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Liverpool University Press After the War in Iraq: Defining the New Strategic
Book SynopsisFocusing on the different dimensions to the war in Iraq launched in March 2003 by the United States, the essays here present concise and penetrating analyses, and explore the major implications of the war and their strategic, political and military contexts. Researchers from the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, experts in international relations, political science, strategic studies and political psychology, present an insightful picture of the war. The book contains a chronology surveying the International Inspection Regime in Iraq, 1991-2003, and the full text of 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America', which should be regarded as the basis of the Bush administration's strategic rationale for the war in Iraq.Trade Review"A timely collection of essays generated by a series of brainstorming sessions at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies on the implications of the war in Iraq as seen from various disciplinary angles. The collection is divided into two parts, the first deals with the international context, the second, the impact on the region, especially Israel." -- The International Spectator."Included here are essays on regional implications of the war; the extent to which the war has affected the Israeli-Palestinian peace; weapons of mass destruction; how the war has affected the strategic balance in the region; and finally Israel's home front defense policy and implications for the future. An excellent book... Highly recommended." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsATM/Cash Cards; Credit Cards; EFTPOS/Debit Cards; Competition, Innovation and Performance: The Evolution of the Bank Card Business; Smart Cards; Index.
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Liverpool University Press After the War in Iraq: Defining the New Strategic
Book SynopsisFocusing on the different dimensions to the war in Iraq launched in March 2003 by the United States, the essays here present concise and penetrating analyses, and explore the major implications of the war and their strategic, political and military contexts. Researchers from the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, experts in international relations, political science, strategic studies and political psychology, present an insightful picture of the war. The book contains a chronology surveying the International Inspection Regime in Iraq, 1991-2003, and the full text of 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America', which should be regarded as the basis of the Bush administration's strategic rationale for the war in Iraq.Trade Review"A timely collection of essays generated by a series of brainstorming sessions at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies on the implications of the war in Iraq as seen from various disciplinary angles. The collection is divided into two parts, the first deals with the international context, the second, the impact on the region, especially Israel." -- The International Spectator."Included here are essays on regional implications of the war; the extent to which the war has affected the Israeli-Palestinian peace; weapons of mass destruction; how the war has affected the strategic balance in the region; and finally Israel's home front defense policy and implications for the future. An excellent book... Highly recommended." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsATM/Cash Cards; Credit Cards; EFTPOS/Debit Cards; Competition, Innovation and Performance: The Evolution of the Bank Card Business; Smart Cards; Index.
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United Nations The economic costs of the Israeli occupation for
Book SynopsisThe main objective of this study is to shed light on the critical situation in Gaza and estimate the costs of the blockade and military operations with a particular focus on the socioeconomic conditions at the household level. It covers the unrealized potential economic growth that could have been realized had the Gaza blockade and military operations not occurred during 2007-2018. It also applies quantitative methods to estimate poverty headcount and poverty gap. The study also contains a set of recommendations for the occupying power, Palestinian policy makers, the international community and development agencies on the need to end the blockade on Gaza and mitigate its heavy impact
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ISEAS Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military's
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A truly monumental work about Thailand’s military from the 1960s until today, this solid study focuses upon the armed forces’ internal security role across Thai society, how the military has succeeded in legitimizing itself and boosting its power as a counterinsurgency force, guardian of monarchy and engine of development. The book also valuably looks at the military’s establishment of mass organizations beginning during the Cold War and mobilization of royalists since 2006. The book thus illustrates how the military has been able to enhance and sustain its overwhelming influence and is thus a valuable study for anyone wanting to understand key power-brokers in Thailand.” —Dr Paul Chambers, Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand
£24.95
OUP USA Verdun
Book SynopsisPaul Jankowski offers a fresh look at Verdun, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War, in a book that will surely become the standard work on the topic.Trade ReviewA scholarly but readable account of something quite extraordinary. A valuable and valued addition to the growing library of WW1 literature. * Books Monthly *Impressive. * Max Hastings, The Sunday Times *Jankowski is abundantly qualified to present a new standard work on the subject. A well-respected scholar of French politics and culture, he has delved deeply into the contemporary sources from that nation, but he is no less at home in the copious German archives. The writing throughout is of the highest order, to a degree that may startle any reader with a dated stereotype of military history as a mechanical recounting of military formations. * Books & Culture *The first major study of the battle to appear in English for many years, and the first to draw fully on archival research on both sides... A thoughtful, original, and moving account, full of insights into the course of the fighting and its subsequent commemoration and impact. * David Stevenson, author of Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy *Jankowski has written a superb, definitive popular account of Verdun through the eyes of soldiers, military leaders, and citizens of the two nations. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I. The Three Hundred Days of Verdun ; II. Verdun under German Eyes ; III. Verdun under French Eyes ; IV. The Offensive Trap ; V. The Prestige Trap ; VI. The Attritional Trap ; VII. The Nightmare ; VIII. Rancor ; IX. Warning Signals ; X. Enemies ; XI. Circles of Loyalty ; Epilogue ; Appendix ; Acknowledgments ; Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Defence Diplomacy Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict Cass Military Studies
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strategic Culture Securitisation and the Use of Force Post911 Security Practices of Liberal Democracies
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Taylor & Francis Unknown Conflicts of the Second World War
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Taylor & Francis Israels Military Operations in Gaza
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Gulf Conflict and International Relations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The French Wars 17921815
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Public Opinion and the International Use of Force
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Taylor & Francis The Roman Invasion of Britain Roman Conquest of Britain S
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Taylor & Francis Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450900
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Taylor & Francis Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450900
Book SynopsisGuy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West uses historical and archaeological evidence in a rigorous and sophisticated fashion. It stresses regional variations but also places Anglo-Saxon England in the mainstream of the military developments in this era, and in the process, provides an outstanding resource for students of all levels.Trade Review'The book succeeds in showing the place of warfare in early medieval societies. It is a definitive statement on the subject, which will not quickly be superceded.' - History - The Journal of the Historical AssociationTable of ContentsList of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Maps, 1 Warfare and violence in the early Middle Ages, 2 Warfare and society, 3 Raising an army (1): post-Roman Europe, 4 Raising an army (2): the Carolingian world, 5 Raising an army (3): allies, mercenaries and training the troops, 6 Raising an army (4): the size of armies, 7 Campaigning, 8 Weaponry and equipment, 9 Battle, 10 Fortification and siege warfare, Epilogue, Appendix: Military activity in the Frankish realms, 581–90, Notes, Select bibliography, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Russias Chechen War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since
Book SynopsisFrom the depths of the Cold War to the War on Terror, The Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 is an in-depth and comprehensive reference guide to the confrontations that have shaped the modern age.Covering the personalities, the wars and the ideas that have been central to military conflict in the last sixty years, this book includes discussion of: specific campaigns from Vietnam to Iraq international organizations, including NATO, the UN and the Arab League leading historical figures, from Idi Amin to George W. Bush genocides, Proxy wars and the Guerrilla campaigns key concepts in international relations, from Defense to Chemical Warfare the causes of conflict from the religion to the fight for diminishing resources. Exploring all of this and more in an easy to use A-Z format with guides to further readingTable of ContentsIntroduction and acknowledgements, Key concepts, Places and regions, Countries – specific entries, Conflict: some key statistics, A to Z: Names and terms
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Japanese Army Stragglers and Memories of the War in Japan 195075
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Taylor & Francis Us Strategy in Africa AFRICOM Terrorism and Security Challenges Routledge Global Security Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 194145 A Documentary Reader 20 Soviet Russian Study of War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Russias Chechen War
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Taylor & Francis Landscapes of the Western Front
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Taylor & Francis Ltd More Than Just War Narratives of the Just War and Military Life Interventions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The War of 1812 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Mexican War 18461848 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Genghis Khan and the Mongol Conquests 11901400 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Plains Wars 17571900 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Korean War Seminar Studies In History
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Taylor & Francis Britains Colonial Wars 16881783 Modern Wars In Perspective
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Strategy and Intelligence
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Strategy and Intelligence
Book SynopsisInvestigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of technology on warfare, the political nature of war and the limits of rational analysis in studying war.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, War, Strategy and Intelligence: An Overview, War, Strategy and Intelligence: An Overview, Part Two: Intelligence and Strategy, Part Three: Ending War
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Taylor & Francis In Pursuit of Military Excellence The Evolution of Operational Theory Cummings Center Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The 1956 War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fighting World War Three from the Middle East Allied Contingency Plans 19451954
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Military Logistics and Strategic Performance 1 Strategy History S
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Taylor & Francis War in Palestine 1948
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychoanalytic Conversations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychoanalytic Conversations
Book SynopsisIn this stunning addition to what has of late become a distinct genre of psychoanalytic literature, Peter Rudnytsky presents 10 substantive and provocative interviews with leading analysts, with theorists from allied fields, and with influential Freud critics. In conversations that Rudnytsky succeeds in making psychoanalytic both in form and in content, he guides his interlocutors to unforeseen reflections on the events and forces that shaped their lives, and on the personal and intellectual grounds of their beliefs and practices. Rudnytsky, a ranking academic scholar of psychoanalysis and the humanities, approaches his subjects with not only a highly attuned third ear but also a remarkable grasp of theoretical, historical, and clinical issues. When his interviewees turn from autobiographical narratives to matters of theory and clinical practice, Rudnytsky is clear about his own intellectual allegiance to the Independent tradition of object relationTrade Review"A scintillating set of conversation pieces, affording a truly kaleidoscopic overview of the psychoanalytic world - distinguished psychoanalytic innovators, sympathetic observers and scholars from neighboring disciplines, and provocatively challenging critics. This volume provides impressively illuminating insights into lived psychoanalytic history, as well as brilliant discursive elucidation of major contemporary issues in psychoanalytic scholarship and theory. The author's own perspective is a full match for the insights and erudition of each of his ten very singular interviewees."- Robert S. Wallerstein, M.D., Past President, American Psychoanalytic Association"Peter Rudnytsky has put together a series of interviews of extraordinary interest not only to analysts but also to anyone concerned with psychoanalysis. The content is very wide-ranging, from personal histories and anecdotes about prominent figures in the history of psychoanalysis, to sophisticated discussions of psychoanalytic theory, to current controversies in the field. Rudnytsky is an intelligent, informed, straightforward, and provocative interviewer. Expertly, he draws out the humanity and the creativity of his interviewees."- Neil Altman, Ph.D., Co-Editor, Psychoanalytic DialoguesTable of ContentsEnid Balint: The Broken Couch. Mary Salter Ainsworth: The Personal Origins of Attachment Theory. Peter Lomas: An Independent Streak. Charles Rycroft: A Science of the Mind. Peter D. Kramer: The Communication of Perspectives. Stephen A. Mitchell: Between Philosophy and Politics. Frank J. Sulloway: On Darwin and Freud. Roy Schafer: This is My Calling. Jessica Benjamin: Reparative Processes. Peter J. Swales: Sovereign Unto Myself.
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Cambridge University Press The Blessed Revolution English Politics and the Coming of War 16211624 Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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Cambridge University Press War Land on the Eastern Front
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Cambridge University Press Identity Interest and Action
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Cambridge University Press Americas Commitment to South Korea
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Cambridge University Press The SinoJapanese War of 18941895 Perceptions Power and Primacy
Book SynopsisThis book examines the Sino-Japanese War of 18945, a seminal event in history that has been virtually ignored in Western literature. Japan so rapidly defeated China that citizens of Europe suddenly perceived Japan, not only as the dominant power of Asia, but also as a key international player.Trade Review'The methodological approach … allows for a fresh, authentic, and generally correct rendering of historical events … all in all, Paine has written a readable and, seen in light of its long-term perspective, a remarkably instructive book.' Monumenta NipponicaTable of ContentsPart I. The Clash of Two Orders: The Far East on the Eve of War: 1. The reversal of the Far Eastern balance of power; 2. The decline of the old order in China and Korea; 3. The rise of a new order in Russia and Japan; Part II. The War: The Dividing Line between Two Eras: 4. The beginning of the end: the outbreak of hostilities; 5. Japan triumphant: the battles of P'yongyang and the Yalu; 6. China in disgrace: the battles of Port Arthur and the Weihaiwei; Part III. The Settlement: The Modern Era in Far Eastern Diplomacy: 7. The treaty of Shimonoseki and the Triple Intervention; 8. The era of global politics; 9. The cultural dimensions of the Sino-Japanese War; Epilogue: perceptions, power, and war; Bibliographic essay.
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Cambridge University Press War Land on the Eastern Front
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Cambridge University Press Cold War Island
Book SynopsisDuring the height of the Cold War in the 1950s the small island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China and Mao Zedong's People's Republic. Michael Szonyi discusses the history of the island during this period.Trade Review'…a thought-provoking antidote to all the literature that focuses on the 'high politics' of the Cold War, while ignoring its impact on local communities. Informative, well-written, and entertaining, it approaches the Cold War through local eyes, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the impact of this conflict around the globe.' Beth A. Fischer, University of Toronto'Michael Szonyi has found a whole new way to write the history of the Cold War, combining detailed local history with world politics. With immense skill, he links the stories of the islanders to a wider narrative of the conflict between east and west. This is one of the most powerful books yet written on Cold War culture in Asia.' Rana Mitter, Oxford University'Impeccably researched and elegantly written, Szonyi's Cold War Island breaks new - and fertile -ground in the social history of the Cold War in East Asia, and at the same time delivers a sobering meditation on the consequences of militarization for all of us.' David Ownby, Université de Montréal'Szonyi offers an extraordinary retelling of the history of the Cold War in Asia. This is the Cold War as few will recognize it - seen not from the intoxicating heights of state power, but from down in the villages of a few off-shore islands in the Taiwan Strait. The result is one of the most surprising and entertaining new books on 20th-century China.' Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia'Michael Szonyi is neither a sensationalist nor a slave to modish nostrums in the history academy, and his well-researched book is as a result a very welcome addition to Taiwan's story.' Taipei Times'Michael Szonyi's account of life on Quemoy is the first major account of what it had been like to live on a 'cold war island'. A social/cultural history of the people (and to a much lesser extent, the soldiers stationed on the island) from 1949 to the early 1990s, this book reveals the difficulties and oft-time tragedies of real life on the front lines of the Cold War.' Gordon H. Chang, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Overall as an illuminating and thought-provoking book, Cold War Island provides not only a sense of intellectual wholeness based on a global conception of social changes in Jinmen, but also the inspiration for Chinese scholars to study the civil life of Xiamen (Amoy) on the Fujian Front Line in years of the Cold War. Brilliant in methodological approaches and replete with materials, the book should prove a major contribution to the social history of the Cold War.' Dai Chaowu, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'… what Michael Szonyi has done is to pull off a very difficult trick - create a perfectly described world in minature and link it to a genuinely global framework. For some years now, there have been calls to create a Cold War history that goes beyond the traditional concerns on international history, moving the focus from leadership elites and state-to-state relations to a vision of the period informed more by the social and cultural turn.' Rana Mitter, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Michael Szonyi offers a new perspective in understanding the Cold War through a case study of Jinmen from 1949 when Chiang Kai-shek lost the civil war to the Chinese Communists on the mainland to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. He moves his study away from the usual international approach and instead focuses on the relatively neglected area of local society. With his fresh insights into the social history of Jinmen, his book shows how the Cold War changed forever the life of men, women and children on the island.' Xiaobing Li, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews'Michael Szonyi … effectively uses the former to elucidate the latter in this first detailed account in English of Quemoy …Szonyi's book reminds us why the island mattered during the 1950s and 1960s, and offers a detailed description of the local impact of Cold War conflict.' The Journal of Asian StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction: ordinary life in an extraordinary place; Part I. Geopoliticization Ascendant: 2. The battle of Guningtou; 3. Politics of the war zone, 1949–1960; 4. The 1954–55 artillery war; 5. Militarization and the Jinmen civilian self-defense forces, 1949-1960; 6. The 1958 artillery war; Part II. Militarization and Geopoliticization Change Course: 7. The 1960s: creating a Model County of the Three Principles of the People; 8. The 1970s: combat villages and underground Jinmen; Part III. Life in Cold War-Time: 9. Combat economy; 10. Women's lives: military brothels, parades and emblems of mobilized modernity; 11. Ghosts and Gods of the Cold War; Part IV. Demilitarization and Post-militarization: 12. Demilitarization and post-militarization; 13. Memory and politics; 14. Conclusion: redoubled marginality.
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Cambridge University Press The Transformation of Europes Armed Forces
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Cambridge University Press Victory through Coalition Britain and France during the First World War Cambridge Military Histories
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