Military and defence strategy Books

Book SynopsisThis account of the Yorktown campaign of the American Revolution presents six full-colour battle scenes detailing the critical points in the battle. By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain rebels in her American colonies had reached an inglorious stalemate. Her strategy had been to isolate General Washington's army in the middle states between Canada and the South, which she hoped to secure with aid of the Royal Navy. However, after defeat at Saratoga and with the northern army holed up in New York, King George's forces now saw this plan backfire. Yorktown would be a model example to the British Crown of the impossible odds she now faced in holding onto her colonies.Table of ContentsThe Road to Yorktown/The Seat of War/The Opposing Commanders/The Opposing Armies/The Campaign in Virginia 1781/Naval Operations March-October 1781/The Siege of Yorktown/Aftermath/The Battlefields Today/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Wargaming the Yorktown Campaign

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Book Synopsis'It was only two days after I arrived that I realised I had actually joined MI5. It did not exactly throw the doors wide and welcome scrutiny. The existence of the service was avowed but very little else about it was. Who worked for it? Where were its offices? What was its budget? What did it do? What was its relationship with government? All of these were secret - and yet MI5 was the most open of the three intelligence services.' In this short book, former Director General of the British Security Service Jonathan Evans describes how the secret services dealt with the need for greater openness and transparency during his tenure, even as national security needs were heightened. He draws insightful similarities between investigative journalism and espionage - from following leads and checking information to protecting sources - and welcomes the benefits of a mature relationship between the security services and journalism. He explores differences and similarities between other security services around the world, especially those in the United States, and how Brexit might impact the UK's future collaboration with other European security services. Secret Service is a fascinating insight into the world of the security services and a reminder of the importance of actively attending to the moral health of both the institution itself and its operatives who, by their very nature, are its greatest strength and also its greatest weakness.Trade Review"Politicians as well as agents would be well advised to read this book to sort out their own moral compass before heading too readily down that road." * Jonathan Fryer *

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Book SynopsisPresenting a conversation among leading scholars in the areas of international legal standards, counter-terrorism strategy, humanitarian law, and the ethics of force, this book takes an account of American drone campaigns and the developing legal, ethical, and strategic implications of way of warfare.Trade Review"While the peak of drone usage may have passed, we will be evaluating and reevaluating the legality, justice, and utility of the drone war for decades. Cortright, Fairhurst, and Wall provide an important contribution to the broader discussion on drone warfare. Readers with an interest in political affairs and the use of force will find this book fascinating, and those studying international relations and international law will also find much to like." (Robert M. Farley, University of Kentucky)

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Book SynopsisAs the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical in the past decades. Alice Pannier''s Rivals in Arms reveals the history of the growing special partnership between Europe''s two leading military powers in the twenty-first century. Using an innovative analytical framework rooted in theories of cooperation and negotiation, this book exposes the challenges the two countries have faced to develop, equip, and employ their military capabilities together. Through a decade-long study, Pannier highlights how France and the UK have endeavoured to make their partnership more effective and resistant to domestic and international shifts, including Brexit. Building on more than one hundred interviews with key stakeholders and unmatched access to primary sources, Rivals in Arms takes the reader behind the scenes, inTrade Review“Pannier offers a substantial contribution to the literature on the UK-France relations in the realm of defence given that the Brexit environment opens new avenues for the research. The author successfully extends the theoretical assumptions of bilateral relations and emphasizes their importance when it comes to defence matters in a world of swaying multilateral commitments.” Journal of Contemporary European Studies“Rivals in Arms is recommended for a primarily academic audience with an interest in IR theory, contemporary military affairs, and European politics and diplomacy.” The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord“This book is a timely reminder of how far the British and French have come over the past decade in surmounting obstacles to collaboration. Successes in force planning and the nuclear realm could serve as templates for future cooperation even if the entente between Downing Street and the Elysée remains less than cordiale.” International Affairs“Alice Pannier provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth study of the relationship between France and the UK. The shift back towards bilateral relationships in European security and defence with the focus on Franco-British cooperation is a very welcomed addition to the literature. The book will not only appeal to academics and advanced students of European security and defence, but specifically also to experts and policymakers who are interested in deepening their knowledge and understandings of this special relationship.” European Security“Rivals in Arms establishes the complex relation between bilateral cooperation and multilateral settings through a robust framework of analysis. It also offers a rich narrative of Anglo-French inner-state and inter-state learning, so often unintelligible to outside observers. Although published in 2020, before successive challenges rocked the boundaries of the European and transatlantic security frameworks, the book will continue to appeal to those with an interest in European security and state decision-making on defence.” Modern & Contemporary France

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Book SynopsisWide-ranging changes have been made to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) since 2006, when the binational agreement was signed in perpetuity. NORAD traces the joint command’s recent history – one marked by technological and structural innovations, but also by unprecedented threats and challenges.Trade Review“Among specialists on foreign and defence relations, and Canada-US relations, this work will immediately become the go-to book on NORAD.” Joseph T. Jockel, St Lawrence University and author of Canada in NORAD, 1957–2007: A History

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Book Synopsis-- Joseph S. Nye, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsDefining and conceptualizing progress in international relations, by Emanuel Adler, Beverly Crawford, and Jack Donnelly Cognitive evolution: a dynamic approach for the study of international relations and their progress, by Emanuel Adler Change in regime type and progress in international relations, by Philippe C. Schmitter Seasons of peace: progress in postwar international security, by Emanuel Adler The ideas of progress and U.S. nonproliferation policy, by Michael Brenner Embedded liberalism revisited: institutions and progress in international economic relations, by John Gerard Ruggie Progress for the rich: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, by Robert T. Kudrle and Stefanie Ann Lenway Making progress in international environmental protection, by Peter M. Haas Progress in human rights, by Jack Donnelly Assisting the Palestinian refugees: progress in human rights?, by Benjamin N. Schiff Structuralism and its critics: recent progress in international relations theory, by Stephen Haggard Toward a theory of progress in international relations, by Beverly Crawford

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Book SynopsisExamines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. The essays in this volume show that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests.

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Book SynopsisLooks at the history of nuclear proliferation and provides a survey of the range of critical perspectives. This work begins with the first atomic discoveries of the 1930s and covers the history of their growth. It also explains why many nations choose not to pursue nuclear weapons and outlines of a solution to the world's proliferation problem.Trade ReviewInvaluable... [Bomb Scare] ought to be read by everyone as a matter of life and death. -- Jason Epstein New York Review of Books A welcome antidote to the strange confluence of nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) opponents. -- Christopher F. Chyba Science

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Book SynopsisSince their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it will take to slow, stop, or even reverse their spread. This book looks at the history of nuclear proliferation. It covers the development of nuclear stockpiles.Trade ReviewInvaluable... [Bomb Scare] ought to be read by everyone as a matter of life and death. -- Jason Epstein New York Review of Books A welcome antidote to the strange confluence of nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) opponents. -- Christopher F. Chyba Science

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHighly recommended for aficionados of foreign-policy and national-security issues. Kirkus Reviews a lucid and insightful guide to the use of armed force as an instrument of U.S. power. American Conservative Betts combines serious thought, common sense, and deep historical knowledge, rather than simply applying abstract theories, and his conclusions are expressed in plain English -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs This volume is instructive for policy makers and would be engaging and provocative in the classroom... Recommeded. Choice American Force deserves to be widely read and debated. -- Scott A. Silverstone H-Diplo Roundtable Richard Betts has written an extremely important book that is probably the best critique of the prevalent bipartisan thinking on post-Cold War foreign policy produced to date... [Betts] has already written four or five classics in the field, and this book adds another to that remarkable list. -- Michael O'Hanlon Political Science Quarterly Betts provides a sobering and bluntly honest critique of US force. He does so through clear writing and argument. -- David Ryan International Affairs American Force is a well-reasoned and thoughtful critique of the current U.S. national security environment, one that policymakers should not ignore. -- Thomas Meagher H-War Richard K. Betts is an extraordinarily clear thinker and writer. SurvivalTable of ContentsPreface Part I. The Post-Cold War Hiatus 1. Introduction: From Cold War to Hot Peace 2. Policy Milestones: Cold War Roots of Consensus 3. Confused Interventions: Puttering with Primacy 4. New Threats of Mass Destruction: Capabilities Down, Intentions Up Part II. History Strikes Back 5. Terrorism: The Soft Underbelly of Primacy 6. Striking First: Well-Lost Opportunities 7. Big Small Wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam 8. The Main Events: The Rise of China and Resurgence of Russia Part III. Decision and Implementation 9. Civil-Military Relations: A Special Problem? 10. Plans and Results: Is Strategy an Illusion? 11. A Disciplined Defense: Regaining Strategic Solvency 12. Conclusion: Selecting Security Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHighly recommended for aficionados of foreign-policy and national-security issues. Kirkus Reviews a lucid and insightful guide to the use of armed force as an instrument of U.S. power. American Conservative Betts combines serious thought, common sense, and deep historical knowledge, rather than simply applying abstract theories, and his conclusions are expressed in plain English -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs This volume is instructive for policy makers and would be engaging and provocative in the classroom... Recommeded. Choice American Force deserves to be widely read and debated. -- Scott A. Silverstone H-Diplo Roundtable Richard Betts has written an extremely important book that is probably the best critique of the prevalent bipartisan thinking on post-Cold War foreign policy produced to date... [Betts] has already written four or five classics in the field, and this book adds another to that remarkable list. -- Michael O'Hanlon Political Science Quarterly Betts provides a sobering and bluntly honest critique of US force. He does so through clear writing and argument. -- David Ryan International Affairs American Force is a well-reasoned and thoughtful critique of the current U.S. national security environment, one that policymakers should not ignore. -- Thomas Meagher H-War Richard K. Betts is an extraordinarily clear thinker and writer. SurvivalTable of ContentsPreface Part I. The Post-Cold War Hiatus 1. Introduction: From Cold War to Hot Peace 2. Policy Milestones: Cold War Roots of Consensus 3. Confused Interventions: Puttering with Primacy 4. New Threats of Mass Destruction: Capabilities Down, Intentions Up Part II. History Strikes Back 5. Terrorism: The Soft Underbelly of Primacy 6. Striking First: Well-Lost Opportunities 7. Big Small Wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam 8. The Main Events: The Rise of China and Resurgence of Russia Part III. Decision and Implementation 9. Civil-Military Relations: A Special Problem? 10. Plans and Results: Is Strategy an Illusion? 11. A Disciplined Defense: Regaining Strategic Solvency 12. Conclusion: Selecting Security Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMely Caballero-Anthony examines how non-traditional security challenges have changed state behavior and security practices in Southeast Asia and the wider East Asia region. She analyzes how non-state actors are engaging with states, regional organizations, and institutional frameworks to address multifaceted problems.Trade ReviewMely Caballero-Anthony is a pioneer of non-traditional security studies and this is the definitive book on the subject from a Southeast Asian perspective. -- Amitav Acharya, author of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast AsiaAn intriguing analysis of an underappreciated reality: the extent to which governments and non-government actors are now effectively cooperating, collaborating and responding collectively to a multitude of non-traditional threats to human security around Southeast and East Asia – from natural disasters to health crises to environmental and migration challenges. As Mely Caballero-Anthony makes clear in this lucid, scholarly and comprehensive work, state-centric preoccupation with military threats to national security is not the only game in town. -- Gareth Evans, former foreign minister of Australia and president emeritus of the International Crisis GroupThis book features impressive research, a clear and effective framework of analysis, and insightful observations in showing why those concerned with security in Asia must go beyond the headlines of China's rise and the North Korean threats to fully understand the region's security dynamics. Specialists have long known of the importance of non-traditional security issues in the region and the leading role of non-state actors in dealing with them. Now they have a single-authored assessment providing thorough and lucid treatment of the subject that ranks with the best studies on the topic. -- Robert Sutter, George Washington UniversitySurveying an economically vibrant but also volatile region, Mely Caballero-Anthony connects the dots of the diverse security challenges Southeast Asia faces. She outlines a way of responding to them that acknowledges that security and insecurity today consist of inter-linked multiple facets. Her insights on security governance in Southeast Asia have resonance for other regions and merit wide attention. -- Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research InstituteTable of ContentsPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Security Governance in Southeast Asia and Beyond2. State and Non-State Actors and NTS Governance in Southeast Asia and Beyond3. Governance of Health Security4. Governance of Environmental Security5. Governance of Migration6. Governance of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations7. Governance of Nuclear Energy8. Governance of Food SecurityConclusion: Building Security Governance in Times of Turbulence and UncertaintyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen assemble an international team of scholars to examine cities as sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity. They develop new insight into how cities and their residents encounter instability and conflict, as well as the ways in which urban forms provide possibilities for countering violence.Trade ReviewConflict, armed violence, and military interventions are brutal facts of life in cities throughout the world. While some commentators proclaim that cities can take up governance where states fail, or even that mayors might rule the world, reality is more complex. This book is a crucial guide to the reality of urban insecurity—and urban capabilities to cope with insecurity. Its cases come mainly from less rich countries with more or less manifest wars—but the issues considered matter everywhere. -- Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University and the London School of EconomicsSobering but with seams of hope, Cities at War brings together a state-of-the-art collection providing rich analysis of diverse contemporary cities embattled by insecurity, not just as urban theaters of violence or sites of broader conflicts but rather as places of human hankering and ingenious inventiveness and where cities themselves 'talk back.' -- Jo Beall, London School of Economics and Political ScienceUrbanization is spreading and conflict in urban areas changes the nature of war. Urbanists, peacekeepers, and military strategists should read this book. There are positive and negative lessons to be learned. -- Rt. Hon. Clare ShortThinking about war is too often trapped by the idea of a 'battlefield'—literally an open space in which social geographies are suspended for the duration of an armed contest. In this innovative volume, Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen fuse the paradigms of 'new war' and 'urban capabilities' to illuminate how urbanization transforms the conduct of war, societal survival during war, and resistance to war. -- Alex de Waal, World Peace FoundationCities at War places important questions about how contemporary wars are affecting cities on the intellectual map via a well-chosen collection of case studies that convey the variety of urban experiences of warfare, violence, and avoidance of violence in the twenty-first century. This effective study offers a rich contribution to the field. -- Martin Shaw, author of Genocide and International Relations: Changing Patterns in the Transitions of the Late Modern WorldKaldor and Sassen bring a powerful analysis of the urbanization of warfare as a multi-scalar and transnational process. The book will be of particular interest to researchers working on conflict-ridden cities who intend to understand the working of political violence in all its complexity. * Ethnic & Racial Studies *this book is a highly valuable resource for scholars in the fields of Urban Studies as well as Security, War and Peace Studies. The richness of the empirical material, the individual chapters that speak to each other so well and the insights into patterns of urbanity provide excellent inputs into discussions of power, resistance, inequality and violence. * Global Policy Journal *Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Global Insecurity and Urban Capabilities, by Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen1. Bamako, Mali: Danger and the Divided Geography of International Intervention, by Ruben Andersson2. Kabul: Bridging the Gap Between the State and the People, by Florian Weigand3. Baghdad: War and Insecurity in the City, by Ali Ali4. A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Insecurity at the U.S.–Mexico Border, by Mary Martin5. Responding to, or Perpetuating, Urban Insecurity? Enclave-Making in Karachi, by Sobia Ahmad Kaker6. Violent Conflict and Urbanization in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: The City as a Safe Haven, by Karen Büscher7. Navigating Security in Bogotá, by Johannes Rieken, Efraín García-Sánchez, and Daniel Bear8. “On the Margins of All Margins”: Explaining (In)Security in Novi Pazar, Serbia, by Vesna Bojicic-DzelilovicConclusion: Spaces for Tactical Urbanism, by Saskia Sassen and Mary KaldorContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Over the last fifty years, strategy and strategic culture have become embedded in the discourse of political scientists and historians of diplomacy and warfare. While the debate goes on, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how contemporaries in previous centuries carried out the functions that are now incorporated in these two powerful terms. Now Jeremy Black has provided a refreshing new look at how meanings behind these terms were understood and employed in the eighteenth century. With his vast knowledge and insights of the period, he is able to take us on a wide-ranging exploration that provides stimulating food for thought for historians of all periods." -Richard Harding, author of The Emergence of Britain's Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748 "This is both an overview of eighteenth-century warfare and an interpretation of how war was made; a polemical contribution to a debate on the nature of strategy; and a contribution to global history." -Alan Forrest, author of Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: A BiographyTable of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Struggle for Power2. The Reach for World Empire: Britain, 1700-833. The Strategy of the Ancien Régime: France 1700-894. The Flow of Ideas5. The Strategy of Continental Empires6. The Strategy of the "Barbarians"7. The Rise of Republican Strategies, 1775-18008. Imperial Imaginings, 1783-18009. Conclusions10. Postscript: Strategy and Military HistorySelected Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisReexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. This book demonstrates that not only did Eisenhower and his staff at SHAEF have a good campaign strategy that was refined to reflect current developments but that they also had a chance of destroying the Germans.Trade ReviewAdams' great achievement is including the necessary level of detail to support analysis of a broad spectrum of historical events without boring the reader. Scholars have already examined many of the topics Adams addresses, but they have seldom drawn them together in a coherent evaluation of operational challenges as Adams has. * Military Review *Table of ContentsList of MapsPreface1. Culmination2. Logistics3. SHAEF's Plan4. It Wasn't Arnhem versus Antwerp5. Concentrate, General Bradley6. Patton's Lorraine Campaign7. November Rerun8. Opportunity in the SouthConclusion: Unity of CommandNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"If we are to be complete in our study of military leadership, we cannot stop with aspirations and stories of heroic leaders. Sadly, there are plenty of examples of scandalous and disappointing behavior by those at the very top of our most trusted organizations. Matthews provides many examples of failed leadership as a friendly critic who seeks to learn lessons from well-documented examples of senior officer misconduct." —Col. (Ret.) George E. Reed, author of Tarnished: Toxic Leadership in the U.S. Military“Matthews's focus on flawed flag-level leadership provides a viable and provocative vehicle for examining a shocking array of shortcomings exhibited by high-level U.S. military leaders over the past century. Both the general public and aspiring military leaders would benefit by reading Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks.” —Joseph A. Fry, author of The American South and the Vietnam War: Belligerence, Protest, and Agony in Dixie"In his latest book Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks, Matthews has skillfully presented and expertly analyzed seven case studies of senior military leaders failing to live up to the military’s high standards of ‘duty, honor, and country.’ This book is an essential addition to the reading list of those officers who are serious about their professional development and stewarding the military profession." —T. G. Bradbeer, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College"Reading Jeffrey J. Matthews’s book is a painful but intriguing experience, and it should be on the reading list of every U.S. military officer! Well done!" —General (Ret.) Mike Hostage, U.S. Air Force, former Commander, Air Combat Command"We cannot promote good leadership by denying bad leadership. Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks will not allow us to take the easy way out." —Barbara Kellerman, author of Leaders Who Lust: Power, Money, Sex, Success, Legitimacy, Legacy"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks should be required reading at commissioning sources, the various levels of officer professional military education, and as part of the CAPSTONE course for all newly selected generals and flag officers." —Brigadier General Jeff Hurlbert, U.S. Air Force, Commandant, National War College"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is an engrossing, exemplary, and necessary book about leadership and the importance of character and humility. Matthews documents in sobering detail the great cost of generals’s and admirals’s malfeasance and, expertly, how to provide better leadership in military and civilian institutions." —Tim Bakken, author of The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military"Matthews has provided an invaluable service in documenting the disconcerting lapses in judgment by American admirals and generals. This book should be read by every senior leader and individual aspiring to lead at high levels of command." —Rear Admiral (Ret.) Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy"Matthews’s assessment of blatant criminal behavior through the nuances of loyalty to a cause or individual reveals how power, and absolute power, can influence and corrupt." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Dave Reist, U.S. Marine Corps"Matthews’s exploration of civil-military relations is the best that I have ever read. This entrancing book should be studied by all officers who should deliberate on how they would react under similar circumstances." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Ronald Mangum, U.S. Army"General and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks should be read and discussed by military leaders at all levels. Matthews exposes the failures, not only of individuals, but often of teammates who failed to speak up, and allowed so much to go so wrong." —General (Ret.) Joe Lengyel, U.S. Air Force, 28th Chief, National Guard Bureau"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is a must read upon promotion to senior ranks and in the senior service schools. It is a sobering reminder to all senior officers that with great power comes great responsibility and that integrity is instrumental in leadership and maintaining an effective military." ―Major General (Ret.) Michael Kingsley, U.S. Air Force"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks sheds light on the dark side of military leadership. While its focus on the negative aspects of leadership may be challenging for some readers, its discerning analysis and thought-provoking narrative should be reflected on by all current and future military leaders, especially flag officers from all Services. —Major General (Ret.) John Barry, U.S. Air Force"I couldn't put this book down. Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is very sobering, and it should be. I highly recommend this book to a wide audience, and most especially to the leaders of America's armed forces." —Lieutenant General (Ret.) Joseph DiSalvo, U.S. Army"In Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks, Matthews tells the stories of how some famous (and infamous) flag officers embarrass their nation and their profession in myriad ways. This book is a terrific tale of failures, and it must become part of the required reading on leadership at all our military staff and war colleges." —Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling, U.S. Army"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is destined to become required reading in military colleges at all levels any time the topic of ethics and wrongdoing is taught." —Brigadier General (Ret.) Chad Manske, U.S. Air Force, former commandant, National War College"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is a fascinating, uncomfortable, and enlightening book. From war crimes to public corruption, these are notable cases with which all officers should familiarize themselves." —Major General (Ret.) Jeffrey W. Burkett, U.S. Air Force"As a former Director of General Officer Management, I found Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks to be a fascinating and extremely relevant book for all leaders. Although a gut-wrenching subject, I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in studying leadership and better understanding the warning signs of trouble at the highest levels!" —Major General (Ret.) Christopher Craige, U.S. Air Force"Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is the most necessary study for aspiring military and political leaders I have ever encountered. The book should be required reading at our nation's war colleges." —Lieutenant General (Ret.) Stephen M. Speakes, U.S. Army"This is a must read for Navy senior leaders! Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks takes you through the emotions of shock, embarrassment, and dismay, but more importantly, it creates a sense of deep introspection about your own ethics and morals. The case studies of Iran-Contra, Tailhook, and Fat Leonard will force you to reconsider your understanding of civilian control of the military, political influence, loyalty, and personal standards of moral courage!" —Vice Admiral (Ret.) Joe Leidig, U.S. Navy"Matthews illustrates why character is the foundation of good leadership. Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks belongs on the joint forces’ professional reading list." —Lieutenant General (Ret.) Keith Walker, U.S. Army"Nothing strikes at the heart of good order and discipline more than unchecked misconduct at the highest level. This book should be mandatory reading for every officer serving." —Colonel (Ret.) Don Christensen, U.S. Air Force, former chief prosecutor for the Air Force and military judge"We need to hold all military personnel accountable to the same Uniform Code of Military Justice. Matthews’s Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks is ideal reading for members of Congress who are too often blinded by the stars on the uniforms of some." —Congresswoman Jackie Speier, former member of the U.S. House Armed Service Committee"Matthews’s excellent exploration of abhorrent flag officer behavior is timely, insightful, and necessary." —Lieutenant General (Ret.) Jeffrey S. Buchanan, U.S. Army"A thoughtful study of the ways in which power corrupts." —New York Times"In Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks Jeffrey Matthews presents a thought-provoking and disheartening exploration of the detrimental impact of poor leadership at the highest ranks of our military. I highly recommend this book to the military and civilian members of the Department of Defense. It provides insights into bad leadership behaviors and how sometimes even good leaders can fail legally, ethically, and morally." —Major General (Ret.) Allan Day, U.S. Air Force"A well-researched and masterfully written book...should become a staple at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the war colleges, and in all general officer courses." —Army MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. War Crimes: Jacob H. “Hell Roaring” Smith 2. Insubordination: Douglas MacArthur 3. Moral Cowardice: Harold K. “Johnny” Johnson 4. Toxic Leadership: Hyman G. Rickover 5. Obstruction of Justice: John M. Poindexter and Colin L. Powell 6. Sex Crimes: The Tailhook Admirals 7. Public Corruption: Fat Leonard’s Dirty Dozen Admirals Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHow do military organizations assess strategic policy in war? This work develops a theory to explain how military and government leaders evaluate wartime performance, how much they change strategies in response to this evaluation, and why they are often at odds when discussing success or failure.

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Book SynopsisFaced with relentless technological aggression that imperils democracy, how can Western nations fight back?Trade Review“Kello suggests that collective responses, ideally through Nato or coalitions of the capable, will be more effective than a single country acting alone.”—Edward Lucas, Times (UK)“In a work that is sure to be closely studied in western capitals, Kello makes proposals to increase the west’s deterrence power and restore ‘peace in cyber space.’”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times“Kello concentrates on the failure of Western governments to respond to cyberattacks . . . [and] clearly intends Striking Back to be a wake-up call.” —Richard Norton-Taylor, Times Literary Supplement“A major work as well as a wake-up call for the West. . . . A very valuable book.”—Christopher Coker, author of Future War“We can rely on Lucas Kello to provoke when it comes to recognising the impact of technology. In Striking Back he peels away layers of Western complacency and doctrinal failure masking our present dangerous situation of unpeace in cyberspace. He logically arrives at a disturbing conclusion, that we need to shed many of our inhibitions and our cyber legalism and adopt a punctuated deterrence strategy to prevent Russia and China from subverting our internal political and economic affairs.”—Professor Sir David Omand, former director of GCHQ and UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator“The United States and Western allies may have better weapons, but adversaries like Russia and China have better strategies in cyberspace, Lucas Kello argues. Those interested in defending democracies now, before it’s too late, should read this book.”—Audrey Kurth Cronin, author of How Terrorism Ends“It is clear that traditional ideas about deterrence are not working in cyberspace; it’s not so clear what to do about it. In this wide-ranging and deeply researched book, Lucas Kello presents some serious and credible proposals that need to be read by policy-makers and scholars alike.”—Mark Galeotti, author of The Weaponisation of Everything“It is clear that cyber warfare is rapidly becoming the battlefield of the present and the future. Lucas Kello’s book is an excellent summary of both the dangers, challenges and vulnerabilities of the cyber threat. While it is clear that there are no easy answers, this book also makes an important point that to deliver a stable future, we cannot afford to surrender to the threat.”—Leon E. Panetta, former director of the CIA, former Secretary of Defense“It is clear that cyber warfare is rapidly becoming the battlefield of the present and the future. Lucas Kello’s book is an excellent summary of both the dangers, challenges and vulnerabilities of the cyber threat. While it is clear that there are no easy answers, this book also makes an important point that to deliver a stable future, we cannot afford to surrender to the threat.”—Leon E. Panetta, former director of the CIA, former Secretary of Defense -- Leon E. Panetta

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Book SynopsisThe Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security is an essential and timely collection of resources designed to support the effective communication of homeland security research across all disciplines and institutional boundaries. Truly a unique work this 4 volume set focuses on the science behind safety, security, and recovery from both man-made and natural disasters has a broad scope and international focus. The Handbook: Educates researchers in the critical needs of the homeland security and intelligence communities and the potential contributions of their own disciplines Emphasizes the role of fundamental science in creating novel technological solutions Details the international dimensions of homeland security and counterterrorism research Provides guidance on technology diffusion from the laboratory to the field Supports cross-disciplinary dialogue in this field between operational, R&D and consuTable of Contents1 INTRODUCTORY AND OVERVIEW. 2 CROSS-CUTTING THEMES AND TECHNOLOGIES. 2.1 Risk Modeling and Vulnerability Assessment. Terrorism Risk: Characteristics and Features. Risk Analysis Frameworks for Counterterrorism. Logic Trees: Fault, Success, Attack, Event, Probability, and Decision Trees. Bayesian Networks. Using Risk Analysis to Inform Intelligence Analysis. Vulnerability Assessment. Multi-objective Decision Analysis. Risk Communication. Experience with Expert Judgment: the TU Delft Expert Judgment Data. Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA). Deterrence: An Empirical Psychological Model. Scenario Analysis, Cognitive Maps, And Concept Maps. Policy Development. Consequence Mitigation: Current Research and Future Trends. Time-Domain Probabilistic Risk Assessment Method for Interdependent Infrastructure Failure and Recovery Modeling. Social and Psychological Aspects. Risk Transfer and Insurance: Insurability Concepts and Programs for Covering Extreme Events. Quantitative Representation of Risk. Qualitative Representation of Risk. Terrorist Organizations and Modeling Trends. Cyber-Security. Defeating Surprise Through Threat Anticipation and Possibility Management. Memetics for Threat Reduction in Risk Management. High Consequence Threats: Electromagnetic Pulse. High Consequence Events: Nuclear Explosions. Modeling Population Dynamics for Homeland Security Applications. 2.2 Sensing and Detection. Protecting Security Sensors and Systems. Threat Signatures of Explosive Materials. Radioactive Materials Sensors. Knowledge Extraction from Surveillance Sensors. Sensing Dispersal of Chemical and Biological Agents in Urban Environments. Sensing Releases of Highly Toxic and Extremely Toxic Compounds. 2D-to-3D Face Recognition Systems. Eye and Iris Sensors. Dynamic Load Balancing for Robust Distributed Computing in the Presence of Topological Impairments. 2.3 Cyber Security. Advanced Attacker Detection and Understanding with Emerging Honeynet Technologies. Attack Traceback and Attribution. Authentication, Authorization, Access Control, and Privilege Management. Classes of Vulnerabilities and Attacks. Cyber Forensics. Cyber Security for the Banking and Finance Sector. Cyber Security Policy Specification and Management. Cyber Security Standards. Cyber Security Technology Usability and Management. Detection of hidden information, covert channels and information flows. High Assurance: Provably Secure Systems and Architectures. Industrial Process Control System Security. Multilevel Security. Security of Distributed, Ubiquitous, and Embedded Computing Platforms. Trusted Platforms: The Root of Security. 2.4 Protection and Prevention. Protection and Prevention: an Overview. Less-Lethal Payloads for Robotic and Automated Response Systems. Protection and Prevention: Security Assessment Methodologies for US Ports and Waterways. Homeland Security Perspective on Threats and Challenges. The Sensor Web: Advanced Technology for Situational Awareness. Defending Against Directed Energy Weapons: RF Weapons and Lasers. The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Overview. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Australia. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Austria. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Brazil. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Canada. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Estonia. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Finland. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, France. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Germany. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Hungary. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, India. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Italy. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Japan. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Malaysia. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, New Zealand. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Norway. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Poland. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Republic of Korea. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Russia. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Singapore. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Spain. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Sweden. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Switzerland. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, the Netherlands. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, United Kingdom. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, United Nations. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, United States. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, the World Bank Group. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, European Union. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, NATO. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, Group of Eight (G8). Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). 2.5 Human Social and Behavioral Research. Audience sensing and tailoring for preferred and forced decision style. Behavioral screening. Biometrics Sensors. Consequence attribution (forward and reverse). Deception detection, tools for counterterrorism and homeland security. Human behavior and how it adjusts our actions in complex events in both positive and negative ways. Human emotion and its involvement in overt events for both observer and victim. Human perception and attention in information-rich and event-overloa situations. Information analysis and distillation under time constraints. Information Collection and presentation in high data volume and multiple timescale situations. Information repurposing and fusion. Temporal analysis and synchronization for proper understanding of real event sequences. 2.6 System and Sector Interdependencies. System and Sector Interdependencies: An Overview. The Genesis of Interdependencies Concepts. Analysis of Cascading Infrastructure Failures. Characterizing Infrastructure Failure Interdependencies to Inform Systemic Risk. Critical Infrastructure Protection Decision Making. Cyber Security Metrics and Measures. Geospatial Data Support for Infrastructure Interdependencies Analysis. Implications of Regulation on the Protection of Critical Infrastructures. Infrastructure Dependency Indicators. Inherently Secure Next-Generation Computing and Communication Networks for Reducing Cascading Impacts. Input-Output Modeling for Interdependent Infrastructure Sectors. Interdependent Energy Infrastructure Simulation System. Managing Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies: The Ontario Approach. Network Flow Approaches for Analyzing and Managing Disruptions to Interdependent Infrastructure Systems. Object-Oriented Approaches for Integrated Analysis of Interdependent Energy Networks. President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Presidential Decision Directive 63. Vulnerability Assessment Methodologies for Interdependent Systems. Water Infrastructure Interdependencies. 2.7 Human Information Systems. Human Sensation and Perception. Naturalistic Decision Making, Expertise, and Homeland Security. Security and Safety Synergy: Advancing Security with Human Factors Knowledge. Human Behavior and Deception Detection. Speech and Video Processing for Homeland Security. Classification and Clustering for Homeland Security Applications. Training and Learning Development for Homeland Security. 3 KEY APPLICATION AREAS. 3.1 Agriculture and Food Supply. Carcass Disposal Options. Decontamination and Disposal of Contaminated Foods. Developing Risk Metrics to Estimate Risks of Catastrophic Biological and Bioterrorist Events: Applications to the Food Industry. Early Detection and Diagnosis of High-Consequence Plant Pests in the United States. Insects As Vectors Of Foodborne Pathogens. Livestock Agroterrorism and the Potential Public Health Risk. Microbial Forensics and Plant Pathogens: Attribution of Agricultural Crime. Mid-Infrared Sensors for The Rapid Analysis of Select Microbial Food Borne Pathogens. Mitigating Consequences of Pathogen Inoculation into Processed Food. Mitigating Public Health Risks from an Agroterror Attack. Optimal Investments in Mitigating Agroterrorism Risks. Potential for Human Illness from Animal Transmission or Food-Borne Pathogens. Pulsenet: A Program to Detect and Track Food Contamination Events. Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Preventive Best Practices for Retailers and Foodservice Establishments. Risk Communication: An Overlooked Tool in Combating Terrorism. Social, Psychological, and Communication Impacts of an Agroterrorism Attack. The EDEN Homeland Security Project: Educational Opportunities in Food and Agrosecurity. The Global Food Supply Chain. The Role of Food Safety in Food Security/Defense. The Use of Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence (TVC) Analysis for Decision Making on The Deployment of Limited Security Resources. Vulnerability of the Domestic Food Supply Chain. 3.2 Water. Decontamination methods for drinking water treatment and distribution systems. Decontamination Methods for Wastewater and Stormwater Collection and Treatment Systems. Designing an Optimum Water Monitoring System. Drinking Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution Practice in the United States. Emergency response planning for drinking water systems. Health Risk Assessment for Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Attacks. Homeland Security and Wastewater Treatment. Protecting Water Infrastructure in the United States? Setting Priorities, Conducting Research, and Sharing Results. Roles of Federal, State, and Local Authorities in Water Infrastructure Security. Surveillance Methods and Technologies for Water and Wastewater Systems. Treatability of Contaminants in Conventional Systems. Understanding the Implications of Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies for Water. Water Infrastructure and Water Use in the United States. Water Supply and Wastewater Management Regulations, Standards, and Guidance. 3.3 Communications and Information Infrastructure. Wireless Security. Critical Infrastructure Protection: Telecommunication. 3.4 Energy Systems. Comparative Risk Assessment for Energy Systems: A Tool for Comprehensive Assessment of Energy Security. Large-Scale Electricity Transmission Grids: Lessons Learned from the European Electricity Blackouts. 3.5 Public Health. Biodefense Priorities in Life-science Research: Chemical Threat Agents. Biodefense Workforce. Biosurveillance Tradecraft. Developing a Threat List--Emerging Infectious Diseases. Development of Radiation Countermeasures. Farm Level Control of Foreign Animal Disease and Food-Borne Pathogens. Importation of Foreign Dengue Virus Presents Low Risk to US Homeland; Spread Will Not Parallel that of West Nile Virus. North Carolina Biosurveillance System. Practical Systems for Biosurveillance: The Military Perspective and Essence. 3.6 Transportation Security. Harden Security of High-Risk and Critical Supply Chains. Population Evacuations. Roles and Implications of Transportation Systems in Homeland Security. The Nation's Transportation System as a Security Challenge. Transportation Operations and Control. Transportation Security Performance Measures. 3.7 Intelligence Systems. Craniofacial Aging. File Forensics and Conversion. Finding Inadvertent Release of Information. Nano-Enabled Power Sources. New Approaches to IRIS Recognition: One-Dimensional Algorithms. Spectrally Adaptive Nanoscale Quantum Dot Sensors.

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Book SynopsisStrategies for Protecting National Critical Infrastructure Assets eases the research burden, develops investigative protocols, and pulls together data into a comprehensive and practical guide, to help the serious reader understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk assessment with an emphasis on meeting the security needs of the critical national infrastructure. The text is divided into five major sections, which are further broken down by individual chapters, each addressing one element of risk assessment as well as focusing attention on applying the risk assessment methodology to a particular industry. This book establishes a new and acceptable approach for conducting risk assessments in a high-risk world. Helps the reader to understand advanced concepts and techniques of risk assessment Provides a quick, reliable, and practical briefcase reference to use in the office as well as on the road Introduces the elements of the risk assessment proceTable of ContentsPart 1 Understanding the Environment 1 Part 2 Understanding Security Assessments 45 Part 3 Tailoring the S3E Security Methodology to Specific Critical Infrastructure Sectors 219 General Glossary 525 Index 589

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Book SynopsisBeginning with the Zealots of the first century CE, this book features contributors who go on to discuss the Assassins of the Middle Ages, the 1789 Terror movement in Europe, Bolshevik terrorism during the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, "resistance" terrorism during World War II, and Latin American revolutionary movements of the late 1960s.Trade Review"This book represents an interesting effort to form an all pervading model to expand the current understanding of terrorism, posing history as a mirror; The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to ISIS exhibits an ambitious attempt to decipher the commonalities of different versions of terrorism, which is crystallised into a recommendable book for sociologists, anthropologists and social scientists who are interested by these types of hot topics." * International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies *"...a useful reference on the history of terrorism focusing on prehistory, the French Revolution through the national liberation movement, and then terrorism since 1968." * Terrorism & Political Violence *Table of ContentsPreface to the 2016 Edition Preface to the 2007 Edition 1 Introduction (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 2 Terrorism as a Strategy of Insurgency (Ariel Merari) PART I: THE PREHISTORY OF TERRORISM 3 Zealots and Assassins (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 4 Manifestations of Terror through the Ages (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) PART II: TERRORISM FROM 1789 TO 1968 5 The Invention of Modern Terror (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 6 Anarchist Terrorists of the Nineteenth Century (Olivier Hubac-Occhipinti) 7 Russian Terrorism, 1878-1908 132 (Yves Ternon) 8 The "Golden Age" of Terrorism (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 9 Lenin, Stalin, and State Terrorism (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 10 Terrorism in Time of War: From World War II to the Wars of National Liberation (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) PART III: TERRORISM SINCE 1968 11 From 1968 to Radical Islam (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin) 12 The Roots of Islamic Radicalism (Philippe Migaux) 13 Al Qaeda (Philippe Migaux) 14 The Future of the Islamist Movement (Philippe Migaux) 15 Suicide Operations: Between War and Terrorism (Francois Gere) 16 The United States Confronting Terrorism (Arnaud Blin) 17 Terrorism in Southeast Asia-Threat and Response (Rohan Gunaratna) 18 Jihadism in the Age of ISIS (Gerard Chaliand) Bibliography Bibliographical Addendum, 2006-2016 Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of developments in British defence policy since 1945. This text looks at how British defence policy has balanced the country's need to maintain the status of an independent nuclear power with its diminishing role in world politics.Table of ContentsChapter I: Introduction ; Chapter II: From the end of the second world war to the Korean war 1945-1950 ; Chapter III: From the Korean war to the Suez crisis 1950-1956 ; Chapter IV: The Sandys white paper of 1957 and its consequences ; Chapter V: The end of Britain's role east of Suez 1964-1968 ; Chapter VI: Britain's defence problems in the 1970s ; Chapter VII: The Thatcher government and defence 1979-1988 ; Chapter VIII: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe decision to fortify northeastern France has usually been considered a tragic mistake, an example of bad planning and missed opportunities. Not so, says Judith M. Hughes, who provides a convincing view of how France’s military and political leaders tried to safeguard their nation and why they failed.Trade Review[A] stimulating and excellently documented book…Individual personalities are particularly well handled. Foch and Pétain, Poincaré and Blum—all emerge with veritable life in them. The trends of French interwar history are deftly carried through onto these pages with an unobtrusive lucidity and persuasiveness. -- Michael Hurst * American Historical Review *[An] admirable little monograph…[Hughes] has demonstrated what can be done to overcome obstacles of official secrecy through resourcefulness in collecting evidence and ingenuity in interpretation. Moreover, instead of working backward from 1940, seeking causes and culprits of collapse in the 1930s, Ms. Hughes has wisely chosen to begin in 1918 and to focus upon the 1920s. This chronology has given her a fresher perspective and a wider scope for sympathy than other commentators of the period. It is the great merit of this book that it passes judgments with compassion and restraint. Indeed, Professor Hughes insists upon viewing French military policy in the broadest possible context of international developments, domestic politics, economic problems, and intellectual moods; from these elements, she weaves a dilemma of tragic dimensions in which the confusions and mistakes of individuals are reviewed with kindness and realism. -- Charles C. Bright * Political Science Quarterly *Dr. Judith Hughes has devised a modest title for her very wide sweep of interbellum French military history. Not content with penetrating analyses of the post war ‘population problem,’ the intricacies of politico–military relations, the unfolding formulation of strategic–tactical concepts in light of 1914–1918, the intermeshing of foreign and military policy, and, on title-target, the political alignments in legislating army reform and frontier organization (Maginot Line), Dr. Hughes offers an epilogue on the implication of the 1920s for the 1930s and even for May–June 1940. If at times Dr. Hughes covers familiar ground, she does so with the same thoroughness and perception she exhibits in more ‘original’ sections of this well-researched book. -- Donald J. Harvey * Military Affairs *

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Book SynopsisIn an illuminating study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history, Winkler shows how U.S. officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. Winkler sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the U.S. as the predominant power of the century.Trade ReviewThe fight for mastery of global telecommunications in the midst of the First World War is a subject of the deepest importance that had lain undiscovered until now. Jonathan Winkler has reconstructed the complex nexus of strategy, technology, and diplomacy with admirable clarity. It is a fundamental contribution that demonstrates the need for a whole new field of historical inquiry. -- Matthew Connelly, author of Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World PopulationIn a landmark book, Winkler shows how most of the issues of the information economy--and its handmaiden, information security--were thrust upon the United States by World War I, when the nation found that British domination of the cable infrastructure, combined with London's strategic grasp of its possibilities, reduced the U.S. to a humiliating dependence. How America tried to escape from the shackles of the British monopoly on communications makes a fascinating tale. -- Richard R. Fernandez, The Belmont Club (fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com)As children of the information age, we appreciate the vital role of communications in national security planning. Jonathan Winkler takes us back to an era when the principles of informational warfare were first being thrashed out--in foreign ministries, in military headquarters, under the sea, and in the atmosphere. A fascinating tale of technology, diplomacy, and intrigue. -- H. W. Brands, University of Texas, AustinWinkler tells a story that should figure into all future accounts of U.S. participation in World War I. -- Ernest R. May, Harvard UniversityBy examining the ways in which World War I sparked official recognition of the commercial and strategic importance of cable and radio, Winkler illuminates a vital, but neglected, chapter in the history of global communications. This is a thoroughly researched, well-written, and engaging study. -- Emily S. Rosenberg, University of California, IrvineWinkler's book provides a lesson in the evolutionary nature of technological change. Winkler explores the first global internet--the international telegraph cable system that began shrinking Planet Earth at the end of the 19th century. -- Austin Bay * austinbay.net *This story involves not only the history of communication, but also diplomatic, military, technology, and business history. While investigating interrelated developments in these fields, Winkler recreates the global communication network in place at the outbreak of the war and shows how each side engaged in the first real information war. Finally, he analyzes US officials' reaction to this new warfare and the policies they adopted to redress this nation's shortcomings in the field of global communication. A well-researched, highly readable work that makes a valuable contribution to a number of historical areas. -- T. A. Aiello * Choice *Thanks to Winkler's careful work in military and civilian records, the book recounts in detail how a small group of American officials, spurred into action by the war emergency, tried to increase their nation's control over global information networks...Winkler's outstanding original research and clear writing make Nexus a valuable contribution to the history of information warfare, a subject that will almost certainly attract greater interest in the years to come. -- Mark R. Wilson * Business History Review *This is a well-researched and important study assessing the role of global communication technologies and their control in wartime. It provides a cogent analysis of how the need to develop our own cable and radio links drove government policy. And it adds to the slowly growing number of studies that examine the increasingly central role of rapid and secure communication in both diplomatic and military policy in the 160 years since the development of the electric telegraph. -- Christopher H. Sterling * Journal of American History *Table of Contents* Maps and Figures * Introduction *1. The Information Network and the Outbreak of War *2. Neutrality and Vulnerability *3. Security and Radios *4. At War in Europe *5. In Pursuit of Cables to Asia and the Americas *6. Radio, the Navy and Latin America *7. The Quest for Independence *8. The Illusion of Success * Conclusion * Abbreviations * Primary Sources * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisSince 1945, as the U.S. has engaged in near-constant “wars of choice” with limited congressional oversight, the executive and armed services have shared primary responsibility for often ill-defined objectives, strategies, and benefits. Matthew Moten shows the significance of negotiations between presidents and the generals allied with them.Trade ReviewA masterful analysis of the evolution of the American system of military command, in which exists a remarkable cloistering between the military men and the political apparatus that delivers them their orders, and the ways in which that system has so successfully maintained itself… This book is an incredible work of American history, blending as it does military and political histories while simultaneously addressing a will to power that is as American as it was Roman… This indispensable work contains within it a picture of America that expands beyond its subject matter. -- Nicholas Mancusi * Daily Beast *In a country as disposed to war as the United States has been, the relationship between the commander in chief and his admirals and generals is as critical as that between the president and Congress. Just how critical that relationship may be is the theme of this book, the first full-length history of its subject. It should be required reading in the White House, the Pentagon, and Foggy Bottom—in this, and every succeeding administration. The history it relates is sobering. Matthew Moten is the kind of authority you’d want for a guide through the subject: As the former head of West Point’s history department, an Iraq war veteran, and a former legislative aide to the Army chief of staff, he has the broad field and staff experience essential for understanding political-military relations in their many forms—and from inside. He’s thorough, disenthralled, critical, and balanced in his judgments. No one can dismiss what he writes… Presidents and Their Generals makes a signal contribution to the historical knowledge of its subject over the long sweep of our nation’s history. -- James M. Banner, Jr. * Weekly Standard *In Presidents and Their Generals, Matthew Moten sets out to provide an episodic history of what he calls American ‘political–military relations,’ by which he means the relationship between military leaders and their civilian overseers. He succeeds admirably, jumping from the Revolution through the War of 1812 to the Civil War, the two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War, and the Iraq war. This book is well done: Well considered, well structured, and well written. Moten, a former head of West Point’s history department, is a clear and pleasant writer, with an assured style. He favors making bold statements and then backing them up with persuasive analyses… Moten is sophisticated in his political analysis in a way that academics sometimes are not… The most surprising thing about this book may be that no one seems to have written one like it until now. Moten has stepped up and filled the gap impressively. -- Thomas E. Ricks * Journal of Military History *This highly readable book, impressive in scope, is a major contribution to understanding the important yet often-shifting dynamics of civil-military relations in the U.S.—past, present, and future. -- W. A. Taylor * Choice *[Moten] traces the long struggle of presidents to assert their power over recalcitrant generals… Moten beautifully exposes the battles and the alliances between men controlling the country’s future… The author explains the workings of war, the effects and dangers of standing armies, and the growth of the president’s Cabinet-level military advisers… The author’s opinions are precise and witty and based on comprehensive knowledge of his subject, as he clearly demonstrates how wars are lost by the arrogant and/or incompetent. A brilliant, fascinating picture of how wars badly begun and poorly run can affect an entire country—usually at the hands of just a few men. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *Filled with shrewd insights and wise judgments, this remarkable book by one of the country’s leading soldier-scholars demonstrates that the lack of harmony and trust between civilian and military at the top of government has cost the nation dearly, both in the distant and recent past. Every president and senior military officer should ponder this history. So, too, should every citizen who cares about national security. -- Richard H. Kohn, Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina, and former Chief of Air Force History, U.S. Air ForceA new and welcome exploration of the often fraught interactions between political and military authority in the United States from the Revolution to the present. Moten makes clear that all was not orderly in the councils of national defense during the last two centuries, and that they are likely to grow even more contentious in the future. -- Roger J. Spiller, author of In the School of War

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Book SynopsisIn Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century.

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Book SynopsisHuman evolutionary history has affected the way we process the information we use to make decisions. The result is that human choices and calculations may be very different from those predicted by standard models of rational behavior. This notion is particularly true in the area of war and peace.Trade Review"This is a lucid, beautifully-written, informative and provocative book. It presents the modern science of choice and decision persuasively."—Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland"War and Human Nature holds the potential to open an entirely new area of insight into war. It will provide a new way of thinking about the collapse of armies, the choices and behaviors of tyrants, and the way in which differing elite selection mechanisms may wittingly or otherwise lead to individuals with differing cognitive profiles ending up in office. The use of the cognitive science literature is novel and provides insight into an area of research social scientists typically ignore."—Allan C. Stam, Dartmouth College"A thought-provoking, timely synthesis of political decision-making in light of recent progress in neurobiology, psychology and behavioral biology. Rosen explores an intriguing new formulation of biologically-motivated political science."—Michael L. Platt, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Emotions, Memory, and Decision Making 27 Chapter Three: Status, Testosterone, and Dominance 71 Chapter Four: Stress, Distress, and War Termination 99 Chapter Five: Of Time, Testosterone, and Tyrants 135 Chapter Six: Where Do We Go from Here? 179 Notes 185 Index 205

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This modern commentary on the Commentaries also 'lets you see Caesar the man and politician, not just the general he wanted you to see.'"---Robert S. Davis, New York Journal of Books"I rather like O’Donnell’s asceticism. He sent me back to the original for first time in decades and drove home how rarely we approach these old warhorses with fresh eyes. . . . [O’Connell] will convince you that Caesar was a very bad man indeed."---Michael Kulikowski, London Review of Books"A vigorous, modern, and uncluttered translation."---Lawrence Freedman, Foreign Affairs"Certainly one for the school library shelves or young friends and relatives (classicists or not) who may well be less acquainted with Caesar."---Adrian Spooner, Classics for All Reviews"[A]n excellent translation . . . one that poses important questions about Caesar, his actions in Gaul, and the dying years of the Republic."---Anthony Smart, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"James O’Donnell has turned De bello Gallico into lucid, convincing, contemporary English. It’s a masterclass in translation, and a dangerously appealing introduction to ‘the best bad man’s book ever written’."---Christopher Whitton, Greece and Rome

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers some compelling insights on how to better handle these small wars."---Jerry D. Lenaburg, New York Journal of Books"A valuable contribution to the study of the information-centric components involved in 'small wars' conflict termination." * Perspectives on Terrorism *"I would call Small Wars, Big Data essential reading for advanced students of counterinsurgency strategy, especially those operating in military intelligence functions."---Lewis Tallon, Encyclopaedia Geopolitica"Small Wars, Big Data argues that the U.S. military should focus its efforts not on winning hearts and minds, but rather on acquiring information from the people about insurgent activities. When satisfied with government security and services, civilians supply information. With information, counter-insurgent attacks can dismantle insurgent networks. Without it, insurgencies fester and violence increases. Armed with this framework, I would have fought differently—and American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan might have as well. . . . Though I’m not the first to call for updates to counter-insurgency doctrine, now is the right time and Small Wars, Big Data is the right book to guide that effort."---Zachary Griffiths, War on the Rocks"[The authors] offer a new theory of asymmetric warfare – a theory that inspires new conceptual avenues through which grassroots, civilian-oriented studies of conflict unfold; challenging researchers to begin their studies with people, as opposed to technology, has meaningful, ideological merit."---Thomas N. Cooke, European Review of International Studies"A comprehensive case study of the main conflicts that have occurred in the last twenty years. Small Wars, Big Data, does not come to general conclusions, but it is instead a compilation of stories and lessons learned, that could be useful to policymakers and military leaders."---Dr. Marco Marsili, Rest Journal

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Book SynopsisPreviously published in 1994 under title: Sunzi speaks.Trade Review"Tsai’s adaptation of The Art of War revitalized the millenniums-old treatise by trimming away the repetitive elements, tightening the narrative until the ancient lessons of warfare leapt off the page. But the defining element of Tsai’s work is the illustrations. His Disney-influenced style brings humor and immediacy to the text, with Sunzi himself popping into the story as both the wise and fearless commander of blank-eyed, child-like soldiers and the conniving nemesis to the enemy who tries to cross him. Humiliated soldiers seethe and bluster while Sunzi and his men titter with laughter. A particular pleasure is the anthropomorphized livestock, like the horse who surrenders while standing on its hind legs with hooves raised in the air, mirroring its rider’s hands-up posture. Tsai’s characters are drawn to entertain, whether you’re a comic-book enthusiast or a military strategist."---John Ismay, New York Times

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Lepgold Prize, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University""Winner of the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, Cornell University Department of Government""2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List""One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2020""Winner of the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies""A welcome mingling of the traditions of quantitative and qualitative political science. He sets a rigorous and imaginative methodological standard that others will struggle to match."---Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs"An inviting and challenging read, one that necessitates and rewards thoughtful investment."---Dr. Larry D. Miller, National Defense University Press"An extraordinary achievement, providing new ideas about the non-material determinants of battlefield performance, and presenting compelling quantitative and qualitative evidence. It will no doubt shape research agendas on war for many years to come." * Journal of Peace Research *"The book provides the theoretical basis for an intuitively grasped characteristic of armed forces around the world today and through history. Its argument should inform future policymaking, as well serve as a basis to re-examine past wars."---Axel Dessein, Wavell Room"A major contribution to any literature that seeks to understand military design or behavior. . . . [Lyall’s] valuable empirical work and data collection - and clear methodology - will provide numerous avenues for further research to anyone with an interest in civil-military relations and conflict.—Max Margulies, Political Science Quarterly"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Lepgold Prize, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University""Winner of the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, Cornell University Department of Government""2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List""One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2020""Winner of the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies""A welcome mingling of the traditions of quantitative and qualitative political science. He sets a rigorous and imaginative methodological standard that others will struggle to match."---Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs"An inviting and challenging read, one that necessitates and rewards thoughtful investment."---Dr. Larry D. Miller, National Defense University Press"An extraordinary achievement, providing new ideas about the non-material determinants of battlefield performance, and presenting compelling quantitative and qualitative evidence. It will no doubt shape research agendas on war for many years to come." * Journal of Peace Research *"The book provides the theoretical basis for an intuitively grasped characteristic of armed forces around the world today and through history. Its argument should inform future policymaking, as well serve as a basis to re-examine past wars."---Axel Dessein, Wavell Room"A major contribution to any literature that seeks to understand military design or behavior. . . . [Lyall’s] valuable empirical work and data collection - and clear methodology - will provide numerous avenues for further research to anyone with an interest in civil-military relations and conflict.—Max Margulies, Political Science Quarterly"

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA fine, and extremely useful, summary of civil-military relations since Franklin Roosevelt. - Foreign Affairs ""A must-read for anyone interested in the critical national security issues that our nation will face in the next decade."" - H. R. McMaster, commander of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq and author of Dereliction of Duty ""No student of civil-military relations in the United States will be able to ignore this impressive work."" - Fred I. Greenstein, author of The Presidential Difference ""This fascinating book is a keeper for the professional military member and the student of civil-military relations."" - Army ""Provides a superb insight into the nature of civil-military relations."" - Parameters ""Well-researched and highly readable."" - Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute) ""A timely and path-breaking book."" - Foreign Service Journal ""A magnificent survey."" - History: Reviews of New Books

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Book SynopsisExplores whether advances in technology, from the railroad and the airplane to the nuclear weapon and the computer, have altered both the critical relationship between logistics and warfare and, ultimately, geopolitical dynamics.Trade ReviewJobie Turner's findings - developed through five concise case studies that span two centuries - will be valuable to historians and military professionals alike. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Feeding Victory: Innovative Military Logistics from Lake George to Khe Sanh deserves a place next to Martin Van Creveld's Supplying War." - Kevin C. Holzimmer, author of General Walter Krueger: Unsung Hero of the Pacific War"An innovative approach to the subject. While each case study in itself can be regarded separately, taken all together Turner shows the eternal challenges that logistics poses for the conduct of war in any age." - Richard L. DiNardo, author of Mechanized Juggernaut or Military Anachronism? Horses and the German Army of World War II"There are practicing military logisticians, and there are scholars who study military logistics. Only rarely does one find a military professional (in this case a US Air Force mobility commander) who is also a first-rate historian of the art and science of supplying combat forces in war and the ramifications for past, present, and future strategy. This is a unique work that deserves the widest audience." - Richard R. Muller, professor of history, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies"Feeding Victory is a welcome and thoughtful addition to the understanding and importance of military logistics. No other available book accomplishes what Colonel Turner achieves through his careful and insightful attention to the importance of military logistics from the French and Indian Wars to Vietnam, to what has changed, and to what remains the same." - Vice Admiral (ret.) Mark Harnitchek, former director of the Defense Logistics Agency and former vice commander of US Transportation Command"Feeding Victory: Innovative Logistics from Lake George to Khe Sanh, Jobie Turner cogently argues what most other historians merely assert: that those military forces better supplied and fed win. Blending different sources and perspectives across centuries, Feeding Victory explores the means and manners by which armies have achieved this paramount advantage and gives renewed meaning to the oft-ignored truism that amateurs study strategy but professionals study logistics. The chapter on Guadalcanal alone is worth the book's price." - Thomas Alexander Hughes, author of Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life and Over Lord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in World War II

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Book SynopsisMoving from strategy to battle scene to analysis, this first English translation of volume six of Carl von Clausewitz's collected works nimbly conveys the character of Clausewitz's writing in all its registers: the brisk, often powerful description of events as they unfolded and the critical reflections on strategic theory and its implications.Trade ReviewCarl von Clausewitz's The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland deserves attention not only because it is one of the last texts he wrote. Careful readers would not fail to recognize why this largely overlooked campaign preoccupied Clausewitz's mind in the late 1820s. None of the adversaries could claim a commander of Napoleon's caliber, thus providing a more balanced view about the changes the French Revolution had ushered in in the military realm. The campaign revealed the difficulties of coalition warfare, a subject Clausewitz mulled over in the late 1820s. Fought within a fraught domestic and international context, the campaign's leadership and direction frequently changed. For many of the participants, this remained mainly a war with limited objectives. In other words, throughout The 1799 Campaign, Clausewitz explored issues he had encountered while writing On War but was yet to capture on its pages comprehensively. Murray and Pringle's translation is exceptional; it remains faithful to the original while offering its readers elegant and accessible prose." - Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, author of Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman behind the Making of On War"Carl von Clausewitz-the name evokes the masterpiece of military theory, but much of the great Prussian theorist's voluminous legacy remains unknown to the wider public. This includes Clausewitz's insightful analysis of crucial campaigns of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle have done a masterful job in rectifying this problem. They have already translated Clausewitz's book on Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign, and now regale us with a new and exciting edition of the eminent military thinker's analysis of the 1799 campaigns in Italy and Switzerland. This is a highly welcome and thought-provoking addition to Clausewitzian studies. The translation is brilliantly executed, with copious footnotes and annotations by the erudite editors. This book should be on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the French Revolutionary Wars or who wants to understand how history, strategy, and politics interact under wartime conditions. Highly recommended!" - Alexander Mikaberidze, author of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

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Book SynopsisCharts the rise of neoliberal Israel to show how Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity.Trade Review'Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.' -- Jonathan Nitzan, Professor in the Department of Political Science, York University'Shir Hever is an "engaged intellectual" par excellence. As a political economist and activist, he is well-placed to explore a little-known but key facet of Israel's occupation: the privatization of Israeli security and the economic and political benefits that accrue from both Israel's Occupation and its constant state of militarism' -- Jeff Halper, author of War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians, and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015)'[An] important study' -- Socialist ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Graphs Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 3. Developments in Israel’s Military and Security Institutions 4. Processes of Privatization of Security in Israel 5. Outsourcing the Occupation 6. Global Dimensions of Security Privatization in Israel 7. Conclusions Appendix: Overview of Privatization of Security in Israel Notes Filmography Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsisaeo An exciting new introductory textbook that clearly lays out and explores both traditional and non--traditional approaches to security studies. aeo completely right up--to--date in its discussion of all the major new developments within security studies. aeo Accessibly written and suitable to readers with no previous knowledge of the area.Trade Review'A most rigorous and systematic introduction to the contemporary debates in the field of international security studies. It is eminently readable and accessible for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.' Tony McGrew, Southampton University Security Studies Today offers a rich comprehensive discussion of post-Cold War security agendas: it presents a variety of theoretical traditions form realism to feminism as well as outlining some new security issues. The book us unique in its recognition of a wide spectrum of theoretical approaches from conventional to post-positivist. Going well beyond realism’s focus on the security of the state, Security Studies Today is an important text for students seeking to understand the multiple security challenges facing individuals and their environment at the beginning of the twenty-first century.’ -- Judith Ann Tickner, School of International Relations, University of Southern California ‘A most rigorous and systemic introduction to the contemporary debates in the field of international security studies. It is eminently readable and accessible for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. It delivers a balanced and careful analysis of contemporary approaches to security but does so in a manner which conveys a real sense of the on-going renaissance in the academic study of security.’ -- Anthony McGrew, Professor of International Relations, University of SouthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. International Relations and Security Studies. 2. Traditional Views of Security in International Politics. 3. Peace Studies. 4. The Impact of Gender on Security. 5. The Post-Positivist Turn. 6. Non-Traditional Security Threats: The Environment as a Security Issue. 7. Non-Traditional Threats to Security: Economics, Crime and Migration. 8. Conclusion: Security and Security Studies. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisInternational Security is a cutting-edge analysis of the key security challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary examples, from the Iraq war to the rise of China, it is an essential guide for students and policy makers seeking to understand the theoretical and empirical debates over the fast-changing nature of international security today.The book is organized into four main parts. Part 1 provides an analytical framework for the book, identifying the most significant post-Cold War shifts in international security and recent theoretical developments in security studies. Part 2 analyses the root causes for contemporary warfare, the dilemmas and debates over military intervention, and the role played by the UN, NATO and other organizations in maintaining international peace and security. Part 3 assesses the challenges of environmental security, including the threat of resource-based conflict, most notably over oil andTrade Review"A thought provoking look at both current and future thinking in security and IR."LSE Review of Books "In this concise and readable overview, Roland Dannreuther redefines the range and scope of the 'new' threats undermining international security. He does so by skilfully interweaving theoretical approaches inspired by constructivism, and empirical evidence from a wide range of contemporary sources of instability. The book sets a very high standard of scholarship which others must now strive to emulate."Jolyon Howorth, Yale University "Roland Dannreuther provides a sensitive and analytically strong account of the intellectual dilemmas faced by security studies in the new environment of threat in the post-Cold War era. This book delivers an impressive account of the new and challenging issues faced by both academics and practitioners in the area of security and a balanced account of the continuing debates within the subdiscipline. S. Neil MacFarlane, University of Oxford "Dannreuther clarifies and advances critical debates even as he provides an unmatched tour d'horizon. He treats often arcane material critically, fairly and insightfully, conveying his arguments in straightforward and effective prose. This is a timely and extremely useful book."William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire "Students seeking a sensible guide through the maze of today's security challenges will welcome this book for its clear integration of theoretical analysis with key contemporary issues."Paul D. Williams, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: The Challenge of the New Security Agenda Part I Analytical Framework 1 Thinking about Security after the Cold War 2 Theorizing about Security after the Cold War Part II The 'New Wars' and Intervention 3 Understanding Contemporary War and Insecurity 4 Dilemmas and Challenges of Intervention 5 Collective Security, Alliances and Security Cooperation Part III Environment, Resources and Migration 6 Environmental Security 7 The Struggle for Resources: Oil and Water 8 People on the Move: Migration as a Security Issue Part IV Asymmetric Power and Asymmetric Threats 9 International Terrorism and the Impact of 9/11 10 Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 11 Cyber Warfare and New Spaces of Security Conclusion: The Challenges for the Future References Index

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Book SynopsisInternational Security is a cutting-edge analysis of the key security challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world.Trade Review"A thought provoking look at both current and future thinking in security and IR."LSE Review of Books "In this concise and readable overview, Roland Dannreuther redefines the range and scope of the 'new' threats undermining international security. He does so by skilfully interweaving theoretical approaches inspired by constructivism, and empirical evidence from a wide range of contemporary sources of instability. The book sets a very high standard of scholarship which others must now strive to emulate."Jolyon Howorth, Yale University "Roland Dannreuther provides a sensitive and analytically strong account of the intellectual dilemmas faced by security studies in the new environment of threat in the post-Cold War era. This book delivers an impressive account of the new and challenging issues faced by both academics and practitioners in the area of security and a balanced account of the continuing debates within the subdiscipline. S. Neil MacFarlane, University of Oxford "Dannreuther clarifies and advances critical debates even as he provides an unmatched tour d'horizon. He treats often arcane material critically, fairly and insightfully, conveying his arguments in straightforward and effective prose. This is a timely and extremely useful book."William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire "Students seeking a sensible guide through the maze of today's security challenges will welcome this book for its clear integration of theoretical analysis with key contemporary issues."Paul D. Williams, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: The Challenge of the New Security Agenda Part I Analytical Framework 1 Thinking about Security after the Cold War 2 Theorizing about Security after the Cold War Part II The 'New Wars' and Intervention 3 Understanding Contemporary War and Insecurity 4 Dilemmas and Challenges of Intervention 5 Collective Security, Alliances and Security Cooperation Part III Environment, Resources and Migration 6 Environmental Security 7 The Struggle for Resources: Oil and Water 8 People on the Move: Migration as a Security Issue Part IV Asymmetric Power and Asymmetric Threats 9 International Terrorism and the Impact of 9/11 10 Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 11 Cyber Warfare and New Spaces of Security Conclusion: The Challenges for the Future References Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states.Trade ReviewIn this second edition of Critical Approaches to International Security Karin Fierke retains the thematic strengths of the first edition while mapping changes in the contours of the field of critical security studies since 2007. With her focus on security as both constructed and necessarily political, Karin Fierke remains one of the most important voices on critical theoretical engagement with security in international relations. This text is a must-read for any student or researcher serious about the study and practice of security. Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland Pushing further the debates over critical approaches to security studies, the second edition of Fierke's book addresses its core themes -- change, identity, danger, trauma and emancipation -- in a clear and compelling manner. The book will make an excellent textbook, engaging directly with real-world security issues while remaining true to its critical engagement. Keith Krause, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, GenevaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Definitions and Redefinitions 2 The Proliferation of Concepts 3 Change 4 Identity 5 Danger 6 Fear and Trauma 7 Human Insecurity 8 Emancipation

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Book SynopsisRosen argues that armies and navies are not forever doomed to "fight the last war." Rather, they are able to respond to shifts in the international strategic situation.Trade ReviewProfessionals interested in national security will find it hard to ignore this book.... Rosen recounts how major innovations in the twentieth century changed the way wars were fought. His underlying message is that understanding the process of innovation holds more importance to winning future wars than focusing on any particular change in weapons, organizations, or tactics.... Rosen crafts his book with a historian's eye for the facts and a political scientist’s willingness to draw conclusions. * Military Review *What makes for innovations in war-making? The answers of this careful study, based primarily on American military experiences in the twentieth century, run refreshingly against intuition: innovation seems easier in peacetime than war, for the fog of the latter covers all; it is no harder during periods of budgetary austerity than in flusher times; it is neither much connected to better intelligence about would-be foes nor much influenced by civilian leaders or thinkers. Those answers bear heeding now that the United States can no longer afford to build everything and then see what works. * Foreign Affairs *

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