£24.75
Stanford University Press Chinas Strategic Seapower The Politics of Force
Book SynopsisUsing major new documentary sources, the authors tell the story of why and how China built its nuclear submarine flotilla and the impact of that development on the nation's politics, technology, industry, and strategy.Trade Review"This is a landmark work, a pioneering study of China's policy process in weapons development and acquisition. Making excellent use of recent PRC publications on military and Party history, including biographies and autobiographies, it is also informed by interviews with authoritative Chinese officials. This sophisticated 'state of the art' book on Chinese politics should put the United States on notice: fueled by nationalistic aspirations, China is determined to acquire the most advanced military might in the world in as expeditious a fashion as possible."—Michel Oksenberg, East-West Center"The authors tell an absorbing and convincing tale of how this technologically backward and politically turbulent country managed to create workable advanced weapon systems."—Foreign Affairs"This is the second volume by the authors on China'a strategic weaponry—following China Builds the Bomb. . . . These books constitute landmark studies on the topic, and will be standard references for years to come."—Choice"Lewis and Xue have provided us with yet another superb volume . . . another pathfinding examination of the personalities and processes in China's most secretive policy area—national defense."—China Review International"This is a truly landmark study of the People's Republic of China's policy-making process in nuclear weapons development and acquisition. The authors vividly and explicitly describe how and why China built its nuclear submarine flotilla and, more importantly assess that development's impact on the nation's politics, technology, industry, and strategy."—American Historical Review"A landmark achievement that unquestionably enhances our understanding of China's naval nuclear strategy. No other study on the topic comes close to matching its authoritative explanation of how that strategy evolved and the barriers it had to overcome."—American Political Science Review"Any intelligence agency in the world would have been pleased to produce this excellent report on China's nuclear submarine program. It is thoroughly researched, carefully crafted, and meticulously documented; the judgments are prudent. . . . This revealing book belongs on the shelf of everyone who seeks to understand the great leap forward in China's military and, especially, naval power."—Far Eastern Economic ReviewTable of Contents1. Technology and self-reliance in the great leap era Part I. The Submarine: 2. Nuclear propulsion 3. Designing 4. Military industry 5. Building and deployment Part II. The Missile: 6. Solid propulsion and the end of an era 7. Guidance and flight control 8. success Part III. Strategy: 9. Strategic uncertainty 10. Rationale and reason in the nuclear era Appendix Notes References cited Index.
£26.99
Stanford University Press Creating Military Power
Book SynopsisCreating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect the abilities of countries to generate power in war.Trade Review"This book's sensible premise is that a state's military power—often measured by gross national product, industrial capacity, population size, number of troops, and arsenal—does not necessarily determine military effectiveness... [Creating Military Power] is an excellent set of essays that specialists on military-security issues will read with much profit."—CHOICE"Rigorous social science too often treats military power as the epiphenomenon of economic or technological resources. This impressive volume helps rectify that common mistake. It explores and details how what really matters—the actual effectiveness of militaries—depends on complex social, political, diplomatic, and organizational underpinnings."—Richard K. Betts,Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University"Creating Military Power is creative and rigorous, attentive to historical detail, and concerned with policy implications. It will undoubtedly be read with great enthusiasm by specialists on international security in both the academy and think tanks."—Ronald R. Krebs, University of Minnesota"Comprising a conceptual framework, seven substantive chapters, a critical individual synthesis reflecting on the book itself and a summary conclusion, this edited book provides a set of constructive conceptual and empirical contributions to international relations, political science, and military studies."—H-NetTable of ContentsContents Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Impact of Culture, Society, Institutions, and International Forces on Military Effectiveness 1 Risa A. Brooks 2. Nationalism and Military Effectiveness: Post-Meiji Japan 000 Dan Reiter 3. Social Structure, Ethnicity, and Military Effectiveness: Iraq, 1980\-2004 000 Timothy D. Hoyt 4. Political Institutions and Military Effectiveness: Contemporary United States and United Kingdom 000 Deboroah Avant 5. Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness: Egypt in the 1967 and 1973 Wars 000 Risa A. Brooks 6. Global Norms and Military Effectiveness: The Army in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland 000 Theo Farrell 7. International Competition and Military Effectiveness: Naval Air Power, 1919\-1945 000 Emily O. Goldman 8. International Alliances and Military Effectiveness: Fighting Alongside Allies and Partners 000 Nora Bensahel 9. Explaining Military Outcomes 000 Stephen Biddle 10. Conclusion 000 Risa A. Brooks Index 000
£49.30
Stanford University Press Contractors and War
Book SynopsisThis book examines the impact of contractors on the American way of war.Trade Review"The strength of this combined work is the multiple subjects covered within it, which give an insight into many of the key issues from a number of viewpoints."—Iain Gibson, RUSI Journal"The books succeeds in evoking further examination from its broad audience by organizing expert analysis and deftly capturing the contractor dynamics that will affect how the nation projects power abroad and how it will be perceived in so doing."—Lt. Curtis Nickel, US Naval Institute Proceedings"This book brings together several relevant views on a very important contemporary issue. It provides a foundation for the development of new theory by offering a way to "see" the challenges associated with the contemporary use of contractors in support of U.S. expeditionary operations."—Claude Christianson, LtGen, US Army (Retired)"In the cacophony of books about military operations since 9/11, Contractors and War is truly a standout. Not only are the contributors authentic experts, they avoid the platitudes that mar lesser efforts, and instead sink their teeth into the toughest issues. This book is a 'must-have' for any serious practitioner or policy maker interested in the way the US has worked—and will work—with contractors in 21st century operations."—Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., Maj. Gen. USAF (Ret.), Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University"The US military's increasing dependence on contractors raises questions of accountability that go far beyond episodic outrage at the misconduct of individuals. Contractors and War offers thoughtful analysis of the diminishing range of activities that remain inherently governmental—as well as the opportunities and the costs of the privatization of US power."—Simon Chesterman, Dean, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and Global Professor, New York University Faculty of Law
£26.99
Stanford University Press Secret Intelligence in the European States System
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that analyze the recent evidence concerning the history of the European state system of the last century, offering an array of insights across countries and across time.Trade Review"Secret Intelligence in the European State System, 1918–1989 is an excellent collection and valuable contribution to the field of European intelligence history during the twentieth century."—Kristie Macrakis, H-Diplo"This worthy essay collection examines the relatively under-studied history of secret intelligence in France, East and West Germany, Britain, and Stalin's Russia . . . As a whole, the collection provides a useful reminder that secret intelligence does not operate in a vacuum. Nor should the scholarly study of intelligence . . . Highly recommended."—P. C. Kennedy, CHOICE"This collection of essays by notable scholars advances our understanding of aspects of European intelligence history, still an underdog field compared to the enormous literature on Anglo-American intelligence. The essays on French intelligence, in particular, are outstanding—gems of insight into a national intelligence system that struggled to make a difference."—Wesley Wark, University of Ottawa"The contributors to this excellent volume provide us with insight into a frequently overlooked period in the history of intelligence organizations. The essays present a balanced study of the contributions of secret intelligence in this volatile time as well as enumerate the political constraints under which they operated."—Glenn Hastedt, James Madison University
£52.70
Stanford University Press Diplomatic Security
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Protecting diplomats and other embassy personnel has become increasingly important and difficult. Eugenio Cusumano and Christopher Kinsey and their contributors offer the first conceptually sophisticated and comparative study of this problem. This is a must-read for every foreign ministry and for scholars interested in the ways diplomats and their immunity are threatened."—Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London"Diplomats have never been in more danger. Embassies are now fortresses and battlegrounds with their own private armies, as this impressively researched global analysis demonstrates. Definitive reading for serious diplomacy watchers and all terrorism and security experts, this remarkable book is nevertheless fascinating and highly accessible to the general reader."—Richard J. Aldrich, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Diplomatic Security? 1. A Century of US Diplomatic Security: An Evolutionary Response to a Changing Threat Environment 2. Chinese Diplomatic Security: Meeting and Managing New Challenges 3. Diplomatic Security in the United Kingdom: An Informal Approach? 4. A Policy in Progress: France's Diplomatic Security 5. German Diplomatic Security Policy: A Federal Police Response 6. Russia's Militarized Approach to Diplomatic Security 7. Diplomatic Security in Times of Austerity: The Case of Italy 8. Diplomatic Security as Counterterrorism: Protecting Israel's Diplomatic Missions 9. Turkish Diplomatic Security: Lessons Not Learned 10. Risk Management in US Diplomatic Security 11. Securing Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism: A Critical Perspective Conclusion: Conclusion: The History, Effectiveness, and Implications of Diplomatic Security
£49.30
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon
Book SynopsisThe War of 1812 is etched into American memory with the burning of the Capitol and the White House by British forces, The Star-Spangled Banner, and the decisive naval battle of New Orleans. Now a respected British military historian offers an international perspective on the conflict to better gauge its significance.Trade ReviewThis study of the War of 1812 will be consulted for years to come for its broad view of the international conflict . . . and for its comparative view of military operations through space and time."" - Military History
£17.06
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Rediscovering Irregular Warfare
Book SynopsisBritain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) is often described as Winston Churchill's brainchild. But as A.R.B. Linderman reveals in this engrossing history, the real genius behind Britain's clandestine warriors was Colin Gubbins, a British officer who forged the SOE by drawing on lessons learned in irregular conflicts around the world.Trade ReviewAaron Linderman has drawn from an impressive array of primary sources to trace the institutional development of irregular warfare in the years prior to World War II and as England deployed it against the Axis Powers during the war. By linking the development of Britain's Special Operations Executive with the life and work of Major General Sir Colin Gubbins, Linderman shows the central role Gubbins played in the development of modern intelligence gathering and special operations. Insightful and valuable."" - William H. Kautt, author of Ground Truths: British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence and Ambushes and Armour: The Irish Rebellion, 1919 - 1921""A. R. B. Linderman has written a valuable book about Special Operations Executive (SOE) chief Colin Gubbins's career development and pre - World War II study of irregular warfare. Linderman answers the critical question of how Gubbins tailored SOE to fight its brand of warfare, making Rediscovering Irregular Warfare a must-read for serious students of World War II special operations."" - Troy J. Sacquety, author of The OSS in Burma: Jungle War against the Japanese and Behind the Japanese Lines in Burma
£22.46
University of Oklahoma Press Spying for Wellington British Military
Book SynopsisIntelligence is often the critical factor in a successful military campaign. This was certainly the case for the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Huw Davies offers the first full account of the scope, complexity, and importance of Wellington's intelligence department, describing a highly organised, multifaceted network of agents and spies.Trade ReviewSpying for Wellington is a triumph of research, analysis, and writing and will be the standard work on the subject for decades. Of all the literature that has been devoted to the Napoleonic wars, nothing comes close to this monumental contribution to the field."" - Michael V. Leggiere, author of Blücher: Scourge of Napoleon""Spying for Wellington is a keystone reinterpretation of the British army of the Napoleonic Wars. It shines new light on a crucial and yet largely overlooked aspect of warfare: intelligence collection and application."" - Alexander Mikaberidze, author of The Burning of Moscow: Napoleon's Trial by Fire 1812
£30.56
John Wiley & Sons Southern Gambit Cornwallis and the British March
Book SynopsisPresents a closely observed, comprehensive account of Britain’s failed strategy in the American South during the American War for Independence. Approaching the campaign from the British perspective, this book restores a critical but little-studied chapter to the narrative of the Revolutionary War.Trade ReviewWriting from the British perspective, Carpenter has given us an incisive new look at Cornwallis's march to folly in the South. Southern Gambit offers the best explanation of why the earl, the master tactician, came to grief when matched against Nathanael Greene, the master strategist. This is a splendid book."" - Mark Edward Lender, coauthor of Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle""Stanley Carpenter's Southern Gambit is a fresh and original reexamination of British operations during the Southern Campaign. Through lively prose and careful and probing analyses, Carpenter has delivered a welcome contribution to our understanding of the American Revolution in the southern colonies."" - Ricardo Herrera, author of For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775 - 1861|""A marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers."" - The Virginia Gazette""[Southern Gambit] is a marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers."" - Gazette-Journal
£26.96
John Wiley & Sons Southern Gambit Cornwallis and the British March
Book SynopsisIn a world rife with conflict and tension, how does a great power prosecute an irregular war at a great distance within the context of a regional struggle, all within a global competitive environment? The question, so pertinent today, was confronted by the British nearly 250 years ago during the American War for Independence.Trade ReviewWriting from the British perspective, Carpenter has given us an incisive new look at Cornwallis’s march to folly in the South. Southern Gambit offers the best explanation of why the earl, the master tactician, came to grief when matched against Nathanael Greene, the master strategist. This is a splendid book." —Mark Edward Lender, coauthor of Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle"Stanley Carpenter’s Southern Gambit is a fresh and original reexamination of British operations during the Southern Campaign. Through lively prose and careful and probing analyses, Carpenter has delivered a welcome contribution to our understanding of the American Revolution in the southern colonies." —Ricardo Herrera, author of For Liberty and the Republic: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775—1861"A marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers." —The Virginia Gazette"[Southern Gambit] is a marvelous account not only for military history devotees, but also for general Revolutionary War readers." —Gazette-Journal
£19.51
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Clear Hold and Destroy
Book SynopsisIn Robert J. Thompson III’s analysis, the consistent, and consistently unsuccessful, struggle to place Phu Yen under Saigon’s banner makes the province particularly fertile ground for studying how the Americans advanced pacification and why this effort ultimately failed.
£18.86
University of Pennsylvania Press Building Militaries in Fragile States
Book SynopsisWith a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Building Militaries in Fragile States unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought.Trade Review"Mara E. Karlin combines rigorous scholarship with the knowledge and expertise gained from years of working on the front lines of Defense Department policy managing American military aid to states under enormous stress. This formidably written book has much to say to practitioners and scholars alike: it offers exceptional insight into an activity that the United States will engage in for decades to come." * Eliot A. Cohen, author of The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force *"Building Militaries in Fragile States tackles one of the most important security problems facing the United States today. Karlin's work is thoughtful, informed, and compelling." * Daniel Byman, Georgetown University *"This is a hugely important topic. Karlin brings the research excellence of a scholar and the experience of a practitioner to bear as she analyzes a type of conflict that will likely remain a critical area for U.S. foreign and defense policy over the next generation." * Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Understanding the Problem Chapter 2. Greece: The "Will to Win" Was Fruitless Without U.S. Involvement Chapter 3. South Vietnam: Building a Military "American Style" Chapter 4. Lebanon I: "The United States Is Short of Breath" but Others Are Not Chapter 5. Lebanon II: "The Side That Won Was Willing to Kill and Be Killed" Chapter 6. Findings and Implications Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£59.50
University of Pittsburgh Press Critical Masses and Critical Choices
Book SynopsisExamines American attitudes on issues of national and international security. Based on over 13,000 in-depth interviews conducted over a ten-year period. Provides surprising insights into public opinion on nuclear deterrence, terrorism, and other security issues.
£38.95
University of Missouri Press The Reagan Reversal
Book SynopsisIn this study, the author demonstrates that rather than simply being reactive in bringing about an end to the Cold War, it was the US President who first sought a rapprochement, calling for ""dialogue, co-operation and understanding"". She examines the possible theories for this reversal in policy.
£31.30
Johns Hopkins University Press Flawed Logics
Book SynopsisLebovic's controversial argument will promote debate as to the very plausibility of arms control.Trade ReviewThis book is well written and, as such, a pleasure to read. -- T.V. Paul H-Net Reviews Flawed Logics is an impressive piece of scholarship. Lebovic displays an encyclopedic knowledge of past debates about arms control in the United States. -- Jeffrey W. Knopf, Monterey Institute of International Studies H-Net Reviews Lebovic's depictio of logical inconsistency is accurate and will be of interest to advanced students. Choice Flawed Logics offers an excellent overview of arms control from the Baruch Plan to New START. The volume generates interesting scholarly insights. -- Ralph Dietl Sehepunkte Highly recommended to students of all levels of expertise, as well as politicians and members of academia. -- Natalia Sharova Review of Politics Flawed Logics: Strategic Nuclear Arms Control from Truman to Obama by James H. Lebovic [opens] the reader's eyes to the complex and chaotic process of American policymaking during the Cold War... highly recommended to students of all levels of expertise, as well as politicians and members of academia. -- Natalia Sharova Review of Politics James Lebovic's Flawed Logics is a thoughtful, penetrating, and disturbing book, well worth the interested reader's attention. It offers a thorough review and analysis of how American officials and advisers shaped U.S. arms control policies on nuclear weapons in negotiations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, with brief consideration given as well to U.S. arms control policymaking since George H.W. Bush's presidency. -- Patrick M. Morgan Peace Review For anyone interested in a sophisticated history of US arms control efforts, James Lebovic's Flawed Logics provides a fine starting point... Lebovic avoids the quantitative methods, airtight logical typologies, and parsimonious theorizing that dominate much of contemporary international relations scholarship. Instead, he sticks to a qualitative reading of the policy debates over nuclear arms agreements and nuclear strategies within each presidential administration since Harry S. Truman's. Christian Scholar's Review [Lebovic's] book provides a new perspective through which students can have a thorough picture of the history of nuclear arms control negotiations. The book is also of interest to experts and policy makers who would like to deepen their knowledge about the role of beliefs and ideas in the field. Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Arms Control and the Power of Belief1. Initial U.S. Nuclear Arms Control Initiatives: The Truman through Eisenhower Years2. Early Success at Arms Control: The Kennedy Administration and the Limited Test Ban Treaty3. The Era of Bilateral Nuclear Arms Limitations: The Johnson through Carter Years4. Nuclear Arms Reductions in the Final Cold WarDecade: The Reagan Years5. Nuclear Arms Reductions after the Cold War: The George H. W. Bush through Obama Years 1826. The United States and Strategic Nuclear Arms Control: Assessing Intentions, Constraining CapabilitiesNotesReferencesIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Seizing Power
Book SynopsisIn addition, Singh identifies three distinct types of coup dynamics, each with a different probability of success, based on where within the organization each coup originated: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers.Trade ReviewSingh's book is an informative read-even if you're not planning a coup. Washington Post A powerful book on military coups. Singh's argument is convincing and straightforward... Impressive. This reviewer would not be surprised if Seizing Power quickly establishes itself as a must-read for students of coups and military politics in the years to come. Perspectives on Politics This is a truly insightful book on a subject-coups as means of seizing power-that has been little researched and written about. Naunihal Singh is a true pioneer in that regard, and we must commend him for making a unique contribution to military knowledge with this important, highly useful, and valuable book. Biz India MagazineTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. IntroductionThe Importance of Understanding CoupsUnderstanding Coup Outcomes and DynamicsOther Theoretical ExplanationsBackground of CasesOverview of Chapters2. TheoryCoups as BattlesCoups as ElectionsCoups as Coordination GamesConclusion3. Counting CoupsUnderstanding Coup AttemptsUnderstanding Coup OutcomesUnderstanding Coup LevelsLimitationsConclusion4. Coups from the Top of the MilitaryA Theory of Coups from the TopThe Case of Ghana, 1975Ghana, 1978Conclusion5. Coups from the MiddleA Theory of Coups from the MiddleGhana, 1967Ghana, 1972Conclusion6. Coups from the BottomA Theory of Coups from the BottomGhana, May 1979Ghana, June 1979Ghana, 1981Conclusion7. USSR, 1991BackgroundAnalysisConclusion8. ConclusionImplications for the Study of Civil-Military RelationsImplications for Future CoupsImplications for PolicyAppendixReferencesIndex
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Tiger Check
Book SynopsisThe book illuminates the complex interactions between human and machine that accompany advancing automation in the workplace.Trade ReviewUltimately, this work is one of the best works of air power (and technology) history that this reviewer has read in quite some time, and will likely become a standard of the field. It certainly sets a very high bar for other historians. For those interested in pilot culture and/or aircraft technology, this is required reading, while still pointing towards directions for future scholarship.—Ballons to DronesFino has truly written a very fine and well-researched academic book that will appeal across disciplines and military services. Tiger Check proves that aggressiveness and being a good stick, are still the hallmark of being of fighter pilot, but adds switchology and scientific skills needed to the traits necessary to operate a modern fighter aircraft. If the Sabre pilots were tigers, then today’s fighter pilots are tigers in lab coats. Fino should be mandatory reading for fighter pilots, especially those who are not familiar with the genesis of the tactics and tradecraft that they ply today. Though highly technical in some sections, it is an imminently readable tome that will also appeal to air power and technical aficionados, and those who seek to understand the origins and the changing nature of air-to-air combat.—The Strategy BridgeThis is a masterly analysis of fighter combat in the Korean and Vietnam wars and beyond...an outstanding book showing how pilots grappled with new technologies that promised to simplify their jobs while increasing their lethality in the air but, the author says, also threatened to rob them of the quintessential fighter pilot experience.—Aviation NewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations1. Introduction2. The Myth of the Fighter PilotCrafting the Mythical AceRevisiting the HistoryRitualizing the MythWar's Next TestConclusion3. Sabres over KoreaA New Solution to an Old Gunnery ProblemThrust into WarCapturing GloryUsing the New GunsightsConclusion4. Phantoms over VietnamA New Approach to the Gunnery ProblemThrust into War, AgainTension in the AirWho Gets the Credit?Conclusion5. Eagles over NellisA Pure Air-to-Air FighterTrial by Test"Sorting" Things OutConclusion6. ConclusionThe Irony of the Fighter PilotA Lesson for Future AutomationKnights or Scientists?NotesWorks CitedIndex
£57.80
Johns Hopkins University Press Four Guardians
Book SynopsisExploring the profound differences between what the military services believeand how they uniquely serve the nation. When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such interservice rivalries, however, are only a fraction of the real story. In Four Guardians, Jeffrey W. Donnithorne argues that the services act instead as principled agents, interpreting policies in ways that reflect their unique cultures and patterns of belief. Chapter-length portraits of each service highlight the influence of operational environment (nature) and political history (nurture) in shaping each service's cultural worldview. The book also offers two important case studies of civil-military policymaking: one, the little-known story of the creation of the Rapid DTrade ReviewFour Guardians is a laudable effort that should be carefully and widely read by scholars and practitioners of civil-military relations. This ambitious project attempts not only to explore the impact that each distinct military service culture will have on civil-military relations, but also to extend and re-imagine one of the most prominent theories.—RealClear DefenseA great read for field-grade officers preparing for joint staff or any assignment that requires making predictions on other services' behavior in policy debate. Despite six years of joint experience, including five years on USA posts, I found new insights into understanding the other services. We are destined to fight together and Donnithorne's book prepares the reader for that destiny.—Strategic Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Principled Agent Theory2. Thinking Like a Sailor3. The Few and the Proud4. Washington's Own5. Fighting for Air6. Getting There Fast7. Getting to YesConclusionNotesIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Killing for the Republic
Book SynopsisHow Rome's citizen-soldiers conquered the worldand why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today. For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means and under what system of polity the Romans . . . succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole governmenta thing unique in history?PolybiusThe year 146 BC marked the brutal end to the Roman Republic's 118-year struggle for the western Mediterranean. Breaching the walls of their great enemy, Carthage, Roman troops slaughtered countless citizens, enslaved those who survived, and leveled the 700-year-old city. That same year in the east, Rome destroyed Corinth and subdued Greece. Over little more than a century, Rome's triumphant armies of citizen-soldiers had shocked the world by conquering all of its neighbors. How did armies made up of citizen-soldiers manage to pull off such a major triumph? And what made the republic so powerful? In Killing for the Republic, Steele Brand eTrade ReviewBrand's book should be read with care by Americans as our republic enters its twilight . . . Readers of many tastes will receive great enjoyment from Brand's book.—William S. Smith, The American Conservative[Recommended] for general readers and students interested in the armies of the Roman Republic, and more specifically on the role that the citizen-soldiers played in shaping the history of Rome.—Fabrizio Biglino, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewSteele Brand has done a service with this book . . . [He] has produced a novel examination of violence and virtue with undeniable contemporary relevance. An engaging and accessible work, Killing for the Republic warrants reading by all republicans.—Gil Barndollar, HumanitasTable of ContentsPreface. Why Care about Long-Dead Fighting Farmers?Prologue. The Roman and American RepublicsPart 1. Farmers, Citizens, and SoldiersChapter 1. The Soldier's Farm Chapter 2. The Citizen's Republic Part 2. The Making of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 3. Origins: Kingly Armies of the Roman Hills Chapter 4. Proving Ground: Surviving in Central Italy Part 3. The Triumph of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 5. Breakout: Competition and Discipline at Sentinum Chapter 6. The Greatest Trial: Beating Your Betters at New CarthageChapter 7. Triumph: Phalanx Killers at PydnaPart 4. The Death of Rome's Citizen-SoldiersChapter 8. Questionable Legitimacy: The Ideal Statesman's Battle at MutinaChapter 9. Suicidal Finish: Last Stand of the Citizen-Soldier at Philippi Epilogue. War Stories for the Emperor Acknowledgments Notes Index
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press No Standing Armies
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1974. In her study of primary materials in England and the United States, Schwoerer traces the origin, development, and articulation in both Parliament and in the popular press of the attitude opposing standing armies in seventeenth-century England and the American colonies. Central to the criticism of armies at that time was the conviction that ultimate military power should be vested in Parliament, not the Crown. Schwoerer shows how the many diverse elements of England's antimilitarism, including political principle, propaganda, parliamentary tactics, parochialism, and partisanship, hardened with every confrontation between the Crown or Protector and Parliament. The author finds a general predisposition to distrust professional soldiers early in the century, and from the 1620s onward she notes opposition to a standing army in times of peace. Highlighting the growth of the antimilitary tradition, Schwoerer traces the development of this attitude from the PetitiTable of ContentsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Origin of the English Antimilitary AttitudeChapter 2. The Petition of Right of 1628: The Antimilitary Sentiment HardensChapter 3. Theory of Parliamentary Command of the Militia: 1641 - 1642Chapter 4. The New Model Army Criticized: 1647 - 1660Chapter 5. The Military Settlement at the Restoration: 1660 - 1667Chapter 6. Principle and Propaganda in the 1670sChapter 7. Standing Armies: 1685 - 1689Chapter 8. The Climax of the Standing Army Issue in Parliament and Press: 1697 - 1699Chapter 9. Conclusion: Eighteenth-Century EchoesBibliographical NoteIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Four Guardians
Book SynopsisExploring the profound differences between what the military services believeand how they uniquely serve the nation. When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such interservice rivalries, however, are only a fraction of the real story. In Four Guardians, Jeffrey W. Donnithorne argues that the services act instead as principled agents, interpreting policies in ways that reflect their unique cultures and patterns of belief. Chapter-length portraits of each service highlight the influence of operational environment (nature) and political history (nurture) in shaping each service's cultural worldview. The book also offers two important case studies of civil-military policymaking: one, the little-known story of the creation of the Rapid DTrade ReviewFour Guardians is a laudable effort that should be carefully and widely read by scholars and practitioners of civil-military relations. This ambitious project attempts not only to explore the impact that each distinct military service culture will have on civil-military relations, but also to extend and re-imagine one of the most prominent theories.—RealClear DefenseA great read for field-grade officers preparing for joint staff or any assignment that requires making predictions on other services' behavior in policy debate. Despite six years of joint experience, including five years on USA posts, I found new insights into understanding the other services. We are destined to fight together and Donnithorne's book prepares the reader for that destiny.—Strategic Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Principled Agent Theory2. Thinking Like a Sailor3. The Few and the Proud4. Washington's Own5. Fighting for Air6. Getting There Fast7. Getting to YesConclusionNotesIndex
£23.85
University of Toronto Press Canadas National Security in the Post911 World
Book SynopsisThis timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces.Table of ContentsContents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction David S. McDonough Part One: A Framework for National Security 1: The Need for a Canadian Grand Strategy Charles F. Doran and David Pratt 2: Canada's National and International Security Interests Don Macnamara 3: The Balance of Freedoms: A Fresh Strategic Framework Hugh D. Segal Part Two: The Home Front 4: Defence Procurement and Industry Craig Stone 5: Homeland Security and Defence in the Post-9/11 Era Elinor Sloan 6: Continental Defence: "Like farmers whose lands have a common concession line" Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolsky Part Three: Regions and Players of Interest 7: NATO and the EU: Canada's Security Interests in Europe and Beyond Alexander Moens 8: Shift to the Pacific: Canada's Security Interests and Maritime Strategy in East Asia Thomas Adams 9: South Asia: Growing Risks, Growing Importance and Canada's Evolving Role Douglas Goold Part Four: Expeditionary Missions and the Future of the CF 10: From Paardeberg to Panjwai: Canadian National Interests in Expeditionary Operations David J. Bercuson and J. L. Granatstein 11: Stabilization Operations in Afghanistan and in the Future: The Need for a Strategic Canadian Approach Ann M. Fitz-Gerald Part Five: Issues, Risks and Threats 12: Canada's Defence and Security Policies after 2011: Missions, Means and Money Douglas L. Bland and Brian MacDonald 13: WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective James Fergusson and David S. McDonough 14: Counter-Capability and Counter-Motivation: A Counterterrorism Strategy for Canada Alex S. Wilner Conclusion David S. McDonough
£25.19
University of Toronto Press Canadas National Security in the Post911 World
Book SynopsisThis timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces.Table of ContentsContents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction David S. McDonough Part One: A Framework for National Security 1: The Need for a Canadian Grand Strategy Charles F. Doran and David Pratt 2: Canada's National and International Security Interests Don Macnamara 3: The Balance of Freedoms: A Fresh Strategic Framework Hugh D. Segal Part Two: The Home Front 4: Defence Procurement and Industry Craig Stone 5: Homeland Security and Defence in the Post-9/11 Era Elinor Sloan 6: Continental Defence: "Like farmers whose lands have a common concession line" Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolsky Part Three: Regions and Players of Interest 7: NATO and the EU: Canada's Security Interests in Europe and Beyond Alexander Moens 8: Shift to the Pacific: Canada's Security Interests and Maritime Strategy in East Asia Thomas Adams 9: South Asia: Growing Risks, Growing Importance and Canada's Evolving Role Douglas Goold Part Four: Expeditionary Missions and the Future of the CF 10: From Paardeberg to Panjwai: Canadian National Interests in Expeditionary Operations David J. Bercuson and J. L. Granatstein 11: Stabilization Operations in Afghanistan and in the Future: The Need for a Strategic Canadian Approach Ann M. Fitz-Gerald Part Five: Issues, Risks and Threats 12: Canada's Defence and Security Policies after 2011: Missions, Means and Money Douglas L. Bland and Brian MacDonald 13: WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective James Fergusson and David S. McDonough 14: Counter-Capability and Counter-Motivation: A Counterterrorism Strategy for Canada Alex S. Wilner Conclusion David S. McDonough
£46.80
Duke University Press Bodies as Evidence
Book SynopsisThrough global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, militarized policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life.Trade Review"The volume certainly highlights what a conceptual anthropological engagement with 'security,' as well as with 'evidence' means. The volume will be worth reading for scholars in- and out-side anthropology interested in the production of knowledge, technologies, security and governmentality." -- Monika Weissensteiner * Surveillance Studies *“Bodies as Evidence poses a bold premise. It argues that not only is evidence beholden to social and political influences but that the glorification of evidence has demonstrable, and often dangerous, side effects on already marginalized communities. Its exemplary use of ethnographic and reflexive methodologies illustrates the vast complexity of seemingly objective data, and the practical limitations of collecting and employing it.” -- Sarah Maya Rosen * Journal of International & Global Studies *“This timely book will be of interest to political, legal, and social geographers concerned with the embodied and spatial implications of shifting laws and borders, and demands for evidence by and against the state.” -- Emily C. Kaufman * Social & Cultural Geography *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Bodies as Evidence / Mark Maguire and Ursula Rao 1 1. The Truth of the Error: Making Identity and Security through Biometric Discrimination / Elida Jacobsen and Ursula Rao 24 2. Injured by the Border: Security Buildup, Migrant Bodies, and Emergency Response in Southern Arizona / Ieva Jusionyte 43 3. E-Terrify: Securitized Immigration and Biometric Surveillance in the Workplace / Daniel M. Goldstein and Carolina Alonso-Bejarano 62 4. "Dead-Bodies-at-the-Border": Distributed Evidence and Emerging Forensic Infrastructure for Identificiation / Amade M'charek 89 5. The Transitional Lives of Crimes against Humanity: Forensic Evidence under Changing Political Circumstances / Antonius C. G. M. Robben and Francisco J. Ferrándiz 110 6. Policing Future Crimes / Mark Maguire 137 7. "Intelligence" and "Evidence": Sovereign Authority and the Differences that Words Make / Gregory Feldman 159 8. The Secrecy/Threat Matrix / Joseph P. Masco 175 9. What Do Your Want? Evidence and Fantasy in the War on Terror / Joseba Zulaika 201 Conclusion: Discontinuities and Diversity / Mark Maguire and Ursula Rao 228 Contributors 237 Index 241
£98.60
Duke University Press Bodies as Evidence
Book SynopsisFrom biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how security discourses and practices that target the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power. At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a “post-truth” era contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized populations. Contributors. Carolina Alonso-BejaraTrade Review"The volume certainly highlights what a conceptual anthropological engagement with 'security,' as well as with 'evidence' means. The volume will be worth reading for scholars in- and out-side anthropology interested in the production of knowledge, technologies, security and governmentality." -- Monika Weissensteiner * Surveillance Studies *“Bodies as Evidence poses a bold premise. It argues that not only is evidence beholden to social and political influences but that the glorification of evidence has demonstrable, and often dangerous, side effects on already marginalized communities. Its exemplary use of ethnographic and reflexive methodologies illustrates the vast complexity of seemingly objective data, and the practical limitations of collecting and employing it.” -- Sarah Maya Rosen * Journal of International & Global Studies *“This timely book will be of interest to political, legal, and social geographers concerned with the embodied and spatial implications of shifting laws and borders, and demands for evidence by and against the state.” -- Emily C. Kaufman * Social & Cultural Geography *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Bodies as Evidence / Mark Maguire and Ursula Rao 1 1. The Truth of the Error: Making Identity and Security through Biometric Discrimination / Elida Jacobsen and Ursula Rao 24 2. Injured by the Border: Security Buildup, Migrant Bodies, and Emergency Response in Southern Arizona / Ieva Jusionyte 43 3. E-Terrify: Securitized Immigration and Biometric Surveillance in the Workplace / Daniel M. Goldstein and Carolina Alonso-Bejarano 62 4. "Dead-Bodies-at-the-Border": Distributed Evidence and Emerging Forensic Infrastructure for Identificiation / Amade M'charek 89 5. The Transitional Lives of Crimes against Humanity: Forensic Evidence under Changing Political Circumstances / Antonius C. G. M. Robben and Francisco J. Ferrándiz 110 6. Policing Future Crimes / Mark Maguire 137 7. "Intelligence" and "Evidence": Sovereign Authority and the Differences that Words Make / Gregory Feldman 159 8. The Secrecy/Threat Matrix / Joseph P. Masco 175 9. What Do Your Want? Evidence and Fantasy in the War on Terror / Joseba Zulaika 201 Conclusion: Discontinuities and Diversity / Mark Maguire and Ursula Rao 228 Contributors 237 Index 241
£25.19
University of Toronto Press Fighting for Credibility
Book SynopsisFocusing on cases of asymmetric US encounters with smaller powers since the end of the Cold War, Harvey and Mitton reveal that reputations matter for credibility in international politics. This dynamic and deeply documented study successfully brings reputation back to the table of foreign diplomacy.Trade Review'This detailed, technical study will be of special interest chiefly to the scholars of international relations and foreign policy.' -- M. Amstutz Choice Magazine vol 54:10:2017Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Reputations Research and Premature Closure of Inquiry Chapter 2: Reputations Matter: Rational Deterrence Theory and Credibility Reconsidered Chapter 3: US Reputation Building in Deterrence Encounters, 1991-2003 Chapter 4: The Strategic Logic of US Coercion: Explaining Failures and Successes in Syria, 2011- 2013 Chapter 5: RDT, Domestic Politics, and Audience Costs Chapter 6: Reputations, Credibility, and Transferability - Reconsidering Syria's Relevance to Iran, North Korea, and Beyond Chapter 7: Responding to Critics: Alternative Explanations and Competing Policy Recommendations Chapter 8: Expanding Theory-Policy Gaps in International Relations Appendix 1 Glossary of Terms
£49.30
Cornell University Press Insider Threats
Book SynopsisThis compendium of research on insider threats is essential reading for all personnel with accountabilities for security; it shows graphically the extent and persistence of the threat that all organizations face and against which they must take preventive measures. Roger Howsley, Executive Director, World Institute for Nuclear SecurityHigh-security organizations around the world face devastating threats from insiders—trusted employees with access to sensitive information, facilities, and materials. From Edward Snowden to the Fort Hood shooter to the theft of nuclear materials, the threat from insiders is on the front page and at the top of the policy agenda. Insider Threats offers detailed case studies of insider disasters across a range of different types of institutions, from biological research laboratories, to nuclear power plants, to the U.S. Army. Matthew Bunn and Scott D. Sagan outline cognitive and organizational biases that lead organTrade ReviewInsider Threats is well-written, even literary. Its chief lesson: organizations are rarely designed to catch the insider, and much work needs to be done to protect them. -- Ross Johnson * Security Management *
£81.00
Cornell University Press Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China
Book SynopsisStrategic Adjustment and the Rise of China demonstrates how structural and domestic variables influence how East Asian states adjust their strategy in light of the rise of China, including how China manages its own emerging role as a regional great power. The contributors note that the shifting regional balance of power has fueled escalating tensions in East Asia and suggest that adjustment challenges are exacerbated by the politics of policymaking. International and domestic pressures on policymaking are reflected in maritime territorial disputes and in the broader range of regional security issues created by the rise of China.Adjusting to power shifts and managing a new regional order in the face of inevitable domestic pressure, including nationalism, is a challenging process. Both the United States and China have had to adjust to China''s expanded capabilities. China has sought an expanded influence in maritime East Asia; the United States has responded by consolidating itTrade ReviewEnhances our understanding of power and politics in East Asia, and will help policymakers, researchers, and students of international relations to follow the power transition caused by the rise of China. * Journal of Chinese Political Science *Fills some major gaps in strategy studies, and can serve either as a reference for policy makers and Asian specialists, or as a supplementary text for teachers and college students. * PACIFIC AFFAIRS *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Domestic Politics and Nationalism in East Asian Security, Randall L. Schweller2. U.S.–China Relations From Unipolar Hedging toward Bipolar Balancing, Oystein Tunsjo3. Perception, Misperception, and Sensitivity: Chinese Economic Power and Preferences afte rhte 2008 Financial Crisis, Daniel W. Drezner4. Two Asias? China's Rise, Dual Structure, and the Alliance System in East Asia, Wang DongPart II Japan, South Korea, and the Rise of China: National Security and Nationalism5. Protecting the Status Quo: Japan's Response to the Rise of China, Ian bowers and Bjorn Elias Mikasen Gronning6. Popular Nationalism and Economic Interests in China's Japan Policy, James Reilly7. China's Rise and Security Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula, Chung-in MoonPart III Great Power Relations and Regional Conflict8. Threading the Needle: The South China Sea Disputes and U.S. China Relations9. The United States and China in Northeast Asia: Third-Party Coercion and Alliance Relations, Robert S. RossConclusion: East Asia at the Center: Power Shifts and Theory, Oystein Tunsjo
£27.54
Cornell University Press Dying to Learn
Book SynopsisIn Dying to Learn, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn. He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies struggle to cope with deadlock throughout the First World War, as the British, French, and German armies all pursued the same solutions-assault tactics, combined arms, and elastic defense in depth. By the end of the war, only the German army managed to develop and implement a set of revolutionary offensive, defensive, and combined arms doctrines that in hindsight represented the best way to fight.Hunzeker identifies three organizational variables that determine how fighting militaries generate new ideas, distinguish good ones from bad ones, and implement the best of them across the entire organization. These factors are: the degree to which leadership delegates authority on the battlefield; how effectively the organization retains control over soldier and officer training; andTrade ReviewFrom his detailed case studies, Hunzeker develops a theory of wartime learning. Hunzeker specializes in conventional deterrence, war termination, military adaptation, and simulation design. * Michigan War Studies Review *Dying to Learn is a valuable and impressive academic and practitioner's analysis. It is not easy reading. The author demonstrates the value of institutional, organizational, and doctrinal study, however unexciting the topics are for many. * US Army War College Press *Dying to Learn will be especially relevant to contemporary military service personnel thinking about their own profession as it contends with the complexity of learning in a time of great stress and strain.Hunzeker offers a model to understand wartime learning[.] * Canadian Military History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Wartime Learning Assessment, Command, and Training Theory Learning on the Western Front The German Army on the Western Front The British Army on the Western Front The French Army on the Western Front Conclusion: Alternative Explanations and Policy Implications
£32.30
Stanford University Press Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics,
Book SynopsisA nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been integrated into every facet of the armed forces to become a vital part of Russian national security, politics, and identity. This extraordinary intertwining of church and military is nowhere more visible than in the nuclear weapons community, where the priesthood has penetrated all levels of command and the Church has positioned itself as a guardian of the state's nuclear potential. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing of one of the world's most powerful military organizations. Dmitry Adamsky describes how the Orthodox faith has merged with Russian national identity as the Church continues to expand its influence on foreign and domestic politics. The Church both legitimizes and influences Moscow's assertive national security strategy in the twenty-first century. This book sheds light on the role of faith in modern militaries and highlights the implications of this phenomenon for international security. Ultimately, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy interrogates the implications of the confluence of religion and security for other members of the nuclear club, beyond Russia.Trade Review"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy is an extraordinary book that changes the way we think about the world, the use of nuclear weapons, and the role of religion in modern warfare."—Stephen Peter Rosen, Harvard University"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy is an outstanding account of how religion came to shape one of the most important security apparatuses of our times, Russia's nuclear forces. Dmitry Adamsky describes in riveting detail how the Orthodox Church, once banned from the armed forces entirely, came to influence the symbols, practices, and beliefs of Russian soldiers. Enthusiasts of Russian politics, security studies, or religion and politics, will delight in this book."—Ron E. Hassner, University of California, Berkeley"Dmitry Adamsky has given us a richly documented analysis of the post-Soviet nexus between religion, nationalism, and nuclear weapons in Russia. This highly original book throws new light on an intriguing development that has far-reaching implications for Russia's domestic politics as well as its national security policy. An important, pioneering work!"—David Holloway, Stanford University"No one but Dmitry Adamsky, with his scholarly persistence and ingenuity, his literary skill, and his insight into Russia's history, culture, and military mentality could have written this extraordinary book. Religion intersects with strategy in many ways, but this is a case that will astonish (and in some cases alarm) Western readers including some of the most sophisticated ones. A magnificent, fascinating, and altogether unique study."—Eliot A. Cohen, Johns Hopkins University"Adamsky has written a highly readable and informative book on a woefully understudied topic...To its great credit, the study goes well beyond the organizational aspects of the 'churchification' of the Russian military. Adamsky asks important questions regarding the tension between the generally peace-loving nature of Christianity and the glorification of the military that is found in the 21st century conception of Russian nuclear orthodoxy."—Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard Davis Center; Russia Matters"Adamsky's Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy... should become required reading for all those involved in relations with Moscow and especially those in the Western security community....Adamsky has amassed so much evidence of Orthodoxy playing a role in the strategic nuclear community in Moscow that no Western analyst concerned about the possibility of a nuclear conflict can afford to ignore his findings or the light they throw on the thinking of Russian leaders and commanders."—Paul Goble, Eurasia Daily Monitor"What Adamsky demonstrates is nothing short of a remarkable transformation in Russian military and diplomatic worldview, captured in the term nuclear orthodoxy."—Robert J. Joustra, Providence"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxyis a seminal work on a very important topic. I urge readers to study this well-researched book in order to gain important insights into Russian church-state relations and their impact on the Russian nuclear community."—Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"Adamsky's own background has provided him with a powerful lense to view the subject. The book proves him to be intimately familiar with rituals of faith and military might in post-Soviet Russia, but balances that intimacy with a cold and analytical eye."—Moscow Defense Brief"Adamsky's brilliant journey across Russian political-strategic culture...suggests that western society must appear to the denizens of the Kremlin as chaotic and easily destabilized, while their politics, in contrast, appear to them to be constant and unreachable in the firmament above."—James J. Wirtz, International Affairs"Dima Adamsky's Nuclear Orthodoxy is a must read—for laying out how the Orthodox Church has helped to create a new sacred, strategic narrative which puts Russia's defense spending and national-security posture into context."––Nikolas K. Gvosdev, The National Interest"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy...demonstrates convincingly that there are indeed important signs being missed all around us, pointing to a longstanding nexus between the Russian Orthodox Church and the country's nuclear-military-industrial complex. Adamsky's groundbreaking book lays out the largely unstudied history of how a nuclear priesthood emerged in Russia, permeated the units and commands in charge of Russia's nuclear forces, and became an integral part of the nuclear weapons industry."—Michael Kofman, War on the Rocks"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy...is a groundbreaking analysis exploring the intersection of religion, politics, and strategic affairs in Russia. A cogently argued and remarkably well-sourced analysis that is sure to become a staple in future scholastic research."—Nathaniel P. Lanaghan, Air & Space Power Journal"Not prone to culturally essentialist flights of fancy, Adamsky has shown a particular skill for interpreting the peculiar mixture of circumstances, organizations, and socio-cultural dispositions that shapes how militaries conceptualize and operationalize new ways of fighting."—Jon Askonas, Texas National Security Review"[An] insightful and meticulously sourced book....Adamsky's work is important because, if his analysis is correct, the trends that he documents have the potential to reshape the Russian nuclear science establishment, the Russian military, and Russia's policy toward nuclear weapons."—Anya Loukianova Fink, Texas National Security ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. State-Church Relations (1991–2000) 3. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (1991–2000) 4. Strategic Mythmaking (1991–2000) 5. State-Church Relations (2000–2010) 6. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2000–2010) 7. Strategic Mythmaking (2000–2010) 8. State-Church Relations (2010–2020) 9. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2010–2020) 10. Strategic Mythmaking (2010–2020) 11. Conclusion 12. Epilogue
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Stanford University Press Global Data Shock: Strategic Ambiguity,
Book SynopsisIntelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, as well as the larger consequences for international security. This book provides not only an accessible framework for understanding global data shock and its consequences, but also a strategy to prepare for and respond to information overload. Global Data Shock explores how information overload facilitates deception, eroding international trust and cooperation in the post-Cold War era. A sweeping array of case studies illustrates the role of data shock in shaping global events from the 1990 Iraqi attack on Kuwait to Brexit. When strategists try to use an overabundance of data to their advantage, Mandel reveals, it often results in unanticipated and undesirable consequences. Too much information can lead to foreign intelligence failures, security policy incoherence, mass public frustrations, curtailment of democratic freedoms, and even international political anarchy. Global Data Shock addresses the pressing need for improved management of information and its strategic deployment.Trade Review"The prevalence of awful mistakes historically made statesmen assume they would do better if they had more information. Robert Mandel brings sharply into focus the very modern and surprising problem that more information turns out to be as much a curse as a cure, and creatively examines the implications for a wide range of policy challenges." -- Richard K. Betts, Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies * Columbia University *"This pertinent, well-written, and timely book addresses authoritatively and comprehensively the critical tension between the benefits of access to multitudinous data and the potentially pernicious consequences of being overwhelmed by it. Global Data Shock offers remedies to this vicious problem and should be required reading for policy analysts, students, and practitioners." -- Yaacov Vertzberger * The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *"Robert Mandel offers a cautionary tale for technophiles who believe the combination of supercomputers and limitless data will end ambiguity in international affairs. Global Data Shock stakes out its position clearly: people are the weak link in the human-machine interface and information overload makes that link increasingly tenuous, creating unprecedented opportunities for deception in international relations." -- James J. Wirtz * Naval Postgraduate School *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis introduction identifies the study's central puzzles; delimits the scope of the discussion (including its geographical scope, its time frame, and substantive issues covered); explains what makes the analysis unique and provocative; and highlights the linkages between this investigation and broader security questions. The necessary background is provided to clarify why studying global data shock, incorporating the security impact of information overload on strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, is such a critical issue now. There is also an explanation of why it is so important to incorporate the perspectives of both manipulation initiators and manipulation targets in this analysis. 1Global Information Overload chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the roots and current nature of globally exploding information overload. It begins by summarizing contrasting reactions to the information explosion, providing a comparative pre-Internet-Age retrospective to demonstrate how much more intense the security impacts have been in recent decades, discussing "big data analysis" promises and perils, and exploring mass public global data shock fears and concerns. The chapter then analyzes in detail the major barriers to information interpretation, including data quantity/quality distortions involving escalating information overload and security information unreliability; receiver processing limitations involving human cognitive frailty and organizational decision inflexibility; and system value heterogeneity involving global cultural diversity and international political anarchy. This chapter sets the stage for the resulting increase in strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise discussed in the next chapter. 2Global Strategic Manipulation chapter abstractThis chapter explores the linkages between information overload and the increasingly evident patterns of strategic manipulation in today's world, involving ambiguity, deception, and surprise. It specifically examines how information overload can intensify and expand the range of strategic manipulation across national boundaries. It then reviews strategic manipulation goals, comparing those of offensive manipulation initiators and those of defensive manipulation responders; the general dynamics of strategic manipulation and the specific dynamics of strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise; and a comprehensive assessment of strategic manipulation costs and benefits. This chapter completes the picture of why both intelligence analysts and private citizens are currently experiencing global data shock, overwhelmed with data that they cannot properly interpret and cannot find appropriate ways to manage. 3Global Data Shock Case Studies chapter abstractThis chapter presents ten global case studies highlighting distinctive security challenges for coping with global data shock, for both initiators using offensive manipulation and targets defending against manipulation under information overload. The cases are organized by theme—whether the primary form of manipulation exhibited by initiators is strategic ambiguity, manipulation, or surprise. Highlighting strategic ambiguity are the 2017 foreign security policy style of American president Donald Trump, the 2016 Brexit vote to leave the European Union, and the 2002-2003 nondiscovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Highlighting strategic deception are the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia. Highlighting strategic surprise are the 2007 Israeli destruction of the Syrian al-Kibar nuclear plant, the 2005 Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan, the 2001 al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the United States, and the 1990 Iraqi attack on Kuwait. 4Emerging Case Patterns chapter abstractThis chapter reviews the patterns emerging from the ten global case studies about initiator manipulation facilitation under information overload and target manipulation vulnerability under information overload, including patterns specific to strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise and patterns specific to manipulation initiators and manipulation targets. Then it summarizes the trend in post-manipulation tensions, eroding trust and predictability among longtime allies. Next, it provides a detailed analysis of under what circumstances (1) information overload most promotes strategic manipulation; (2) initiators' offensive manipulation and targets' defensive response are most effective; (3) strategic manipulation is most legitimate; and (4) strategic manipulation is most dangerous. Finally, the chapter highlights notable general case lessons informing global data shock management, and it explains the countermanipulation conundrum that makes such management so challenging. 5Managing Global Data Shock chapter abstractThis chapter suggests ways to help to manage information overload and to assist both initiators and targets to manage strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise. Creative thinking is vital to cope with foreign data interpretation and strategic manipulation, including combining fluid, innovative, and responsive measures, avoiding "stick-in-the-mud" repetitive use; discovering or creating new information and communication channels; and engaging in more systematic advanced contingency planning. The first step is to avoid the many forms of global data shock mismanagement, which are chronicled in detail regarding information overload, initiator offensive manipulation, and target defensive responses. Then the chapter provides a probing comparative prioritization of general management strategies, showing decisive advantages for some approaches over others. Next it provides specific policy recommendations for improving offensive manipulation and defensive responses under information overload, followed by specific advice for specifically addressing strategic ambiguity, manipulation, and surprise. Conclusion chapter abstractThis conclusion wraps up the book by identifying how global data shock stymies the universal search for meaning; how the rise of informal influence in international relations connects to the growth of strategic manipulation; how ethical concerns arise from the international use of strategic manipulation; how a paradox surrounds the desirability of information transparency on a global scale; how ominous dangers surround future global data shock trends; and how better human-computer, state-to-state, and citizen-government collaboration is needed to cope with global data shock. The emphasis is on taking responsibility to address this seemingly intractable problem rather than avoiding confronting it or fatalistically accepting it.
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Stanford University Press Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics,
Book SynopsisA nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been integrated into every facet of the armed forces to become a vital part of Russian national security, politics, and identity. This extraordinary intertwining of church and military is nowhere more visible than in the nuclear weapons community, where the priesthood has penetrated all levels of command and the Church has positioned itself as a guardian of the state's nuclear potential. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing of one of the world's most powerful military organizations. Dmitry Adamsky describes how the Orthodox faith has merged with Russian national identity as the Church continues to expand its influence on foreign and domestic politics. The Church both legitimizes and influences Moscow's assertive national security strategy in the twenty-first century. This book sheds light on the role of faith in modern militaries and highlights the implications of this phenomenon for international security. Ultimately, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy interrogates the implications of the confluence of religion and security for other members of the nuclear club, beyond Russia.Trade Review"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy is an extraordinary book that changes the way we think about the world, the use of nuclear weapons, and the role of religion in modern warfare."—Stephen Peter Rosen, Harvard University"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy is an outstanding account of how religion came to shape one of the most important security apparatuses of our times, Russia's nuclear forces. Dmitry Adamsky describes in riveting detail how the Orthodox Church, once banned from the armed forces entirely, came to influence the symbols, practices, and beliefs of Russian soldiers. Enthusiasts of Russian politics, security studies, or religion and politics, will delight in this book."—Ron E. Hassner, University of California, Berkeley"Dmitry Adamsky has given us a richly documented analysis of the post-Soviet nexus between religion, nationalism, and nuclear weapons in Russia. This highly original book throws new light on an intriguing development that has far-reaching implications for Russia's domestic politics as well as its national security policy. An important, pioneering work!"—David Holloway, Stanford University"No one but Dmitry Adamsky, with his scholarly persistence and ingenuity, his literary skill, and his insight into Russia's history, culture, and military mentality could have written this extraordinary book. Religion intersects with strategy in many ways, but this is a case that will astonish (and in some cases alarm) Western readers including some of the most sophisticated ones. A magnificent, fascinating, and altogether unique study."—Eliot A. Cohen, Johns Hopkins University"Adamsky has written a highly readable and informative book on a woefully understudied topic...To its great credit, the study goes well beyond the organizational aspects of the 'churchification' of the Russian military. Adamsky asks important questions regarding the tension between the generally peace-loving nature of Christianity and the glorification of the military that is found in the 21st century conception of Russian nuclear orthodoxy."—Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard Davis Center; Russia Matters"Adamsky's Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy... should become required reading for all those involved in relations with Moscow and especially those in the Western security community....Adamsky has amassed so much evidence of Orthodoxy playing a role in the strategic nuclear community in Moscow that no Western analyst concerned about the possibility of a nuclear conflict can afford to ignore his findings or the light they throw on the thinking of Russian leaders and commanders."—Paul Goble, Eurasia Daily Monitor"What Adamsky demonstrates is nothing short of a remarkable transformation in Russian military and diplomatic worldview, captured in the term nuclear orthodoxy."—Robert J. Joustra, Providence"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxyis a seminal work on a very important topic. I urge readers to study this well-researched book in order to gain important insights into Russian church-state relations and their impact on the Russian nuclear community."—Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"Adamsky's own background has provided him with a powerful lense to view the subject. The book proves him to be intimately familiar with rituals of faith and military might in post-Soviet Russia, but balances that intimacy with a cold and analytical eye."—Moscow Defense Brief"Adamsky's brilliant journey across Russian political-strategic culture...suggests that western society must appear to the denizens of the Kremlin as chaotic and easily destabilized, while their politics, in contrast, appear to them to be constant and unreachable in the firmament above."—James J. Wirtz, International Affairs"Dima Adamsky's Nuclear Orthodoxy is a must read—for laying out how the Orthodox Church has helped to create a new sacred, strategic narrative which puts Russia's defense spending and national-security posture into context."––Nikolas K. Gvosdev, The National Interest"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy...demonstrates convincingly that there are indeed important signs being missed all around us, pointing to a longstanding nexus between the Russian Orthodox Church and the country's nuclear-military-industrial complex. Adamsky's groundbreaking book lays out the largely unstudied history of how a nuclear priesthood emerged in Russia, permeated the units and commands in charge of Russia's nuclear forces, and became an integral part of the nuclear weapons industry."—Michael Kofman, War on the Rocks"Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy...is a groundbreaking analysis exploring the intersection of religion, politics, and strategic affairs in Russia. A cogently argued and remarkably well-sourced analysis that is sure to become a staple in future scholastic research."—Nathaniel P. Lanaghan, Air & Space Power Journal"Not prone to culturally essentialist flights of fancy, Adamsky has shown a particular skill for interpreting the peculiar mixture of circumstances, organizations, and socio-cultural dispositions that shapes how militaries conceptualize and operationalize new ways of fighting."—Jon Askonas, Texas National Security Review"[An] insightful and meticulously sourced book....Adamsky's work is important because, if his analysis is correct, the trends that he documents have the potential to reshape the Russian nuclear science establishment, the Russian military, and Russia's policy toward nuclear weapons."—Anya Loukianova Fink, Texas National Security ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. State-Church Relations (1991–2000) 3. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (1991–2000) 4. Strategic Mythmaking (1991–2000) 5. State-Church Relations (2000–2010) 6. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2000–2010) 7. Strategic Mythmaking (2000–2010) 8. State-Church Relations (2010–2020) 9. Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2010–2020) 10. Strategic Mythmaking (2010–2020) 11. Conclusion 12. Epilogue
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Stanford University Press The Politics of Space Security: Strategic
Book SynopsisFor the past sixty years, countries have conducted military and civilian activities in space, often for competitive purposes. But they have not yet fought in this environment. This book examines the international politics of the space age from 1957 to the present, the reasons why strategic restraint emerged among the major military powers, and how recent trends toward weaponization may challenge prior norms of conflict avoidance. James Clay Moltz analyzes the competing demands of national interests in space against the shared interests of all spacefarers in preserving the safe use of space in the face of emerging threats, such as man-made orbital debris. This new edition offers analysis of the 2011 to 2018 period, including the second term of President Obama and the beginning of the Trump administration. Focusing on great power competition and cooperation, as well as questions related to the sustainability of current and future national space policies, The Politics of Space Security is an authoritative history of the space age.Trade Review"In The Politics of Space Security, James Clay Moltz presents a concise yet brilliant analysis of the history of space security through the lens of the political environment that shaped it. Moltz's book does a fantastic job of giving just enough detail to strengthen his arguments while still keeping the text flowing." -- Brian Weeden * author of Arms Control Today *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis section discusses two competing visions for space security—space weaponization and space sanctuary—in the context of emerging threats. It outlines the chapters in the book and proposes an alternative argument to existing approaches based on the concept of "environmental security" and military restraint in the face of such threats as man-made nuclear radiation and orbital debris. 1The Dynamics of Space Security: Existing Explanations chapter abstractThis chapter begins by defining "space security" and then provides a short history of the international politics that have surrounded this term since 1957. Next, it analyzes four analogies that have been used in the international relations literature to try to explain and predict space competition and cooperation: the New World, sea power, air power, and the Antarctic. After noting how actual space dynamics have differed from each of the analogies, it then summarizes the existing literature on international space activity, grouping authors into four main schools: space nationalism, global institutionalism, technological determinism, and social interactionism. It concludes by suggesting a new approach to space based on concepts related to collective goods and environmental management. 2Space and Environmental Security chapter abstractThis chapter discusses space security as an evolving environmental management challenge, looking particularly at the risks posed to space activity from man-made radiation caused by nuclear testing in orbit from 1958 to 1962 and, later, from orbital debris created by anti-satellite weapons tests and other sources. It then lays out an argument based on gradual state learning about "collective bads" in space and the development of self-interested strategic restraint. The chapter considers a counterfactual case of non-learning and extensive weaponization in space, which would have left space unusable for other purposes. It then examines how actual learning occurred—through critical events such as the 1962 Starfish Prime nuclear test—and how this learning was institutionalized through formal and informal international agreements. 3Roots of the U.S.-Soviet Space Race: 1920s–1962 chapter abstractThis chapter provides a detailed political history of the space age up to 1962. It begins by examining the different political and strategic factors affecting U.S., German, and Soviet rocket activities in the 1920s and 1930s. It then looks at why Nazi Germany surged ahead with the V-2 missile, and how both the U.S. and Soviet space programs benefited after the war from German missile technology. The chapter next discusses why the Soviet Union treated missile development as a top priority program after 1945, while the United States—with its extensive bomber forces and nuclear advantage—did not. Finally, it looks at the rising competition between the two programs after Sputnik's launch in 1957 and the assumption of both sides that space would soon become a venue for war. 4The Emergence of Cooperative Restraint: 1962–1975 chapter abstractThis chapter explains how shared fears about the effects of orbital nuclear testing on space activity, after the U.S. Starfish Prime nuclear test in July of 1962, caused the first set of U.S.-Soviet agreements on cooperative restraint in space. This led to the signing of the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty and two U.N. resolutions on space restraint, which were later codified in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The chapter traces the shift of U.S.-Soviet space competition toward passive military programs and civil space activity, such as the Kennedy-inspired Moon race, won by NASA in 1969. The chapter discusses the détente era, the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the SALT I agreement (which banned attacks on verification satellites), and the waning of space cooperation following the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. 5Challenges to Space Security and Their Resolution: 1976–1991 chapter abstractThis chapter examines rising U.S.-Soviet space tensions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, their decline after the Gorbachev reforms, and then their sudden end with the Soviet Union's break-up in 1991. It begins with the decline of détente and the restarting of the Soviet kinetic-kill, anti-satellite program, which led to reciprocal development efforts by the United States. President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983 further increased U.S.-Soviet tensions, with its plan for space-based lasers and interceptors and an end to the ABM Treaty. The U.S. test of a kinetic anti-satellite weapon in 1985 raised new understanding about the risks of man-made orbital debris, causing changes to U.S. military practices regarding space. By the end of the period, Soviet reforms created new opportunities for space cooperation, including renewed scientific exchanges and bilateral discussions on limiting orbital debris. 6Post–Cold War Space Uncertainty: 1992–2000 chapter abstractThis chapter begins with the story of how U.S.-Russian space cooperation with the Russian Mir space station and the U.S. space shuttle expanded into Russian membership in the U.S.-led International Space Station (ISS). The chapter also tracks U.S.-Russian disputes over missile defenses and the ABM Treaty during the 1990s, as well as the end of international negotiations in Geneva on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS). It then discusses the remarkable growth of commercial cooperation between Russian space enterprises and U.S. corporations. But the chapter also describes how the near-collapse of Russia's early-warning network in space led to new concerns over crisis stability. By the end of this period, President Clinton had elected to remain in the ABM Treaty, but Congressional Republicans called for an end to the cornerstone of space security with Moscow, setting up a likely confrontation. 7Renewed U.S. Space Nationalism: 2001–2008 chapter abstractThis chapter analyzes the Bush administration's space policy, the U.S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty, and the return of space nationalism. It also examines China's emergence as a major spacefaring nation with its Shenzhou V manned flight, as well as China's controversial decision to test a kinetic anti-satellite weapon in 2007, creating a cloud of long-lived orbital debris. The chapter discusses the rise of new commercial space companies, such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, whose commercial human spaceflight projects planned to break the dominance of state-led programs. Finally, the chapter reviews several international proposals to improve space security during this period, including the European Code of Conduct, the Russo-Chinese-backed Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Space (PPWT), and the U.N. Debris Mitigation Guidelines. 8Expanding International Norms amid Tensions: 2009–Present chapter abstractThis chapter examines space security developments from 2009 to 2018. The chapter first discusses President Obama's 2010 U.S. National Space Policy and the 2011 U.S. National Security Space Strategy, which focused attention on "responsible behavior" in space and expanded cooperation with allies and the commercial sector. But China's decision to continue anti-satellite weapons testing and Russian President Putin's reconstitution of his country's military space constellations and counterspace weapons programs created new tensions. The chapter tracks the failure of International Code of Conduct at the United Nations, as well as the progress of talks on Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities in Vienna. It then examines how emerging commercial space actors began to promote stability and transparency in space by offering unprecedented services in space situational awareness and traffic management. Finally, the chapter discusses President Trump's space security policy and his proposal for a U.S. Space Force. 9Alternative Futures for Space Security chapter abstractThe concluding chapter returns to the four schools of thought on space trends laid out in Chapter 1—space nationalism, global institutionalism, technological determinism, and social interactionism. The chapter first reviews the "lessons" of the first sixty years of space security and then analyzes some key emerging challenges: space traffic control, space situational awareness, and crowding of the radio frequency spectrum and the geostationary orbital belt. The chapter then projects the arguments of each school into the future, while looking at such challenges as lunar governance, space mining, and weaponization. Finally, it examines the growing role of the commercial space sector and its interests in stability, the rule of law, and peaceful space operations. It concludes by refocusing attention on the need to maintain a safe space environment, if humankind is going to be able to continue to develop the orbital realm.
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Stanford University Press Global Data Shock: Strategic Ambiguity,
Book SynopsisIntelligence and security communities have access to an overwhelming amount of information. More data is better in an information-hungry world, but too much data paralyzes individual and institutional abilities to process and use information effectively. Robert Mandel calls this phenomenon "global data shock." He investigates how information overload affects strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, as well as the larger consequences for international security. This book provides not only an accessible framework for understanding global data shock and its consequences, but also a strategy to prepare for and respond to information overload. Global Data Shock explores how information overload facilitates deception, eroding international trust and cooperation in the post-Cold War era. A sweeping array of case studies illustrates the role of data shock in shaping global events from the 1990 Iraqi attack on Kuwait to Brexit. When strategists try to use an overabundance of data to their advantage, Mandel reveals, it often results in unanticipated and undesirable consequences. Too much information can lead to foreign intelligence failures, security policy incoherence, mass public frustrations, curtailment of democratic freedoms, and even international political anarchy. Global Data Shock addresses the pressing need for improved management of information and its strategic deployment.Trade Review"The prevalence of awful mistakes historically made statesmen assume they would do better if they had more information. Robert Mandel brings sharply into focus the very modern and surprising problem that more information turns out to be as much a curse as a cure, and creatively examines the implications for a wide range of policy challenges." -- Richard K. Betts, Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies * Columbia University *"This pertinent, well-written, and timely book addresses authoritatively and comprehensively the critical tension between the benefits of access to multitudinous data and the potentially pernicious consequences of being overwhelmed by it. Global Data Shock offers remedies to this vicious problem and should be required reading for policy analysts, students, and practitioners." -- Yaacov Vertzberger * The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *"Robert Mandel offers a cautionary tale for technophiles who believe the combination of supercomputers and limitless data will end ambiguity in international affairs. Global Data Shock stakes out its position clearly: people are the weak link in the human-machine interface and information overload makes that link increasingly tenuous, creating unprecedented opportunities for deception in international relations." -- James J. Wirtz * Naval Postgraduate School *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis introduction identifies the study's central puzzles; delimits the scope of the discussion (including its geographical scope, its time frame, and substantive issues covered); explains what makes the analysis unique and provocative; and highlights the linkages between this investigation and broader security questions. The necessary background is provided to clarify why studying global data shock, incorporating the security impact of information overload on strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise, is such a critical issue now. There is also an explanation of why it is so important to incorporate the perspectives of both manipulation initiators and manipulation targets in this analysis. 1Global Information Overload chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the roots and current nature of globally exploding information overload. It begins by summarizing contrasting reactions to the information explosion, providing a comparative pre-Internet-Age retrospective to demonstrate how much more intense the security impacts have been in recent decades, discussing "big data analysis" promises and perils, and exploring mass public global data shock fears and concerns. The chapter then analyzes in detail the major barriers to information interpretation, including data quantity/quality distortions involving escalating information overload and security information unreliability; receiver processing limitations involving human cognitive frailty and organizational decision inflexibility; and system value heterogeneity involving global cultural diversity and international political anarchy. This chapter sets the stage for the resulting increase in strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise discussed in the next chapter. 2Global Strategic Manipulation chapter abstractThis chapter explores the linkages between information overload and the increasingly evident patterns of strategic manipulation in today's world, involving ambiguity, deception, and surprise. It specifically examines how information overload can intensify and expand the range of strategic manipulation across national boundaries. It then reviews strategic manipulation goals, comparing those of offensive manipulation initiators and those of defensive manipulation responders; the general dynamics of strategic manipulation and the specific dynamics of strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise; and a comprehensive assessment of strategic manipulation costs and benefits. This chapter completes the picture of why both intelligence analysts and private citizens are currently experiencing global data shock, overwhelmed with data that they cannot properly interpret and cannot find appropriate ways to manage. 3Global Data Shock Case Studies chapter abstractThis chapter presents ten global case studies highlighting distinctive security challenges for coping with global data shock, for both initiators using offensive manipulation and targets defending against manipulation under information overload. The cases are organized by theme—whether the primary form of manipulation exhibited by initiators is strategic ambiguity, manipulation, or surprise. Highlighting strategic ambiguity are the 2017 foreign security policy style of American president Donald Trump, the 2016 Brexit vote to leave the European Union, and the 2002-2003 nondiscovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Highlighting strategic deception are the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia. Highlighting strategic surprise are the 2007 Israeli destruction of the Syrian al-Kibar nuclear plant, the 2005 Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan, the 2001 al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the United States, and the 1990 Iraqi attack on Kuwait. 4Emerging Case Patterns chapter abstractThis chapter reviews the patterns emerging from the ten global case studies about initiator manipulation facilitation under information overload and target manipulation vulnerability under information overload, including patterns specific to strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise and patterns specific to manipulation initiators and manipulation targets. Then it summarizes the trend in post-manipulation tensions, eroding trust and predictability among longtime allies. Next, it provides a detailed analysis of under what circumstances (1) information overload most promotes strategic manipulation; (2) initiators' offensive manipulation and targets' defensive response are most effective; (3) strategic manipulation is most legitimate; and (4) strategic manipulation is most dangerous. Finally, the chapter highlights notable general case lessons informing global data shock management, and it explains the countermanipulation conundrum that makes such management so challenging. 5Managing Global Data Shock chapter abstractThis chapter suggests ways to help to manage information overload and to assist both initiators and targets to manage strategic ambiguity, deception, and surprise. Creative thinking is vital to cope with foreign data interpretation and strategic manipulation, including combining fluid, innovative, and responsive measures, avoiding "stick-in-the-mud" repetitive use; discovering or creating new information and communication channels; and engaging in more systematic advanced contingency planning. The first step is to avoid the many forms of global data shock mismanagement, which are chronicled in detail regarding information overload, initiator offensive manipulation, and target defensive responses. Then the chapter provides a probing comparative prioritization of general management strategies, showing decisive advantages for some approaches over others. Next it provides specific policy recommendations for improving offensive manipulation and defensive responses under information overload, followed by specific advice for specifically addressing strategic ambiguity, manipulation, and surprise. Conclusion chapter abstractThis conclusion wraps up the book by identifying how global data shock stymies the universal search for meaning; how the rise of informal influence in international relations connects to the growth of strategic manipulation; how ethical concerns arise from the international use of strategic manipulation; how a paradox surrounds the desirability of information transparency on a global scale; how ominous dangers surround future global data shock trends; and how better human-computer, state-to-state, and citizen-government collaboration is needed to cope with global data shock. The emphasis is on taking responsibility to address this seemingly intractable problem rather than avoiding confronting it or fatalistically accepting it.
£26.99
Stanford University Press Defense Management Reform: How to Make the
Book SynopsisPentagon spending has been the target of decades of criticism and reform efforts. Billions of dollars are spent on weapons programs that are later abandoned. State-of-the-art data centers are underutilized and overstaffed. New business systems are built at great expense but fail to meet the needs of their users. Every Secretary of Defense for the last five Administrations has made it a priority to address perceived bloat and inefficiency by making management reform a major priority. The congressional defense committees have been just as active, enacting hundreds of legislative provisions. Yet few of these initiatives produce significant results, and the Pentagon appears to go on, as wasteful as ever. In this book, Peter Levine addresses why, despite a long history of attempted reform, the Pentagon continues to struggle to reduce waste and inefficiency. The heart of Defense Management Reform is three case studies covering civilian personnel, acquisitions, and financial management. Narrated with the insight of an insider, the result is a clear understanding of what went wrong in the past and a set of concrete guidelines to plot a better future.Trade Review"There are a handful of public servants who can legitimately claim to be practitioners of defense reform. Peter Levine is one. Having observed reform efforts that originated on Capitol Hill and managed such efforts in the Department of Defense, Peter is uniquely qualified to identify the political and bureaucratic practices that promote successful defense reform." -- General Norty Schwartz, USAF (Retired), Former Chief of Staff * United States Air Force *"No one know the successes and failures of 'reform' in defense better than Peter Levine, and his own role in many of them made for the successes." -- Ash Carter, Former Secretary of Defense; Director, Harvard's Belfer Center; and Innovation Fellow, Member of the Corporation * MIT *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Civilian Personnel Reform at the Department of Defense chapter abstractThe National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was initiated at a time of consensus that the old civil service system was overly bureaucratic, inflexible, and in need of reform. It received an unprecedented level of resources, but still failed. The Bush administration helped strengthen opposition by insisting on comprehensive changes to the collective bargaining and employee appeals systems that were largely unrelated to the reform's core purpose of linking pay to performance. The NSPS made changes to parts of the system that needed to be changed, but it also changed parts of the system that were working reasonably well. In the end, it failed because of the controversy generated by parts of the new system that may not have been necessary at all, and this failure dragged down the prospect of constructive reform for at least another decade. 2Lessons from the Never-Ending Search for Acquisition Reform chapter abstractOver the last forty years, the DOD has undertaken at least five cycles of acquisition reform, seeking at various times to centralize control over major defense acquisition programs, to devolve more responsibility to the military services, to reign in acquisition abuses with additional guidance, and to rid the DOD and its contractors of excess regulations. While these reforms were all driven by public outrage about cost growth and acquisition abuses, they had wildly different results. The Packard Commission reforms and the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 were the most successful of the reforms because they identified poor front-end decision making as the most significant source of cost growth in the acquisition of major weapon systems and developed a focused set of solutions for that problem. 3Auditing the Pentagon chapter abstractOver the last three decades, the DOD has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in planning activities, billions of dollars in efforts to compile and reconcile financial data, and tens billions of dollars in new financial systems, but has gotten no closer to an auditable financial statement. In fact, an auditable financial statement provides little value for management purposes and may not even be the right goal. The department's bookkeeping problems are the result of a maze of deficient systems, poor controls, dysfunctional processes, and stovepiped organizations, none of which can be fixed by management fiat. The DOD has made the most progress in addressing these problems when it has taken an incremental approach and settled for improved systems and processes that were less than perfect for audit and accounting purposes.
£107.20
Stanford University Press Defense Management Reform: How to Make the
Book SynopsisPentagon spending has been the target of decades of criticism and reform efforts. Billions of dollars are spent on weapons programs that are later abandoned. State-of-the-art data centers are underutilized and overstaffed. New business systems are built at great expense but fail to meet the needs of their users. Every Secretary of Defense for the last five Administrations has made it a priority to address perceived bloat and inefficiency by making management reform a major priority. The congressional defense committees have been just as active, enacting hundreds of legislative provisions. Yet few of these initiatives produce significant results, and the Pentagon appears to go on, as wasteful as ever. In this book, Peter Levine addresses why, despite a long history of attempted reform, the Pentagon continues to struggle to reduce waste and inefficiency. The heart of Defense Management Reform is three case studies covering civilian personnel, acquisitions, and financial management. Narrated with the insight of an insider, the result is a clear understanding of what went wrong in the past and a set of concrete guidelines to plot a better future.Trade Review"There are a handful of public servants who can legitimately claim to be practitioners of defense reform. Peter Levine is one. Having observed reform efforts that originated on Capitol Hill and managed such efforts in the Department of Defense, Peter is uniquely qualified to identify the political and bureaucratic practices that promote successful defense reform." -- General Norty Schwartz, USAF (Retired), Former Chief of Staff * United States Air Force *"No one know the successes and failures of 'reform' in defense better than Peter Levine, and his own role in many of them made for the successes." -- Ash Carter, Former Secretary of Defense; Director, Harvard's Belfer Center; and Innovation Fellow, Member of the Corporation * MIT *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Civilian Personnel Reform at the Department of Defense chapter abstractThe National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was initiated at a time of consensus that the old civil service system was overly bureaucratic, inflexible, and in need of reform. It received an unprecedented level of resources, but still failed. The Bush administration helped strengthen opposition by insisting on comprehensive changes to the collective bargaining and employee appeals systems that were largely unrelated to the reform's core purpose of linking pay to performance. The NSPS made changes to parts of the system that needed to be changed, but it also changed parts of the system that were working reasonably well. In the end, it failed because of the controversy generated by parts of the new system that may not have been necessary at all, and this failure dragged down the prospect of constructive reform for at least another decade. 2Lessons from the Never-Ending Search for Acquisition Reform chapter abstractOver the last forty years, the DOD has undertaken at least five cycles of acquisition reform, seeking at various times to centralize control over major defense acquisition programs, to devolve more responsibility to the military services, to reign in acquisition abuses with additional guidance, and to rid the DOD and its contractors of excess regulations. While these reforms were all driven by public outrage about cost growth and acquisition abuses, they had wildly different results. The Packard Commission reforms and the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 were the most successful of the reforms because they identified poor front-end decision making as the most significant source of cost growth in the acquisition of major weapon systems and developed a focused set of solutions for that problem. 3Auditing the Pentagon chapter abstractOver the last three decades, the DOD has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in planning activities, billions of dollars in efforts to compile and reconcile financial data, and tens billions of dollars in new financial systems, but has gotten no closer to an auditable financial statement. In fact, an auditable financial statement provides little value for management purposes and may not even be the right goal. The department's bookkeeping problems are the result of a maze of deficient systems, poor controls, dysfunctional processes, and stovepiped organizations, none of which can be fixed by management fiat. The DOD has made the most progress in addressing these problems when it has taken an incremental approach and settled for improved systems and processes that were less than perfect for audit and accounting purposes.
£28.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Russia's Military Revival
Book SynopsisRussian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow’s armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant military actor on the international stage. In this cutting-edge study, Bettina Renz provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of Russia’s military revival under Putin’s leadership. Whilst the West must adjust to the reality of a modernised and increasingly powerful Russian military, she argues that the renaissance of Russian military might and its implications for the balance of global power can only be fully understood within a wider historical context. Assessing developments in Russian Great Power thinking, military capabilities, Russian strategic thought and views on the use of force throughout the post-Soviet era, the book shows that, rather than signifying a sudden Russian military resurgence, recent developments are consistent with longstanding trends in Russian military strategy and foreign policy.Trade Review"Putin's determination to restore Russian military prowess and his use of force cannot be understood just as a challenge to Western states. Renz's multi-layered scholarly analysis provides the strategic context to soberly assess the changing role and prospects for Russia’s new military forces."Roy Allison, St. Antony's College, Oxford.‘This is a rare book whose author seeks to genuinely understand where Russia is coming from as it rebuilds its military power. It should be read by anyone wanting to get beyond the black-and-white picture of the West’s relations with Russia.’Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center. "[A] well-written and cogently argued book." Changing Character of War Centre “An important book for anyone interested in or concerned with Russia as a military adversary, or indeed as a counterpart. Analysts and journalists will find something new, and for any military officer who might have to deal with Russia on a more adversarial basis, this must be seen as essential reading.”Frank Ledwidge, The RUSI Journal ‘Renz’s work is readable, useful, and thought-provoking. She has done us a favor by deflating a bit the idea that Russians are ten feet tall again. This book is a solid, practical work on recent Russian military history and well worth the reading.’The Journal of Military History ‘an ideal introduction to the modern Russian military, written by an expert in Russian military reform, Bettina Renz… Renz is no apologist for Russia’s behavior, yet she does an admirable job demonstrating the strategic problems Russia seeks to solve and how the Russian military addresses the country’s problems.’Air University Press ‘concise but thorough and wide-ranging…it is recommended reading for those coming to terms with Moscow’s role on the international stage.’ Parameters “well-researched and clearly articulated… The military academies of the West would do well to put this book in their libraries.”Political Science Quarterly "This book presents a fascinating exploration of Russia’s military revival through an expert analysis of Russia’s deep‐rooted perceptions of power, sovereignty, and security."Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and SocietyTable of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Russian foreign policy and military power Chapter 2: Reforming the military Chapter 3: Russia’s ‘other’ armed forces: the force structures Chapter 4: Russian uses of military power since 1991 Chapter 5: Russian military thinking and ‘hybrid warfare’ Conclusion Bibliography
£49.50
University of Minnesota Press Torture in the National Security Imagination
Book SynopsisReassessing the role of torture in the context of police violence, mass incarceration, and racial capitalism At the midpoint of a century of imperial expansion, marked on one end by the Philippine–American War of 1899–1902 and on the other by post–9/11 debates over waterboarding, the United States embraced a vision of “national security torture,” one contrived to cut ties with domestic torture and mass racial terror and to promote torture instead as a minimalist interrogation tool. Torture in the National Security Imagination argues that dispelling this vision requires a new set of questions about the everyday work that torture does for U.S. society. Stephanie Athey describes the role of torture in the proliferation of a U.S. national security stance and imagination: as U.S. domestic tortures were refined in the Philippines at the turn of the twentieth century, then in mid-century counterinsurgency theory and the networks that brought it home in the form of law-and-order policing and mass incarceration. Drawing on examples from news to military reports, legal writing, and activist media, Athey shows that torture must be seen as a colonial legacy with a corporate future, highlighting the centrality of torture to the American empire—including its role in colonial settlement, American Indian boarding schools, and police violence. She brings to the fore the spectators and commentators, the communal energy of violence, and the teams and target groups necessary to a mass undertaking (equipment suppliers, contractors, bureaucrats, university researchers, and profiteers) to demonstrate that, at base, torture is propelled by local social functions, conducted by networked professional collaborations, and publicly supported by a durable social imaginary. Trade Review "Now that the spectacular images of U.S. torture under the auspices of the ‘war on terror’ have faded, mainstream media and, indeed, scholarly debates have turned to other manifestations of U.S. state violence: against Black Lives Matter protestors, climate activists, First Nations peoples, and in the multiple theaters of global war. By widening the lens on torture within the post–9/11 U.S. regime to illuminate the imaginaries that animated it, Stephanie Athey insists that we recognize it as a moment in a larger narrative of ongoing and multidimensional imperialist violence."—Danielle Celermajer, author of The Prevention of Torture: An Ecological Approach "Offering a highly original discussion of the role of torture in the historical development of American national security, Stephanie Athey provides a new approach to a subject that has seen more than a decade of sustained popular and critical commentary. With innovative claims, Athey traces the evolution of torture lore as a long-standing justification for the making of American empire."—Benjamin Meiches, author of The Politics of Annihilation: A Genealogy of Genocide
£86.40
University of Minnesota Press Torture in the National Security Imagination
Book SynopsisReassessing the role of torture in the context of police violence, mass incarceration, and racial capitalism At the midpoint of a century of imperial expansion, marked on one end by the Philippine–American War of 1899–1902 and on the other by post–9/11 debates over waterboarding, the United States embraced a vision of “national security torture,” one contrived to cut ties with domestic torture and mass racial terror and to promote torture instead as a minimalist interrogation tool. Torture in the National Security Imagination argues that dispelling this vision requires a new set of questions about the everyday work that torture does for U.S. society. Stephanie Athey describes the role of torture in the proliferation of a U.S. national security stance and imagination: as U.S. domestic tortures were refined in the Philippines at the turn of the twentieth century, then in mid-century counterinsurgency theory and the networks that brought it home in the form of law-and-order policing and mass incarceration. Drawing on examples from news to military reports, legal writing, and activist media, Athey shows that torture must be seen as a colonial legacy with a corporate future, highlighting the centrality of torture to the American empire—including its role in colonial settlement, American Indian boarding schools, and police violence. She brings to the fore the spectators and commentators, the communal energy of violence, and the teams and target groups necessary to a mass undertaking (equipment suppliers, contractors, bureaucrats, university researchers, and profiteers) to demonstrate that, at base, torture is propelled by local social functions, conducted by networked professional collaborations, and publicly supported by a durable social imaginary. Trade Review "Now that the spectacular images of U.S. torture under the auspices of the ‘war on terror’ have faded, mainstream media and, indeed, scholarly debates have turned to other manifestations of U.S. state violence: against Black Lives Matter protestors, climate activists, First Nations peoples, and in the multiple theaters of global war. By widening the lens on torture within the post–9/11 U.S. regime to illuminate the imaginaries that animated it, Stephanie Athey insists that we recognize it as a moment in a larger narrative of ongoing and multidimensional imperialist violence."—Danielle Celermajer, author of The Prevention of Torture: An Ecological Approach "Offering a highly original discussion of the role of torture in the historical development of American national security, Stephanie Athey provides a new approach to a subject that has seen more than a decade of sustained popular and critical commentary. With innovative claims, Athey traces the evolution of torture lore as a long-standing justification for the making of American empire."—Benjamin Meiches, author of The Politics of Annihilation: A Genealogy of Genocide
£23.39
