Warfare and defence Books

First place winner in the category Military Nonfiction in the 2023 Firebird Book Awards.Chop that Sh*t Up! is a collection of stories by a military veteran with deployments ranging from Bosnia-Herzegovina to tours in Iraq. Follow along his...

Imagine that you are an eighteen-year-old Black man growing up in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s. You have maybe a seventh-grade education, and you enlist in the Army, where you become trained to operate and fight from a new Sherman battle tank. But...

Policing is one of the most demanding and high-pressure professions in the world. Every shift brings new challenges - some anticipated, others completely unexpected. Police officers must remain sharp, make split-second decisions, and navigate...

This is a compilation of the most striking events in the history of the so-called UFO phenomenon. It was in the 1940s when the use of nuclear technology caught the attention of other "civilizations" and put them on notice. This, along with concerns about...

Geoffrey Page was one of the most remarkable fighter pilots of World War Two. Shot down in a fireball during the Battle of Britain his hands were burnt to the bone and his face badly charred. Despite his horrific injuries Page went onto fly at D-Day, the...

In Atomic Blackmail? Simon Bennett examines the very real possibility of the 'weaponisation' of nuclear facilities during the Russia-Ukraine War.The War is being fought in proximity to nuclear facilities and working nuclear power stations, including the...

The myth of good AI offers a bold new approach to understanding artificial intelligence and its implications for human security. Dismantling the 'good AI' narrative pedalled by tech giants, the book exposes the full extent of AI's nefarious impact on...

On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard fired bullets into college students in a non-violent demonstration at Kent State University.  They were protesting the Vietnam War and Cambodia Campaign of illegal bombing by the United States Government and...

In Poland and elsewhere there has been a noticeable increase of interest in various aspects of the Polish-Jewish past which can be explained, the author argues, in terms of a broader intellectual need to explore the "blank spots" of Poland's national...

And Then What Happened? reviews the career of Harold R. Harris that for a remarkable near-eighty years involved every aspect of aviation. An engineer, he was notable for his fearless innovations, from night flying and airport lighting to test piloting to...

U.S. Government Counterterrorism: A Guide to Who Does What is the first readily available, unclassified guide to the many U.S. government agencies, bureau offices, and programs involved in all aspects of countering terrorism domestically and overseas...

In the treaty of Versailles and the SALT II Treaty, years of painstaking diplomatic effort were lost when the United States Senate refused to provide its consent to ratification. This book provides the first comparative assessment ever written of...

The persistence of war as a feature of modern life is examined through issues of identity and difference, that is, the construction of 'self' and 'other' as individual or community. Key texts relating specifically to identity and war are addressed,...

Britain's Long War assesses the process of strategic change within the British Government's position on Northern Ireland, starting with Westminster's first intervention in 1969 and ending with the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Drawing on a vast range of...

Volume I of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British Government's strategy towards nuclear deterrent from 1945 to 1964. This volume, written with full access to the UK...

This book provides a detailed analysis of one of the most prominent and widespread international phenomena to which criminal justice systems has been applied: the expression of revisionist views relating to mass atrocities and the outright denial of...

Rural crime has long been overlooked in the field of crime prevention. Sustained academic interrogation is necessary, therefore, to reduce the extensive economic and social costs of rural crime as well as to challenge some of the myths regarding the...

China's recent economic reforms have opened its economy to the world. This policy, however, is not new: in the late nineteenth century, the United States put forward the Open Door Policy as a counter to European exclusive 'spheres of influence' in China...

This book is an exacting reproduction of the 1945 original book on the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. There may be slight typographical errors including crooked or off-center pages because they are present in the original book. Please...

These letters were discovered in an Army Air Force footlocker after being locked away for almost 80 years. Follow the story of one World War 2 Army Air Force soldier, Glenn Max Whitacre, from Bowling Green Ohio through basic training, schooling, combat...

Spencer traces the full story of this historic ship from its conception and construction in 1799 to its ultimate demise in 1823, when she was stranded and broke up on Little Curacao Island in the West Indies."History enthusiasts and those...

Le volume 5 de la série Le conflit des âges poursuit l'histoire de la controverse entre Dieu et Satan jusqu'à sa conclusion ultime et glorieuse. Commençant par la destruction de Jérusalem et se poursuivant par les persécutions des chrétiens dans l'Empire...

The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition is a comprehensive, pioneering, and interdisciplinary guide of this re-emerging field.

This handbook explores the significance of the Indo-Pacific in world politics. It shows how the re-emergence of the Indo-Pacific in international relations has fundamentally changed the approach to politics, economics and security.The volume:explores the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Overlord is the tenth book of Cap Parlier's epic To So Few series of historical novels.The year 1943 proved to be a pivotal point in the Allied prosecution of the war against the Axis powers in Europe. The Western Allies cleared and secured North Africa,...

Every decision in war has the potential of becoming a game changer. Many times we are not aware of the impact of that decision until long after the event is over. Such events occurred during the American Revolution. This book explores the impact, good...

The notion of a Pax Britannica--a concept implying that Britain's overwhelming strength enforced global peace in the era that began with Napoleon's defeat in 1815--largely ended with the British Empire itself. Although most historians still view...

The concept of soldier enhancement often invokes images of dystopian futures populated with dehumanized military personnel. These futures serve as warnings in science fiction works, and yet the enhancement of soldiers' combat capability is almost as old...

The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated. This decision reflected not only the unilateralism of the Bush Administration, but also the belief that US operational freedom and...

This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr. Stephen Marrin argues that scholarship can play a valuable role in improving intelligence analysis. Improving intelligence analysis requires bridging the gap between scholarship...

This edited book provides an interdisciplinary overview of recent scholarship in the field of genocide studies. The book examines four main areas:The current state of research on genocide New thinking on the categories and methods of mass violence...

This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of ballistic missile defence in national security policy since the end of the Cold War.

This edited volume analyses the naval arms race in South-East Asia, and reviews the content, purposes and consequences of the naval policies and development of the main countries of the region. The rise of naval capability in the countries of the...

This book explores 'lessons learned' from the military intervention in Libya by exploring key aspects of the 2011 NATO campaign.

This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the larger goals and strategies of the global women's movement.Today, many...

This book offers a detailed and practically oriented guide to the challenges of conducting terrorism fieldwork.

This new handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of the current state of academic analysis and debate, as well as an up-to-date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counterinsurgencies.

This book critically examines peacebuilding, humanitarian intervention and peace operation practices and experiences in francophone spaces.Francophone Africa as a specific space is relatively little studied in the peace and security literature, despite...

This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century. Despite the current public interest and its military importance, interrogation and questioning in...

This book examines how the violence of conflict is transformed in the post-conflict period.Post-conflict studies seek to illuminate, theorise, and narrate the processes by which societies transition from periods of overt and violent conflict to periods...