Warfare and defence Books

Il libro ""Il Cardinale Alberoni e la Repubblica di San Marino: Studi e Ricerche (1886)"" di Carlo Malagola ����� una raccolta di studi e ricerche sul cardinale Giulio Alberoni e la Repubblica di San Marino. Alberoni fu un importante cardinale della...

""I Volontari ed i Bersaglieri Lombardi"" ����� un libro storico scritto da Emilio Dandolo nel 1860. Il libro racconta la storia dei volontari e dei bersaglieri lombardi durante la seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana del 1859. Dandolo descrive le...

""I Dieci Giorni dell'Insurrezione di Brescia nel 1849"" ����� un libro scritto da Cesare Correnti che racconta in dettaglio gli eventi che portarono all'insurrezione di Brescia nel 1849. Il libro si concentra sui dieci giorni di combattimenti tra le...

""I Lutti di Lombardia"" ����� un romanzo storico scritto da Massimo D'Azeglio nel 1848. Il libro narra della rivolta dei lombardi contro il dominio austriaco nel 1848, durante la prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana. La trama segue le vicende di una...

Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) can be caused by Nature or Man and poses an existential threat to our electronic civilization.  A nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill millions, up to 90 percent of the American people, through starvation,...

This book explores how information and communications technologies are adapted, governed, and reinterpreted in areas where the state has limited reach.This book will be of great interest to students of Socio-Legal Studies, Science and Technology Studies,...

Using flat models to illustrate, Richard L. Sanders presents the banners involved in the battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) in 1410 between the armies of the Teutonic Order and the Polish-Lithuanian Armies and their allies. This was one of the largest...

This unofficial military guide was written from the perspective of an Iraq combat infantryman's viewpoint. It presents a unique view of the war on terrorism that many categories of readers will find fascinating and highly informative:Those planning to...

Deflection is the seventh book of Cap Parlier’s epic To So Few series of historical novels.  Accomplished American volunteer fighter pilot RAF Flying Officer Brian Drummond and his brethren of No.71 ‘Eagle’ Squadron finally...

American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive...

This collection of essays considers the evolution of American institutions and processes for forming and implementing national security policy, and offers diverse policy prescriptions for reform to confront an evolving and uncertain security environment.

This book examines the Western and local spheres of intervention and shows how their separation helps to perpetuate intervention.

A powerful and poignant story of a young Australian soldier, trapped at the mercy of the winds, during the Vietnam and American War.Follow the young man’s intimate thoughts during his life-changing journey through courage and cowardice, compassion...

Terrorism now dominates the headlines across the world-from New York to Kabul. Framing Terrorism argues that the headlines matter as much as the act, in political terms. Widely publicized terrorist incidents leave an imprint upon public opinion, muzzle...

Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in which they were employed. The short, readable account...

This volume analyzes the political, economic and strategic dimensions of the recent upheavals in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring.Mass demonstrations in many Arab states challenged the political status quo and the existing political and cultural...

This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft.John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer explore three principal themes:the rise of the 'information domain' and information...

This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era. This multi-cultural study of counter-terrorism strategies identifies common lessons from failed and successful attempts to counter the...

This book offers a new model for measuring the success and impact of counterterrorism strategies, using four comparative historical case studies.

This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict.This is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case...

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is...

Despite the increasing frequency of truth commissions, there has been little agreement as to their long-term impact on a state's political and social development. This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on...

This book analyses the rationale and history of space programs in countries of the developing world.

Terrorism remains one of the major threats facing the world community. While literature on the subject is dominated by discussion of the factors leading individuals and groups to join violent extremist, terrorist groups, the question of what can lead...

This book argues that terrorism in the modern world has occurred in four "waves" of forty years each. It offers evidence-based explanations of terrorism, national identity, and political legitimacy by leading scholars from various disciplines with...

This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of  'hegemony' and 'empire'. It addresses three main themes: a conceptual examination of the way in which...

This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary...

This is the first explanation and evaluation of Taiwan's defence forces and infrastructure. It examines not only Taiwan's armed forces, but also its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and civil-military relations.This book provides...

This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the development of educational provision, from the first 1702 Order in Council appointing...

Aleksandr Lavut was born in Moscow in 2006. He attended the famous School #57 until 9th grade. Since 2019, he has spoken out against political repressions and war, participating in various forms of protest. After Russia began its war against Ukraine,...

25 Conspiracy Theories Explained in 6 Points: 1 - What each theory claims | 2 - What their origin is3 - Levels of popularity | 4 - Similarities with other theories5 - Arguments for and against | 6 - Summary of the theory Uncover 25 conspiracy theories...

"One of the best Iraq War books of all time" - Book Authority This is the memoir of Sgt Carnell Smith Jr aka Sgt WarDawg. As a U.S. Marine Infantry Rifleman, the Sgt was called on to serve 3 tours in Iraq in 2003, 2004, & 2005 including the very 1st...

The BRICS group comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and has become a significant geopolitical and economic force in the international arena. Its aim is to promote sustainable development, economic growth, and inclusive prosperity,...

A new edition of a classic on Malay weaponry and war, originally published in 1936 in an extremely limited printing now virtually impossible to find. In addition to his work in description and classification of all sorts of Malay weaponry, Gardner spent...

The author has in simple language made it possible to understand the role of the Indian Army in guarding its frontiers. The book indeed is a reference work for anyone wishing to delve deeper and do research on the origin of borders that India inherited...

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is of immense strategic significance on the global maritime map - not just on account of its centrality to the current trade and energy flows, but also because of the extreme disparities and inherent volatility of the region...

This book is primarily an effort to study the phenomenon called insurgency that has been posing a huge challenge to the internal security of the country. Though a wealth of literature on the subject already exists, a need was felt to analyse the multiple...

The book relates to understanding the growing importance of aerospace power in modern warfare, including integration of air and space which has truly become the new theatre of war. The unifying space dimension will remain the single most important source...

One of the many neglected chapters in the Indian military history is the role played by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The only document on the subject is a 25-page chapter in the unpublished Official History, which fails to...

Dragon in the Air: Transformation of China's Aviation Industry and Air Force is a comprehensive and multidimensional study of the air force and the emerging aviation industry in PRC. The author has made a bold effort to trace the changing character of...

The present volume of essays has come out of an international conference organised by the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies (IFPS), University of Calcutta, as a part of its United Nations Academic Programme (UNAI) on Peace and Conflict Studies. As a...

India embarked upon the liberalisation path in 1991 by dismantling the Licence, Quota, Permit Raj. A decade later, the defence sector allowed 100 percent private sector participation with 26 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The offset policy in...

This is the story of unarmed air observers from 1794 to 1986 and how they carried out tasks from unarmed aerial platforms. Commencing from the balloon era which ended in 1918, it provides actual battle accounts in which, light aircraft, in combination...

The Indian Air Force which was initially created as an independent military force proved to be an independent and versatile component of India's military power in 1971 War. This book provides insightful essays and material to critically review and...

Just think: the last combat aircraft designed by the 74-year old HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) with its expansive infrastructure was in the 1950s - and it was an excellent aircraft. Thirty years later an ad-hoc, interim institution called ADA...