Theory of warfare and military science Books
Helion & Company Piercing the Fog of War: The Theory and Practice
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£29.75
Watkins Media Limited On War
Book SynopsisPrussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that ‘War is the continuation of politics by other means’. But what does Clausewitz mean to a world where economic, political and cultural conflicts are increasingly framed as wars? Written after the Napoleonic Wars but left unfinished at the author’s death and not published until 1832, On War is one of the most influential and important works on military strategy ever written. This new edition presents this classic text with a new introduction by Graham Harman, who reads Clausewitz’s ideas about war, politics and military strategy through the lens of speculative realism.
£10.44
£23.89
Exisle Publishing The Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American
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£14.24
Exisle Publishing The Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American
Book SynopsisFrom the acclaimed author of Panzer Commander Hermann BalckFalse Flagscomes an in-depth, critical evaluation of the maneuver warfare revolution that has transformed the American military. Colonel John Boyd, a maverick fighter pilot, revolutionized the American art of war through his ideas on conflict and the human mind. Boyd claimed that victory is won by the side which transitions through ''decision cycles'' faster than the enemy, mentally checkmating them with minimal violence. Maneuver warfare concepts became military doctrine during the 1980s but this revolution accidently undermined American security. When formulating his theories on conflict, Boyd relied upon fraudulent accounts of WWII written by Wehrmachtveterans who fabricated historical evidence to disassociate their reputations from Germany''s defeat and cover up their willing participation in Nazi war crimes. Boyd fell for this deception and unknowingly injected dangerous misinformation into the American military mind. Maneuver warfare has accordingly corrupted the art of war and resulted in catastrophic decisions made in Iraq and Afghanistan during 21st century conflict. The Blind Strategistseparates fact from fantasy and exposes the myths of maneuver warfare through a detailed evidence-based investigation. A must-read for anybody interested in American military history.
£22.09
Simon & Schuster The Generals Have No Clothes: The Untold Story of
Book SynopsisThe definitive book about America’s perpetual wars and how to end them from bestselling author, military expert, and award-winning journalist William M. Arkin.The first rule of perpetual war is to never stop, a fact which former NBC News analyst William M. Arkin knows better than anyone, having served in the Army and having covered all of America’s wars over the past three decades. He has spent his career investigating how the military throws around the word “war” to justify everything, from physical combat to today’s globe-straddling cyber and intelligence network. In The Generals Have No Clothes, Arkin traces how we got where we are—bombing ten countries, killing terrorists in dozens more—all without Congressional approval or public knowledge. Starting after the 9/11 attacks, the government put forth a singular idea that perpetual war was the only way to keep the American people safe. Arkin explains why President Obama failed to achieve his national security goal of ending war in Iraq and reducing our military engagements, and shows how President Trump has been frustrated in his attempts to end conflict in Afghanistan and Syria. He also reveals how COVID-19 is a watershed moment for the military, where the country’s civilian and public health needs clash with the demands of future wars against China and Russia, North Korea and Iran. Proposing bold solutions, Arkin calls for a new era of civilian control over the military. He also calls for a Global Security Index (GSX), the security equivalent to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which would measure the national and international events in real-time to determine whether perpetual war is actually making the nation safer. Arguing that the American people should be empowered by facts rather than spurred by fear, The Generals Have No Clothes “builds a damning case against the status quo” (Publishers Weekly) and outlines how we can take control of the military…before it’s too late.Trade Review"Arkin’s compendium of national security dysfunctions builds a damning case against the status quo. Readers will be convinced that a sea change is necessary." — Publishers Weekly
£14.40
de Gruyter Operational Energy
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£29.99
de Gruyter Violent Alternatives to War
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£13.30
de Gruyter Die Kollektive Sicherheit
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£134.09
Duncker & Humblot Massengewalt in Sudosteuropa Im 19. Und 20.
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£44.92
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Importing the American Way of War?:
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£27.75
Gerlach Press The Arms Trade, Military Services and the
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£104.12
Zeughausverlag GmbH The King´s Coat: A cultural history of uniforms
Book SynopsisUntil the introduction of camouflage uniforms, "The King's Coat" dominated the appearance of Western armies. Originally designed for economic reasons, uniforms in the Baroque era served to erase a soldier's individuality in favour of a regimental esprit de corps. Uniforms distinguished soldiers from civilians, and served ceremonial functions at court by representing the absolute power of princes. However, pre-modern manufacturing practices from the limited capacities to dye fabrics uniformly to the individual workmanship of different tailors undermined this ideal of a uniform military appearance just as swiftly as the demands of a campaign, in which uniforms wore out and had to be supplemented by a variety of different garments. This book attempts to explore the history of the military uniform from its origins to the present day. The thematic approach comprises various aspects of military costume, examining materials, function, limits as well as the deliberate modification of uniformity. Topics also include the symbolic character of the uniform, its own assertive potential, and the influence of contemporary fashion. It is a cultural history of military costume which seeks to go beyond the boundaries of fashion alone.
£33.26
Manas Publications Future Defence Challenges: Armed Forces of the
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£26.99
Manas Publications Chinese Military Modernisation
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£14.88
Manas Publications Arming the Defence Forces: Procurement and
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£9.28
Prakash Books The Art of War
£6.50
Pentagon Press Great Military Classic
Book SynopsisThe five books set in The Great Military Classics . Reveries on the Art of War. In this book the war is a science covered with shadow in whose obscurity one cannot move with an assured step. Routine and prejudice, the natural result of ignorance, are its foundation and support. The Defence of Duffer's Drift. This tale of a dream is dedicated to the gilded Popinjays and hired Assassins of the British nation, especially those who are nor knocking at the door, to wit the very junior. Defence. The principles of conduct of war and conduct of combat as expounded in this book by Field Marshal General Ritter Wilhelm von Leeb were written only a few years before the present war. Generalship Its Diseases and Cure: War with impersonal leadership is a brutal soul-destroying business, provocative only of class animosity and bad workmanship. The senior officers must get back to sharing danger and sacrifice with their men, however exalted their rank, just as sailors have to do. Surprise, in Clausewitz opinion, is a product of secrecy and speed. It is of extreme Importance to hide one's own plans form the enemy until he is unable to take effective counter-measure. The five books set in The Great Military Classics . Reveries on the Art of War. In this book the war is a science covered with shadow in whose obscurity one cannot move with an assured step. Routine and prejudice, the natural result of ignorance, are its foundation and support. The Defence of Duffer's Drift. This tale of a dream is dedicated to the gilded Popinjays and hired Assassins of the British nation, especially those who are nor knocking at the door, to wit the very junior. Defence. The principles of conduct of war and conduct of combat as expounded in this book by Field Marshal General Ritter Wilhelm von Leeb were written only a few years before the present war. Generalship Its Diseases and Cure: War with impersonal leadership is a brutal soul-destroying business, provocative only of class animosity and bad workmanship. The senior officers must get back to sharing danger and sacrifice with their men, however exalted their rank, just as sailors have to do. Surprise, in Clausewitz opinion, is a product of secrecy and speed. It is of extreme Importance to hide one's own plans form the enemy until he is unable to take effective counter-measure.
£29.99
Pentagon Press Rooks and Knights: Civil-Military Relations in
Book SynopsisIt is axiomatic that in a democracy, the nation’s Armed Forces are subordinate to its elected Government. But a Nation’s Armed Forces are ‘Forces’ that exude and represent national power and areno ordinary subordinate agencies. Besides, they are unique organizations with long and proud traditions.Control of the armed Forces is hence an arduously complex and delicate function requiring comprehensive and more importantly, a mature understanding of the Forces; ethos and internal mechanisms of operation.No universally accepted templates exist for how this control must be exercised and each nation evolves a model best suited to its own polity, geography and geo-strategic environment. A cardinal dimension underlying the entire control regime remains the capacity of its economy to allocate fiscal resources towards ensuring its security.The primary structures of control of India’s Armed Forces evolved under the British Rule. The course of evolution of these structures from the days of the East India Company and the Raj, their adaptation to conform to the requirements of a democracy, post-independence developments and the course this process needs to take to meet future requirements are some of the fascinating aspects of an absorbing subject this book attempts to explore.
£32.96
Prashant Publications The Art of War
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£4.74
Brill The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 B.C.
Book SynopsisRelying on a variety of literary, documentary and archaeological sources, this work explores the Roman military supply system from the Punic Wars to the end of the Principate. Each chapter is devoted to a different aspect of logistics: supply needs and rations; packs, trains and military servants; foraging and requisition; supply lines; sources of supply; administration; and the impact of logistics on Roman warfare. As a whole the book traces the development of the Roman logistics into a highly sophisticated supply system - a vital element in the success of Roman arms. In addition, it makes a critical study of important technical questions of Roman logistics, such as the size of the soldier's grain ration, the function of military servants, and the changes in logistical management under the Republic and Empire.Trade Review'...the first accessible account of this fascinating subject in English, R.'s book is guaranteed a place on every Roman military bookshelf.' Duncan B. Campbell, Journal of Roman Studies, 2000. '...a major contribution to the study of an important aspect of the functioning of the Roman army.' Israel Shatzman, Scripta Classica Israelica, 2000. '...this is the most comprehensive and detailed investigation on the subject to appear in English.' Stefan G. Chrissanthos, Ancient History Bulletin, 1999.
£45.00
Leiden University Press Towards a Data-driven Military: A
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£98.40
Indus Source Books Intelligence Over Centuries
Book SynopsisExamined in this book are the history and working of the systems in India, Britain, United States, Canada, South Africa, and Israel as well as in former hegemonic systems like KGB-Stasi and KGB-China. Also discussed are specific subjects such as covert operations, intelligence liaison, major spies, and terrorism.
£30.39
Pentagon Press Hybrid Warfare: The Changing Character of
Book SynopsisWars and conflicts have become a near constant presence today, brought to us on a real-time basis on myriad communication devices. A cursory scan of recent conflicts reveals the blurring lines between war and peace, state versus non-state, regular and irregular, and conventional vis-à-vis unconventional. Over the past decade or so, the prevailing security environment in many regions has changed radically. Simultaneously the probability of conventional conflict between states or groups of states has steadily declined while sub-conventional conflict has gained prominence.These small, niggling wars have been termed as hybrid, non-linear, grey zone, or unrestricted, among others. It thus becomes necessary to enquire ontologically and epistemologically into these terms to understand if they allude to the same phenomenon through different frames. Furthermore, are these an aberration or, increasingly, the convention? This book tries to address this crucial research gap related to the changing character of conflicts in the strategic discourse in India.
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Pentagon Press Brahmand World Defence Update 2019
Book SynopsisBrahmand World Defence Update 2019 provides a comprehensive assessment of the present day global military order with a focus on each nation’s military capabilities, new arms acquisitions and defence spending.The eighth edition of the yearbook featuring a new chapter on air and missile defence systems of China, India, Israel, Japan, Russia and the USA - a chapter that promises to add fresh impetus to the book by focusing on major countries’ various missile defence systems and their latest advancements that can influence the battlefield to tomorrow.The yearbook also contains the latest information on defence capabilities of 113 countries and has highlighted 33 important countries with their geopolitical importance, internal and external conflict areas, threat perspectives, strategic relations, multilateral alliances, defence capabilities including strategic forces and defence deals.
£146.25
Pentagon Press Battalion Command (Revised Edition): Dare to Lead
Book SynopsisCommand assignments are the most cherished part of an officer`s career. Yet, they seem to have become stepping stones for career progression rather than a calling to be cherished and leave a legacy. Today officers assume the command of the units with inadequate regimental experience, as reflected in the number of untoward incidents in many units in the recent past. One took place in the author's division where the commanding officer abdicated command and left his unit in a state of anarchy. This book is the author's perspective on unit command, based on his wide experience and his command philosophy driven by passion, commitment and fearlessness.The book covers a wide range of important issues that a commanding officer has to deal with in war and peace. The author has emphasised that battalion command is all about leadership, and while the army order can appoint one a commanding officer, no order can appoint anyone a leader. That is a moral position which has to be earned through character, competence and personal example.This revised edition has addressed additional aspects such as emotional quotient, human quotient, officer-men relationship, directive style of command, leading from the front etc. as they apply to a commanding officer. The author emphasises the point that the raison d'etre for the unit's existence is to fight and win in war, thus, all activities of the unit must be oriented towards that. The book crystal gazes into the command challenges in future that cover a wide spectrum from human resource to the changing character of warfare and their implications for a commanding officer.The book highlights the immense responsibilities that a commanding officer shoulders, and therefore, the need for him to know his job thoroughly, to be fearless and selfless in command. The author believes that the single most important battle-winning factor is the 'Human Quotient' which needs to be nurtured through top-quality leadership top-down. Based on his experiences, practical recommendations on meaningful training, leadership development and operational effectiveness have been discussed. The author has listed the caveats that he followed as a commanding officer that made his command so special, distinctive and inspirational. They should be a Bible for any passionate commanding officer who wishes to leave his mark as a leader of substance. A must read for officers of all ranks.
£33.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Artificial War: Multiagent-based Simulation Of
Book SynopsisMilitary conflicts, particularly land combat, possess the characteristics of complex adaptive systems: combat forces are composed of a large number of nonlinearly interacting parts and are organized in a dynamic command-and-control network; local action, which often appears disordered, self-organizes into long-range order; military conflicts, by their nature, proceed far from equilibrium; military forces adapt to a changing combat environment; and there is no master “voice” that dictates the actions of every soldier (i.e., battlefield action is decentralized). Nonetheless, most modern “state of the art” military simulations ignore the self-organizing properties of combat.This book summarizes the results of a multiyear research effort aimed at exploring the applicability of complex adaptive systems theory to the study of warfare, and introduces a sophisticated multiagent-based simulation of combat called EINSTein. EINSTein, whose bottom-up, generative approach to modeling combat stands in stark contrast to the top-down or reductionist philosophy that still underlies most conventional military models, is designed to illustrate how many aspects of land combat may be understood as self-organized, emergent phenomena. Used worldwide by the military operations research community, EINSTein has pioneered the simulation of combat on a small to medium scale by using autonomous agents to model individual behaviors and personalities rather than hardware.
£153.90
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Energy And International War: From Babylon To
Book SynopsisWill international wars where energy resources play a central role continue to hold sway over life and death for industrialized nations, or is this a transient phase in the evolution of industrial societies? This book answers this question by tracing the history of energy and conflict from antiquity, through the epic hot and cold wars of the twentieth century, to expected outcome of the war in Iraq. It points the way to the end of wars over control of fossil fuels, and demonstrates why these may be the last major international wars over other resources as well.This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of energy use or international conflict. Readers will find in it an illuminating overview of the sweep of historical events. The book further provides a compelling explanation of how a thorough understanding of the evolutionary direction of these events challenges the conventional wisdom that resource wars are endemic to the nature of industrial society, thus offering a fresh view on one of the most important challenges of our time.Table of ContentsCoal and Non-Energy Minerals: Energy, Transport, and War Through 1815; Steamer Coal in the Colonial Era; Franco-Prussian War Sets the Stage; Coal and Iron in the Great War; Coal in Asia Before WWII; Coal, Steel, Customs, and the EU; Conflict Over Other Solid Mineral Resources; An End to Conflict Over Solid Mineral Resources?; Oil: Oil and Commerce; Oil from WWI to WWII; Oil and World War II; Before the Iran-Iraq War; Iran and Iraq; Gulf War I; Sanctions and Inspections; Iraq After 9/11/01; Oil and War; Uranium, Natural Gas, and Renewables: France and Uranium; French Neocolonialism in Africa; Natural Gas Resources and Transport; Liquefied Natural Gas and Security Developments; Hydropower; New Renewable Energy Sources; Conflict or Cooperation?; The Future: Energy for the Future; It's About Oil; The Future of International War.
£130.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Using Carrots To Bring Peace?: Negotiation And
Book SynopsisHow can peace be brokered between warring sides in conflicts over self-determination and what roles do external third parties play? This book is the first of its kind to thoroughly explore the effectiveness of aid conditionality and other external tools that third parties — from states and regional organizations to NGOs — bring to the table in peace negotiations. Surveying the existing academic debate on incentives and peace conditionality, the author first identifies the gaps between theory and the needs of third party mediators and facilitators. Analysing in depth the negotiation processes in Sri Lanka (Eelam), Indonesia (Aceh), and the Philippines (Mindanao) as case studies, policy tools likely to be most effective are then identified and policy recommendations developed. This book is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike.Table of ContentsPreface; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; About the Author; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: How to Make Peace Effectively?; Negotiation and Peace Incentives: Overview; Negotiation Ripeness and Third Party Incentives; SRI LANKA: Eelam Peace Process (The GoSL-LTTE Peace Negotiations, 2002-2003; 2006); INDONESIA: Aceh Peace Process (The GoI-GAM Peace Negotiations, 2002-2003; 2006); THE PHILIPPINES: Mindanao Peace Process (The GRP-MILF Peace Negotiations 2001-2008); Perils and Pitfalls of Using Carrots in Conflict Resolution: Do Carrots Bring Peace?; Conclusions: Effective Tools for Forging Peace; References;
£112.50
NUS Press Soldiers and Diplomacy in Burma: Understanding
Book SynopsisSoldiers and Diplomacy in Burma explores Burma’s relations with the outside world since independence in 1948, and addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma's foreign policy in a post-junta context. The co-authors, a political scientist and a former top Asia editor for the BBC, provide a fresh perspective on Burma's foreign and security policies, arguing that key elements of continuity underlie Burma's striking postcolonial policy changes and contrasting diplomatic practices, which have moved between pro-active diplomacies of neutralism and non-alignment, and autarkical policies of isolation and xenophobic nationalism.The formidable dominance of the Burmese armed forces over state structure, as well as the enduring domestic political conundrum and the peculiar geography of a country located at the crossroads of India, China and Southeast Asia, all have greatly influenced the definition and evolution of Burma’s foreign relations over the years. The authors argue that the Burmese military still has the tools needed to retain their praetorian influence over the country’s foreign policy in the post-junta context of the 2010s. For international policymakers, potential foreign investors and Burma’s immediate neighbors, this will have strong implications in terms of the country's foreign policy approach.
£33.61
