Theory of warfare and military science Books
The University of Chicago Press Success and Failure in Limited War
Book SynopsisCommon and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.Trade Review"Bakich addresses an important puzzle-the sources of mixed strategic success in US experience with limited wars since World War II-by advancing a novel argument concerning the role of 'information institutions.' Success and Failure in Limited War provides a very useful framework that both complements the mountain of historical and decision-making literature on the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, as well as integrates emerging insights from many insiders regarding contemporary decision-making in the two Iraq wars." (Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology)"
£79.80
The University of Chicago Press Success and Failure in Limited War
Book SynopsisCommon and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.Trade Review"Bakich addresses an important puzzle-the sources of mixed strategic success in US experience with limited wars since World War II-by advancing a novel argument concerning the role of 'information institutions.' Success and Failure in Limited War provides a very useful framework that both complements the mountain of historical and decision-making literature on the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, as well as integrates emerging insights from many insiders regarding contemporary decision-making in the two Iraq wars." (Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology)"
£31.35
The University of Chicago Press Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency
Book SynopsisGlobal events of the early twenty-first century have placed stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. This title includes the essays that consider how anthropologists can, should, and do respond to military overtures, and articulate anthropological perspectives on global war and power relations.Trade Review"This extensive compendium of critical ideas, information, and narrative accounts makes for an absorbing reading experience. Beyond its cogency for present debates, it might well serve as a historical marker for future researchers, likely to become as important as an expression of a certain epoch of anthropological relevance to events as Reinventing Anthropology has been in the context of the 1960s." - George Marcus, University of California, Irvine"
£81.00
The University of Chicago Press Art of War
Book SynopsisTo help readers better appreciate Art of War, Lynch provides an insightful introduction and a substantial interpretive essay discussing the military, political, and philosophical aspects of the work, in addition to maps, an index of names, and a glossary.Trade Review"Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction, an interpretive essay, glossary, and index, it is a treasure for readers of military history and Renaissance thought as well as for lovers of Machiavelli." - Harvey. Mansfield, Harvard University; "Lynch argues convincingly that Art of War's detractors have failed to approach the text in the right way.... If Machiavelli's works bear the mark of a preliberal age, his thought also transcends his age, not least his timeless warning about ideologies that, in the name of abstract principles, ask us to refrain from defending... the nation in which we actually live." - Jacqueline Newmyer, Weekly Standard"
£17.19
The University of Chicago Press The U.S. ArmyMarine Corps Counterinsurgency Field
Book SynopsisPresents an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, importance of decentralized decision making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. This manual emphasizes the paradoxical and counterintuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations.Trade Review"This is the definitive guide as to how the U.S. military plans to address what is likely to be the dominant form of warfare over the next decade." - Andrew Krepinevich, author of The Army and Vietnam "Surely a manual that's on the bedside table of the president, vice president, secretary of defense, 21 of 25 members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and many others deserves a place at your bedside too." - Lt. General David H. Petraeus"
£15.00
McGill-Queen's University Press Autonomous Weapons Systems and International
Book SynopsisIn Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Norms Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss present an innovative analysis of how testing, developing, and using weapons systems with autonomous features shapes ethical and legal norms, arguing that they have already established standards for what counts as meaningful human control.Trade Review"This timely book offers a novel and important contribution to the emerging debate on autonomous weapons systems. Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss’s study presents a fresh and original perspective. The authors skilfully analyse and depict the political, legal, and ethical challenges generated by human-machine interaction and the weaponisation of artificial intelligence." Birgit Schippers, St Mary’s University College Belfast and editor of The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations“Ainsi que le soulignent Ingvild Bode et Hendrik Huelss, l’autonomisation des systèmes d’armes n’est pasune préoccupation futuriste mais unphénomène déjà à l’œuvre. Certaines fonctions autonomes sont déjà utilisées depuis des décennies, par exemple dansles systèmes de défense aérienne. Leur déploiement a progressivement transformé les normes d’usage de la force et de contrôle humain. Cet ouvrage est donc très pertinent pour saisir les enjeux liés à la militarisation de l’Intelligence artificielle et ses implicationspour les relations internationales engénéral.” Politique étrangère“The authors present a comprehensive analytical study of AWS and its context in an innovative, pathbreaking academic work of exemplary quality that displays outstanding knowledge of military operations and their political implications.” H-War, H-Net“Using the concept of procedural norms, the authors demonstrate that standards of appropriateness relating to the use of AWS have already emerged, despite the relative novelty of AI-powered weapons.” International Journal
£35.10
John Wiley & Sons Total Defence Forces in the TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisThis volume considers the various groups that make up total defence forces: the military, reservists, civil defence servants, and contractors working for private military and security companies. It offers an essential analysis of civilian-military personnel integration and collaboration toward defence goals in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“This volume tackles a highly topical theme: analyzing change dynamics in the organization of defence establishments. Recent international events underscore the need to understand how warfare has changed and to unpack the implications for the operations of military forces and the organization of national defence.” Jozef Bátora, co-author of Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The 'New' Heteronomy“Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century provides a very rich analysis of the changed landscape of the wider defence sector and will prove a gold mine for much future research.” Andrea Ellner, co-editor of When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military
£98.60
McGill-Queen's University Press Total Defence Forces in the TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisThis volume considers the various groups that make up total defence forces: the military, reservists, civil defence servants, and contractors working for private military and security companies. It offers an essential analysis of civilian-military personnel integration and collaboration toward defence goals in the twenty-first century.Trade Review“This volume tackles a highly topical theme: analyzing change dynamics in the organization of defence establishments. Recent international events underscore the need to understand how warfare has changed and to unpack the implications for the operations of military forces and the organization of national defence.” Jozef Bátora, co-author of Fringe Players and the Diplomatic Order: The 'New' Heteronomy“Total Defence Forces in the Twenty-First Century provides a very rich analysis of the changed landscape of the wider defence sector and will prove a gold mine for much future research.” Andrea Ellner, co-editor of When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military
£31.50
Columbia University Press The Art of War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMair provides insight on how this manual came to exist. Indianapolis Star Lean, clear, all fustian removed. -- Donald Richie Japan Times Mair's excellent new translation of Sunzi's (Sun Tzu) Art of War... brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text. -- Peter Lorge Journal of Military HistoryTable of ContentsForeward by Arthur Waldron Preface Principles of Translation Guide to Pronunciation Key Terms List of Abbreviations Precis Introduction Chapter 1. Initial Assessments Chapter 2. Doing Battle Chapter 3. Planning for the Attack Chapter 4. Positioning Chapter 5. Configuration Chapter 6. Emptiness and Solidity Chapter 7. The Struggle of Armies Chapter 8. Nine Varieties Chapter 9. Marching the Army Chapter 10. Terrain Types Chapter 11. Nine Types of Terrain Chapter 12. Incendiary Attack Chapter 13. Using Spies Appendix. The Pseudo-Biography of Sun Wu Notes Bibliography Index
£12.34
Columbia University Press Gendering Global Conflict
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA superb contribution to the field, this book is the first full-scale attempt to link feminist theory with the established, mainstream work on war as an empirical puzzle to be solved. -- Patrick James, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California With formidable prowess, Sjoberg engages tools from realist, liberal, constructivist, poststructuralist, and postcolonial perspectives to advance a systematic, feminist theorization of war. This stunning achievement warrants attention by all who seek to improve our understanding and alter our practices of war. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona In this definitive work, Laura Sjoberg makes an incontrovertible case that feminist security studies is neither superfluous nor an oxymoron. Through her extensive command of the vast war studies literature and decades of feminist international relations scholarship, she powerfully and effectively argues that security studies, from realist to critical, fail to explain why and how states go to war without feminist theories. Exhaustively detailing how feminist perspectives and research significantly account for the propensities for, the conduct of, and lived experiences in war, she demonstrates feminism not only can but also must 'occupy' security studies for both better and transformative understandings of war. -- Anne Sisson Runyan, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati Gendering Global Conflict is a monumental work that deserves to be widely read... The work is exhaustively researched and footnoted, with an extensive literature review of current approaches to studying gender in conflict... Highly recommended. Choice Thoughtful and insightful... Well-written and accessible... Laura Sjoberg offers a convincing account as to why gender should be taken seriously when we consider both the causes and the impacts of war, whilst managing to speak to a mainstream, as well as feminist, security audience. Gender and Development Laura Sjoberg's book, Gendering Global Conflict, is extremely relevant. Through a systematic and well-argued critique, she shows how deeply embedded masculinity is in mainstream studies of war... best suited for students at the graduate level. Politics & GenderTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The (Genderless) Study of War in International Relations 2. Gender Lenses Look at War(s) 3. Anarchy 4. Relations International and War(s) 5. Gender 6. People 7. Gendered Strategy 8. Gendered Tactics 9. Living Gendered War(s) Conclusion: (A) Feminist Theory/ies of War(s) Notes Index
£80.00
Columbia University Press Gendering Global Conflict Toward a Feminist
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA superb contribution to the field, this book is the first full-scale attempt to link feminist theory with the established, mainstream work on war as an empirical puzzle to be solved. -- Patrick James, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California With formidable prowess, Sjoberg engages tools from realist, liberal, constructivist, poststructuralist, and postcolonial perspectives to advance a systematic, feminist theorization of war. This stunning achievement warrants attention by all who seek to improve our understanding and alter our practices of war. -- V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona In this definitive work, Laura Sjoberg makes an incontrovertible case that feminist security studies is neither superfluous nor an oxymoron. Through her extensive command of the vast war studies literature and decades of feminist international relations scholarship, she powerfully and effectively argues that security studies, from realist to critical, fail to explain why and how states go to war without feminist theories. Exhaustively detailing how feminist perspectives and research significantly account for the propensities for, the conduct of, and lived experiences in war, she demonstrates feminism not only can but also must 'occupy' security studies for both better and transformative understandings of war. -- Anne Sisson Runyan, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center, University of Cincinnati Gendering Global Conflict is a monumental work that deserves to be widely read... The work is exhaustively researched and footnoted, with an extensive literature review of current approaches to studying gender in conflict... Highly recommended. Choice Thoughtful and insightful... Well-written and accessible... Laura Sjoberg offers a convincing account as to why gender should be taken seriously when we consider both the causes and the impacts of war, whilst managing to speak to a mainstream, as well as feminist, security audience. Gender and Development Laura Sjoberg's book, Gendering Global Conflict, is extremely relevant. Through a systematic and well-argued critique, she shows how deeply embedded masculinity is in mainstream studies of war... best suited for students at the graduate level. Politics & GenderTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The (Genderless) Study of War in International Relations 2. Gender Lenses Look at War(s) 3. Anarchy 4. Relations International and War(s) 5. Gender 6. People 7. Gendered Strategy 8. Gendered Tactics 9. Living Gendered War(s) Conclusion: (A) Feminist Theory/ies of War(s) Notes Index
£25.50
Columbia University Press Conspiring with the Enemy
Book SynopsisIn Conspiring with the Enemy, Yvonne Chiu offers a new understanding of why and how enemies work together to constrain violence in warfare. Chiu argues that what she calls an ethic of cooperation is found in modern warfare to such an extent that it is often taken for granted.Trade ReviewYvonne Chiu has written an original and important book. Conspiring with the Enemy's argument is strong throughout; the writing is clear and often elegant, and the historical references, illustrations, and examples make the book engaging as well as educational. Who ever heard of such a thing as cooperation between enemies in war? Henceforth no one will ask that question. -- Michael Walzer, author of Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical IllustrationsWar is the fiercest form of human competition, yet it often involves cooperation among adversaries, even as they try to slaughter one other. Drawing on an impressive survey of military history—ancient and modern, Eastern and Western—Yvonne Chiu distinguishes among numerous forms of cooperation in war and even identifies an “ethic of cooperation” of which she finds manifestations throughout the history of warfare. Many of the instances she recounts are moving and inspiring, and the book as a whole offers grounds for optimism about the future of warfare. -- Jeff McMahan, University of OxfordChiu shows that the ethic of cooperation in warfare is a major normative feature of war-fighting, today as well as in the distant past. Other writers on just war theory sometimes drop hints of this, but the great accomplishment of this book is to bring the ethic of cooperation out of the shadows and reveal it as something absolutely central to warfare ethics. Chiu’s scholarship is impressively wide-ranging, and she has a tremendous eye for the telling anecdote, historical episode, and quotation. -- David Luban, Georgetown UniversityConspiring with the Enemy is oriented around the question of cooperation in war and whether it is possible to have a degree of ethics in war. The author assembles her writing in a compelling and clear way. -- Sarah Kreps, author of Taxing Wars: The American Way of War and Finance and the Decline of DemocracyChiu’s book has much to commend it to the reader....This volume is a very helpful addition to the literature of ethics and war. * Journal of Military Ethics *A book full of insight and provocation. * Foreign Affairs *Chiu's book provides an insightful and original argument supported by robust historical illustrations. Particularly valuable is that it restructures and shines new light on topics we might have thought we had already examined and understood while providing a decidedly new framework for re-examining them. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Buttressed by impressive scholarship, this readable study is highly recommended. * Choice *This compelling and wide-ranging account....should change the way we think about the morality—and practice—of war. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Horrors of War and the Nature of Cooperation2. Cooperation for a Fair Fight3. Cooperation to Minimize Damage to Particular Classes of People4. Cooperation to End War Quickly5. The Limits of Ethics of Cooperation in Warfare6. Cooperative Ethics, Just War Theory, and the Structure of Modern Warfare7. Abdication of Judgment, Noncooperative Fights, and the Meaning of WarNotesReferencesIndex
£70.40
Columbia University Press Conspiring with the Enemy
Book SynopsisIn Conspiring with the Enemy, Yvonne Chiu offers a new understanding of why and how enemies work together to constrain violence in warfare. Chiu argues that what she calls an ethic of cooperation is found in modern warfare to such an extent that it is often taken for granted.Trade ReviewYvonne Chiu has written an original and important book. Conspiring with the Enemy's argument is strong throughout; the writing is clear and often elegant, and the historical references, illustrations, and examples make the book engaging as well as educational. Who ever heard of such a thing as cooperation between enemies in war? Henceforth no one will ask that question. -- Michael Walzer, author of Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical IllustrationsWar is the fiercest form of human competition, yet it often involves cooperation among adversaries, even as they try to slaughter one other. Drawing on an impressive survey of military history—ancient and modern, Eastern and Western—Yvonne Chiu distinguishes among numerous forms of cooperation in war and even identifies an “ethic of cooperation” of which she finds manifestations throughout the history of warfare. Many of the instances she recounts are moving and inspiring, and the book as a whole offers grounds for optimism about the future of warfare. -- Jeff McMahan, University of OxfordChiu shows that the ethic of cooperation in warfare is a major normative feature of war-fighting, today as well as in the distant past. Other writers on just war theory sometimes drop hints of this, but the great accomplishment of this book is to bring the ethic of cooperation out of the shadows and reveal it as something absolutely central to warfare ethics. Chiu’s scholarship is impressively wide-ranging, and she has a tremendous eye for the telling anecdote, historical episode, and quotation. -- David Luban, Georgetown UniversityConspiring with the Enemy is oriented around the question of cooperation in war and whether it is possible to have a degree of ethics in war. The author assembles her writing in a compelling and clear way. -- Sarah Kreps, author of Taxing Wars: The American Way of War and Finance and the Decline of DemocracyChiu’s book has much to commend it to the reader....This volume is a very helpful addition to the literature of ethics and war. * Journal of Military Ethics *A book full of insight and provocation. * Foreign Affairs *Chiu's book provides an insightful and original argument supported by robust historical illustrations. Particularly valuable is that it restructures and shines new light on topics we might have thought we had already examined and understood while providing a decidedly new framework for re-examining them. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Buttressed by impressive scholarship, this readable study is highly recommended. * Choice *This compelling and wide-ranging account....should change the way we think about the morality—and practice—of war. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Horrors of War and the Nature of Cooperation2. Cooperation for a Fair Fight3. Cooperation to Minimize Damage to Particular Classes of People4. Cooperation to End War Quickly5. The Limits of Ethics of Cooperation in Warfare6. Cooperative Ethics, Just War Theory, and the Structure of Modern Warfare7. Abdication of Judgment, Noncooperative Fights, and the Meaning of WarNotesReferencesIndex
£25.50
Columbia University Press Man the State and War A Theoretical Analysis
Book SynopsisIn this landmark work of international relations theory, first published in 1959, the eminent realist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz offers a foundational analysis of the nature of conflict between states.Table of ContentsForeword to the 2018 Anniversary Edition, by Stephen M. WaltPreface to the 2001 EditionPreface to the 1959 Edition1. Introduction2. The First Image: International Conflict and Human Behavior3. Some Implications of the First Image: The Behavioral Sciences and the Reduction of Interstate Violence4. The Second Image: International Conflict and the Internal Structure of States5. Some Implications of the Second Image: International Socialism and the Coming of the First World War6. The Third Image: International Conflict and International Anarchy7. Some Implications of the Third Image: Examples from Economics, Politics, and History8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex
£67.20
Penguin Books Ltd Society Must Be Defended
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£11.69
ABC-CLIO CounterGuerrilla Operations
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era by two officers-one from the Philippines and the other from America-who fought as guerrillas against the Japanese occupation and went on to defeat the Huk rebellion after World War II.Table of ContentsForeword Prologue What and Why Is a Guerrilla Characteristics of Guerrilla Movements and Operations Approaches to Counterguerrilla Warfare The Situation and the Terrain Know Thine Enemy: Estimate of the Enemy Situation Know Thyself: Analysis of Friendly Forces The Mission Target-The Guerrilla Fool 'Em Find 'Em Fight 'Em Target-The Civilian Target-The Nation Appendix I. Patrol SOP for Counterguerrilla Operations Appendix II. Suggested Special Warfare Battalion Appendix III. Recommended Reading
£25.65
Yale University Press Foxbats Over Dimona
Book SynopsisFearing an imminent invasion, Israel launched a preemptive air attack on Egypt in June 1967 and it achieved such staggering devastation that in just six days the war was won and future of the Middle East was forever changed. This book provides an account of the Six-Day War. It investigates documents and testimonies from the former Soviet Union.Trade Review"'Here is a book that is truly revisionist, challenging what we thought we knew about the origins and conduct of the Six-Day War, Israel's crushing victory over Egypt, Jordan, and Syria 40 years ago. The exact role played by the Soviet Union has always been murky. The authors work their way through the murk, meticulously using every snippet of relevant information from an extraordinary range of sources.' Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs (included in its list of outstanding new books). 'Ginor and Remez, an enterprising pair of Jerusalem researchers who have been trawling Soviet archives and double-agents, explain the war as a Kremlin plot gone wrong... It's a terrifying story, thoroughly sourced, and much of it is entirely new... If you want to grasp the background to tonight's 10 o'clock news, read this groundbreaking book.' Norman Lebrecht, Evening Standard"
£32.55
Yale University Press Browned Off and BloodyMinded
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A marvellous book, well-written and very readable. Highly Recommended.”—Harold Pollins, Bulletin of the Military Historical Society, February 2017. -- Harold Pollins * Bulletin of the Military Historical Society *“This rich social history offers a moving insight into the wartime experiences of these extraordinary men.” —Mail on Sunday * Mail on Sunday *
£14.24
Orion Publishing Co Achtung Panzer
Book SynopsisThis is the defining book on the theory and practise of tank warfare, by the man who became one of Hitler's most able generals.
£9.49
Orion Publishing Co Another Bloody Century
Book SynopsisHow the wars of the near future will be fought and who will win them
£12.34
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US The Art Of War
Book Synopsis
£17.01
St. Martins Press-3PL Constant Battles Why We Fight
£12.80
Taylor & Francis Ltd Warfare in the Twentieth Century Theory and
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century was dominated by war and by preparations for war in a way that is unparalleled in history. Originally published in 1988, this textbook highlights key themes of warfare throughout the world and emphasizes the gulf between the theory of war and its practice.The contributors are professional historians and strategists who consider the impact of war upon society, theories of insurgency and counter-insurgency and nuclear strategy, as well as more traditional topics' such as tactics and strategy on land, the role of sea power, the evolution of strategic bombing, colonial and revolutionary warfare. Each chapter discusses recent research on the topic and provides guides to further reading. Together they give a clear up-to-date overview of the conflicts which dominated the twentieth century.This textbook is useful reading for all students and teachers of strategic and war studies, military history and international relations and for all those concerned witTable of ContentsEditor’s Introduction. Contributors. 1. Total War Ian F. W. Beckett 2. Colonial Warfare 1900–39 Keith Jeffrey 3. Blitzkreig and Attrition: Land Operations in Europe 1914–45 G. D. Sheffield 4. Naval Power Geoffrey Till 5. The Theory and Practice of Strategic Bombing John Pimlott 6. Nuclear Strategy Colin McInnes 7. Limited War Robin Brown 8. Guerrilla Warfare: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency Since 1945 Ian F. W. Beckett 9. The Battlefield Since 1945 D. J. Pay. Further Reading. Index.
£99.75
WW Norton & Co Accessory to War
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the age-old complicity between sky watchers and war fighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.Trade Review"Throughout history, wars tend to be won by nations that are at the forefront of science. Thus astronomers and physicists have, since ancient times, benefited from an uneasy alliance with the military. This enlightening book explores the history and current implications of this partnership between space science and national security." -- Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and professor of history, Tulane University"Accessory to War is thought-provoking and reflective..." -- Nature"In Accessory to War, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang give a sweeping panoramic overview of the enduring alliance between astrophysics and the military—from the Greeks to Galileo to GPS. The book's key contribution is in documenting the various ways science has aided military endeavors over the millennia and making the sometimes-arcane source material accessible." -- Science"... wide-ranging and very readable history of the overlap between science and the military, penned with editor Avis Lang... The book is a fascinating exploration of humanity' s capacity to combine discovery with destruction..." -- BBC Sky at Night
£22.79
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Scourge of War
Book SynopsisJ. David Singer's Correlates of War project represented the first comprehensive effort by political scientists to gather and analyse empirical data about the causes of war. Paul F. Diehl has convened some of the world's foremost international conflict analysis specialists to reassess COW's contribution to our understanding of global conflict.
£73.10
LUP - University of Michigan Press Between Military Rule and Democracy Regime
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Between Military Rule and Democracy is a pioneering study in the sense that there exists no comparative-historical study of the same level of historical depth and theoretical sophistication which tries to uncover the complex trajectories of democratization and authoritarian reversals in the Southeastern periphery of Europe.”- Ziya Önis, Koç University;“Between Military Rule and Democracy goes beyond many of the other treatments of militaries in politics by making a well-supported argument concerning factors that influence the actions of militaries in various situations . . . It thus makes an interesting contribution to the literature on democratization and authoritarianism as well as providing very well-documented case studies of the actions of militaries in two countries where they have played an important role over time.”- Sharon Wolchik, George Washington University
£68.95
Dover Publications Inc. The Art of War Dover Military History Weapons
Book SynopsisWidely regarded as "The Oldest Military Treatise in the World," this landmark work covers principles of strategy, tactics, maneuvering, communication, and supplies; the use of terrain, fire, and the seasons of the year; much more.
£6.30
Cambridge University Press Supplying War Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
Book SynopsisAexamination of the `nuts and bolts' of war, the vast problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, from the seventeenth century to the Second World War, offering, in effect, a reinterpretation of modern military history.Trade Review'Military buffs, even those who disagree with the author's conclusions, will find this an original and stimulating work.' Business Week'I recommend this work for every professional army officer, but particularly those in the operational field who are used to moving units with the stroke of a grease pencil.' Major Michael D. Krause, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'Impeccable scholarship and major new interpretations characterize this work destined to become a classic in military history.' Technology and Culture'This slim volume, unique of its kind, not only iterates the value of the study of logistics to the understanding of any war, any campaign, or any battle, but presents significant historical reinterpretations and revisions on practically every page.' The American Historical Review'… interesting … makes a major contribution to the knowledge of a little researched aspect of warfare … the time span covered by the book from the Marlborough campaign to Patton's advance is undoubtedly a tour de force.' Open HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The background of two centuries; 2. 'An army marches on its stomach!'; 3. When demigods rode rails; 4. The wheel that broke; 5. Russian roulette; 6. Sirte to Alamein; 7. War of the accountants; 8. Logistics in perspective.
£90.24
Penguin Books Ltd Arnhem
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain''s Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad''Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War'' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard______________On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany''s parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power.Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch, who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war.The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called ''The Last German Victory''. Yet this book, written in Beevor''s inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle.It looks into the very heart of war.______________''In Beevor''s hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character'' - Ben Macintyre, The Times''Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written'' - Saul David, Daily Telegraph''Complete mastery of both the story and the sources'' - Keith Lowe, Literary ReviewTrade ReviewMasterly...illuminated by a host of hitherto unpublished anecdotes and quotations, together with the fruits of his own labors in Dutch archives. A meticulous, wonderfully vivid, and justly angry account of one of the great cock-ups of World War II -- Max HastingsThis absorbing new account of the battle with the eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . . this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity. * Daily Mail *Beevor tells a story that is more human and complex than what he calls "the great myth of heroic failure", a tale of vanity, hubris, occasional incompetence, human frailty and remarkable grit. . . In Beevor's hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character. * The Times *Antony Beevor's magnificent account. . . Beevor's skill lies in his ability to recreate the tumultuous brutality of battle. . . With stark honesty, Beevor describes the terrible panoply. * The Times *The analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic. Aficionados of military history will revel in Beevor's microscopic detail, with every skirmish given its rightful place. . . Beevor's prodigious research has nevertheless unearthed many treasures, particularly his record of the sufferings of Dutch civilians who risked their necks by nursing wounded allied soldiers. * Sunday Times *Complete mastery of both the story and the sources. The beauty is in the details. . . . This gripping book, with its tightly focused timescale and subject matter, shows him once again at his very best. * Literary Review *Another masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time. . . Does the story need to be retold? Beevor is such a good writer, with a gift for clarity and a knack for the telling personal portrait, that the answer is undoubtedly yes. * Prospect Magazine *Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . The drama of manoeuvre and counter-thrust, the courage and cowardice of soldier and civilian, the follies and vanities of commanders, which are especially rich in this story, are deployed with colour and humanity. His fans will love it. * Evening Standard *As Antony Beevor showed in Stalingrad, he is a master of his craft as a military historian. . . We have here a definitive account of one of the most painful episodes of the Second World War. * The Tablet *It is, in short, a chapter of the Second World War that was crying out for the storytelling talents of Sir Antony Beevor, arguably the finest narrative historian of his generation. This is the result - and his many fans will not be disappointed . . . Beevor's particular skill is his ability to unearth new sources that articulate the experience of war felt by ordinary people: soldiers and civilians, men and women. . . Beevor has produced another superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written, that will long be the benchmark for this subject. * Daily Telegraph *Beevor's superlative new book . . . Arnhem sees him return to Stalingrad form. Forensic is too soft a word to describe the breadth of detail he brings. * Daily Express, ***** *The compressed time scale and limited strategic scope of Market Garden ideally suit the author's testimony-rich approach . . . Beevor is a highly accomplished architect of what the American literary scholar Samuel Hynes calls 'battlefield gothic': the nightmarish horrors and absurdities of combat * Wall Street Journal *On holiday I read and am wholly absorbed by Antony Beevor's Arnhem. Though I am defeated by much of the military detail, the human side of the action, the troops in the gliders, their fears and all too often their fates, are beautifully told, with some of the bloodshed and killing unbearable * Diary 2018 *This is destined to be a World War II military history classic . . . Beevor's superb latest offering, in keeping with his established record of excellence, is a must-read * Publishers' Weekly *Arnhem brings a wealth of new detail to a major World War II disaster . . . Beevor brings to the familiar story a vast amount of research in German, British, American, Polish, and Dutch archives. As usual, his narrative bristles with specifics, including countless observations gleaned from eyewitnesses to every stage of Market Garden. Devoted readers of military history will enjoy the wealth of details * The Christian Science Monitor *With devastating command of his subject, Antony Beevor shows how one commander's hubris destroyed an army . . . No one beats Beevor at recreating the bewildering cacophony of war * The Times, History Book of the Year *Arnhem was one of the most epic engagements of WW2 and Antony Beevor gives it his usual excellent and fascinating big battle treatment, which makes for a gripping read
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Harvard University Press Overconfidence and War
Book SynopsisJohnson argues that states are no more rational than people, who are susceptible to exaggerated ideas of their virtue, of the scope of their control, and of the future. By looking at such positive illusions in evolutionary biology, psychology, and politics of international conflict, this book offers compelling insights into why states wage war.Trade ReviewDominic Johnson shows that international conflicts need not escalate into long, costly wars -- if decision-makers rely on well-vetted information and avoid wishful thinking. He provides a lucid, convincing analysis of the disastrous consequences when normal confidence gives way to arrogance, causing leaders to believe their own propaganda, assume superiority, and deny facts. -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and EndOverconfidence and War is a fascinating and insightful analysis. Its skillful blend of history, psychology, and evolutionary biology is a model for a new kind of social analysis, one that will have increasing prominence in the years to come. -- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works and The Blank SlateThe puzzle of why countries go to war is a puzzle only for those who assume that humans are calculating machines. Dominic Johnson provides a scientific foundation for understanding how humans really make decisions about the most important questions they face. We need more books like Overconfidence and War. -- Stephen Peter Rosen, Harvard UniversityThis is an important book, both timely and of enduring value. It traces in detail the dreadful connection between self-deception and human warfare and suggests the kinds of thinking we must guard against if we are to avoid war. Read this book in hopes of a better, more conscious day-a day when we will not blunder so easily and stupidly off the first cliff inviting us to war. -- Robert TriversDominic Johnson's attack on the war puzzle is novel, convincing, and appealing. Steeped in sound biology and a detailed account of key well-documented conflicts, Overconfidence and War marks an important advance in the long-anticipated integration of political science and evolutionary theory. -- Richard Wrangham, co-author of Demonic MalesJohnson applies the logic of evolution to international relations. Following one of his mentors, the Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham, he suggests that overconfidence might once have been helpful in war and conflict. On the ancient African savannah, it was actually rational to misestimate your own capacities: a fearsome appearance and bold tactics could intimidate the enemy and help carry the day during lightning raids on enemy camps. But today, given modern weaponry, bureaucratic planning and mass armies, a cocky disposition is as likely to be suicidal as it is glorious. Military overconfidence, in other words, is a psychological holdover--a cognitive appendix--from an earlier period in human history. It is perhaps most dangerous when it prompts a decision for war in the first place. And it could be the X-factor explaining the otherwise inexplicable in recent military history: French faith in the Maginot line, Hitler's drive into Russia, the American failure to heed the lessons of French defeat in Vietnam. Most humans are prone to overestimating themselves, but leaders (who are inordinately ambitious and, by definition, have suffered few recent professional setbacks) are especially susceptible. Fittingly, the cover of Johnson's book features George W. Bush in the famous flight suit, flashing an exuberant thumbs-up. -- Christopher Shea * New York Times Magazine *
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Harvard University Press Failing to Win Perceptions of Victory and Defeat
Book SynopsisHow do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps between perceptions and reality.Trade ReviewThis is one of those books that leads the reader to ask why it had not been done before. I am amazed that both academics and members of the interested public had generally assumed that in most cases it was self-evident who had won or lost an encounter. The authors show that this is simply not the case, and in doing so have put this important question on our agenda. -- Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
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Harvard University Press The Calculus of Violence How Americans Fought the
Book SynopsisDiscarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.Trade ReviewAssessing the potential for the escalation of violence in the course of the war, Sheehan-Dean concludes that at many junctures both North and South ‘chose restraint’; he rejects the widespread argument that the conflict evolved from limited to total war… For Sheehan-Dean, exceptions to this pattern prove the rule and illustrate his contention that the conflict ‘could have been much worse.’ -- Drew Gilpin Faust * Wall Street Journal *Sheehan-Dean has written a remarkable book, with a fresh take on how the Civil War was fought, why it was fought the way it was fought, and how, theoretically, it could have become a much more violent conflict than it was, had each side not been bent on presenting themselves as taking the moral high ground in an effort to curtail any great escalation in violence. -- Michael Pierce * Midwest Rewind *Perhaps the best thing this reviewer has read about the Civil War in ages. An expertly researched and written history, it examines the dark side of the American Civil War, namely war against civilians, partisan/guerrilla war, and the nasty issues that developed about prisoners of war on both sides. * Choice *Sweeping and yet also delicately measured, this book promises to resolve longstanding debates about the nature of the Civil War. With its publication, we should be able to put aside old debates about total war or hard war and instead seek to understand the forces that produced a war that could at once seem hard and soft, unbridled and constrained. A work of deep intellectual seriousness. -- Gregory P. Downs, author of After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of WarThe Calculus of Violence is the rare work that compels us to reconsider the Civil War by embracing the history of the conflict in all its complexity. -- Wayne Hsieh, coauthor of A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil WarConfronting some of the most persistent and contentious arguments over the American Civil War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean offers a remarkable breadth of vision and depth of humanity. His unflinching account separates myth from truth, hyperbole from honesty. It is a brave, welcome, and necessary book. -- Edward L. Ayers, author of The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Pacific War and Contingent Victory Why
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Feeding Victory Innovative Military Logistics
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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Vintage On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence
Book SynopsisThis unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. It examines the social psychology of military organizations, provides case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster.Absorbing and original, this is the definitive history of military failures.Trade ReviewShocking and provocative * New Society *An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty... Stimulating and almost invariably provocative -- Lord Chalfont * Listener *An original, scientifically impressive and fascinating book... This is a minor classic * Tablet *It should be compulsory reading wherever future officers are selected or trained, and deserves a very wide readership among psychologists and laymen -- John Nicholson * New Society *Classic book * New York Times *
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Pluto Press Unmanned Drone Warfare and Global Security
Book SynopsisShows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.Trade Review'Important and engaging ... A very readable overview of the issues surrounding the growing use of armed unmanned systems' -- Peace NewsTable of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction 1. From Balloons to Big Safari: UAV Development 2. The Drone Takes Off 3. The UAV and Military Doctrine 4. The Consequences of Killing without Consequences 5. Targets: The View from Below 6. Unlegal: Justifying a Drone War 7. Killer Robots 8. From Man O’War to Nano-War: Revolutions in Military Affairs Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Deterrence
Book SynopsisAs a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking for more than four decades. In this important and groundbreaking new book, Lawrence Freedman develops a distinctive approach to the evaluation of deterrence as both a state of mind and a strategic option.Table of Contents1. The rise and fall of deterrence 6 2. The meaning of deterrence 26 3. Deterrence in practice 43 4. Norms and criminality 60 5. After the Cold War 75 6. From deterrence to pre-emption 84 7. Strategic coercion 109 8. The future of deterrence 116
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd War in an Age of Risk
Book SynopsisWars throughout history have been fought in the name of ideology, religion and the pursuit of peace. Our thinking about war - when it is justified, how it should be fought and how it is perceived - has changed dramatically over time.Table of ContentsPreface vii 1 The Risk Society at War 1 2 Complexity and War 28 3 War in an Age of Risk 62 4 Consequence Management 103 5 The Geopolitics of Risk Management 131 6 The Risk Age and its Discontents 173 Bibliography 185 Index 199
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd International Security and Gender
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and social security.Trade ReviewWinner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title "Through a vast review of the security literature, Detraz makes an excellent case for the greater understanding and incorporation of gender in security studies."—LSE Review of Books "An essential read for every IR and feminist scholar and student seeking deeper understandings of current events in the field."—Central European Journal of International and Security Studies "Should be a key text for students of security studies. It is also a powerful introduction for gender scholars to understand how security discourses not only use, but also create, particular constructions of gender."—Feminist & Women's Studies Association Blog "International Security and Gender is a complex and critical overview of the field of gender and security, which familiarizes readers with the field in a fair and even-handed manner and provides forward-looking challenges to the field's research agendas."—Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida "Nicole Detraz's book presents a comprehensive and well-written introduction to what it means to approach international security through gendered lenses. A highly valuable contribution to the current security debate, it shows persuasively the central place of gender. Convincingly, it argues that security studies miss something crucial when gender remains invisible in debates on militarization, peacebuilding, terrorism, as well as human, environmental, and climate security. It urges students to enlarge the scope of security and question key concepts, while also suggesting ways toward change and emancipation."—Annica Kronsell, Lund University "In an essential contribution to the growing field of feminist security studies, Detraz shows impeccably how asking feminist questions about a range of security issues leads us to understand the gendered aspects of vulnerabilities and threats, ultimately helping to formulate reflexive, rather than simplistic, policies to bring about human emancipation."—Catia Cecilia Confortini, Wellesley CollegeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi 1 Understanding Gender in Security Debates 1 2 Gendered Militarization and Militarism 24 3 Gender in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 64 4 A Gendered Understanding of Terrorism 94 5 Human Security and Gender 131 6 Gender, Security, and Environment 165 Conclusion: Th e Contributions of Gender Lenses to Security 198 References 212 Index 241
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Edinburgh University Press The Politics of Military Occupation
Book SynopsisMilitary occupation is a recurrent feature of modern international politics and yet has received little attention from political scientists. This book sets out to remedy this neglect, offering:* an account of military occupation as a form of government* an assessment of key trends in the development of military occupations over the last two centuries* an explanation the conceptual and practical difficulties encountered by occupiers* examples drawn from, amongst others, the First and Second World Wars, US occupations in Latin America and Japan, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and the current occupation of IraqAfter a survey of the evolving practice and meaning of military occupation the book deals with its contested definitions, challenging restrictive approaches that disguise the true extent of the incidence of military occupation. Subsequent chapters explain the diverse forms that military government within occupation regimes take on and the role of civilian governors and agencies within occupation regimes; the significance of military occupation for our understanding of political obligation; the concept of sovereignty; the nature and meaning of justice; and our evaluation of regime transformation under conditions of military occupation.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Evolving Practice and Meaning of Military Occupation; 2. Defining Occupation; 3. Forms of Military Government; 4. The Role of Civilian Governors in Military Occupation; 5. Occupation and Obligation; 6. Sovereignty and Occupation; 7. Justice under Occupation; 8. Occupation and Regime Transformation; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) How to Lose the Information War
Book SynopsisNina Jankowicz is a Washington DC-based writer and analyst with a focus on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. She is currently a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Kennan Institute. Previously, she served as a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellow, a role in which she provided strategic communications guidance to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Her writing has been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Foreign Policy and others.Trade ReviewA persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy. * The New Yorker *How to Lose the Information War is required reading to understand the shape of the 2020s. It’s a window into a reality we all kind of sensed, but lacked words or understanding to really process. * Forbes *[Nina Jankowicz's] suggested tactics to help win the information war are thought provoking; it’s a complex and difficult path forward but one vital to preserve democracy and truth itself. * Brian Maye, The Irish Times *[How to Lose the Information War] offers an excellent guide on the [information warfare] lessons that should have been learned from our European partners provides a pathway forward. * Diplomatic Courier *If there is just one point to glean from Nina Jankowicz’s How to Lose the Information War, it is this: The threats that disinformation campaigns present democracies do not occur in a vacuum. The intentionally false or distorted information flowing out of places like Russia and China, and aimed at nations from North America to Africa to Europe, is part of a larger effort to prey upon divisions, especially within democratic societies. For that reason, whatever strategy a nation employs to counter bots, trolls, and outright lies must go together with a robust civic renewal effort. Otherwise, the Woodrow Wilson Center scholar writes, democracies will play a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. * George W. Bush Presidential Center *An important introduction to the topic [of Russian interference]. * The Clarion-Ledger *An elegant, straightforward and fluent account of the most serious challenge that the liberal democratic order has had to face in at least two generations. * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Timely, exceptionally well organized and presented, How to Lose the Information War is an impressively formed and informative read… An extraordinary work of meticulous research. * Midwest Book Review *"As a journalist who has spent years covering the complex issue of information warfare I can confidently say that this book is a must-read for our age. This outstanding work forensically details and analyses the past decade-plus of Russia's influence operations and their inexorable spread to the United States. The Kremlin’s threat is an urgent one and we are in desperate need of more authors like Jankowicz. Her expertise is grounded in an intimate knowledge of information warfare that only those who have experienced it firsthand can claim, and this book is, accordingly, an exceptional achievement.” -- David Patrikarakos, author of 'War in 140 Characters'At this moment of economic and political crisis, as disinformation spirals out of control, Nina Jankowicz take a closer look at how different countries have sought to cope with the onslaught. She takes us to the front lines of the information war, offering a clear and accessible account of what's been tried, what works and what doesn't. * Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag: A History (2003) and Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (2017) *In this wide-ranging and sobering account of Russian information operations in Europe and the United States, Nina Jankowicz sounds a clear warning: unless politicians reassess their campaign tactics and seek to diminish, rather than exacerbate, the fissures that exist within their own societies, the West will remain vulnerable to domestic and foreign groups seeking to undermine democracy. * Angela Stent, author of Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest (2019) *Nina Jankowicz has written an essential account of the contemporary information war waged by Russia. Read to the end, because after a deep analysis of key case studies, she wisely eschews simple solutions, knowing that disinformation is not merely about Russian operations or online platform rules but also about the resilience of democratic institutions themselves. * David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression *Jankowicz’s book comes out at a really apt and important time. Information and data-based opinions are extremely important at this time and this book is well worth reading, particularly as it is impacting on all of our lives. * Irish Tech News *Exactly the perspective needed to highlight the high stakes and growing threat of disinformation… Reading How to Lose the Information War is beneficial not only to those in the national security community, but also to all citizens seeking to understand their information environment. Strong media literacy, as Jankowicz concludes, is crucial to a healthy democracy and is the first and most important step to winning the information war. * Joint Force Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrologue - Fake News and the Russian Offensive 1. United States, 2016-Present, Playing Whack-a-Troll 2. Estonia: "Beta" Trolls 3. Georgia: Tanks and Television 4. Poland: When Vaccines Don't Work 5. Czech Republic: Fighting Lies Means Fighting Opinion 6. Ukraine and the Netherlands: A Disaster 7. Beyond Whack-a-Troll
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McGill-Queen's University Press War as Paradox
Book SynopsisThe origin and continued importance of dialectical war theory in the works of Clausewitz and Hegel.Trade Review" Cormier ably defends an interesting and provocative thesis challenging the received wisdom that Kant and especially Hegel had little or no important impact on Clausewitz. Not only does the text include detailed scholarship on Clausewitz, but Cormier also extends his thesis to the domains of communist and anarchist appropriations of Clausewitz and Hegel. It concludes with an informative and lively epilogue exploring contemporary implications for war theory. The text is interesting, engaging, and full of insights not only regarding these key trajectories, but many other matters as well - an original, thoughtful, and well-conceived book." Bruce Gilbert, Bishop' s University " Cormier has written an intriguing dissection of dialectical war theory that students of philosophy and ethics will find indispensable." Antulio Echevarria, US Army War College
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State University of New York Press The Moral Warrior Ethics and Service in the US
Book SynopsisExplores the moral dimensions of the current global role of the U.S. military.For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military far outstrip those of any potential rival, either singly or collectively, and this reality raises fundamental questions about its role, nature, and conduct. The Moral Warrior explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral meaning of the unique military power of the United States in the contemporary world, and the moral challenges posed by the war on terrorism.
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MB - Cornell University Press The Sources of Military Doctrine France Britain
Book SynopsisBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy—that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security.Trade ReviewThis is a scholarly and conceptually ambitious work which seeks to explain how military doctrine takes place and its role in 'grand strategy.' The core of the study examines military doctrines in the interwar period, discussing the German blitzkrieg and British air defense system as successes, and the French army's Maginot Line doctrine as a great failure. Posen develops many intriguing ideas and theoretical insights, and debates those of his academic peers, in a rich volume that has to be studied as well as read. * Foreign Affairs *
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Cornell University Press The Sources of Military Doctrine
Book SynopsisBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, and the degree of military or operational innovation it contains. He then examines these components of doctrine from the perspectives of organization theory and balance of power theory, taking into account the influence of technology and geography.Looking at interwar France, Britain, and Germany, Posen challenges each theory to explain the German Blitzkrieg, the British air defense system, and the French Army''s defensive doctrine often associated with the Maginot Line. This rigorous comparative study, in which the balance of power theory emerges as the more useful, not only allows usTrade ReviewThis is a scholarly and conceptually ambitious work which seeks to explain how military doctrine takes place and its role in 'grand strategy.' The core of the study examines military doctrines in the interwar period, discussing the German blitzkrieg and British air defense system as successes, and the French army's Maginot Line doctrine as a great failure. Posen develops many intriguing ideas and theoretical insights, and debates those of his academic peers, in a rich volume that has to be studied as well as read. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsPreface1. The Importance of Military Doctrine2. Explaining Military Doctrine3. The Battles of 19404. France5. Britain6. Germany7. ConclusionsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Stanford University Press On Flexibility
Book SynopsisOn Flexibility presents a force planning concept that will enable armies to cope with the growing diversity of battlefield requirements, and especially with technological and doctrinal surprises, through applied adaptability and flexibility, minimizing the over dependence on intelligence and prediction involved in this process today.Trade Review"This book combines solid history and an innovative analytical structure. It begins to fill in a serious hole in our understanding of flexibility or what could better be called 'adaptation under fire.' It is strongly recommended for senior military leaders and students of military innovation and force planning. In the future, surprise will continue to characterize the character of modern warfare, and the need to be flexible will be at a premium. On Flexibility provides great insights on flexibility and will prove to be an enduring contribution to our understanding of military history and to enhancing our ability to adapt when we hopefully do not get things too terribly wrong." -- Frank Hoffman"A highly original work, dealing with an important and little-explored subject." -- Martin van Creveld"This is an outstanding work. Inculcating adaptability, flexibility, and responsiveness to surprise is the chief preoccupation of the major armies of the world. Doctrine writers, practitioners, scholars, and policy-makers concerned with the effectiveness of military force should read this book." -- David Betz, Department of War Studies * King's College London *"Originally published in Israel in 2007, this thoughtful work by Col. Finkel (IDF) looks at how modern military forces have coped with surprise in terms of innovative technologies, techniques, or tactics." -- A. A. Nofi * StrategyPage.com *"[A] thoroughly researched and objective work of events impacting America's military affairs and security policies." -- Parameters
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