Warfare and defence Books

What can be done to warn about and organize political action to prevent genocide and mass atrocities?The international contributors to this volume are either experts or practitioners, often both, who have contributed in substantial ways to analyzing high...

This book provides an analytical framework for understanding how the concept of quality peace can be used to evaluate post-conflict peacebuilding, using social science, statistics, and case studies. Including contributions from more than 20 researchers...

This book examines the importance of global nuclear order, emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it, and its significance in international politics.Addressing a gap in existing literature, this book provides an introduction to...

This volume is a collection of the best essays of Professor Benjamin Miller on the subjects of international and regional security.The book analyses the interrelationships between international politics and regional and national security, with a special...

This book challenges the dominant strategic culture and makes the case for restraint in US grand strategy in the 21st century. Grand strategy, meaning a state's theory about how it can achieve national security for itself, is elusive. That is...

This book argues for reform of the convention that, when politicians decide on a course of action, the general in supreme command obeys without question.

This book looks at the history of the US Air Force through the lens of its (lack of) preparedness for war, which is shown to be a result of its organisational culture.

This book comprises essays that focus on a range of thinkers that challenge the boundaries of the just war tradition.

The edited volume examines contemporary intelligence and tradecraft in Africa.

This book focuses on the involvement of some Kenyans in al-Shabaab, an affiliate of Al-Qaeda based in Somalia, despite their country's relative stability compared to Somalia.

This volume explores East Asian intellectual traditions and their influence on contemporary discussions of the ethics of war and peace.

A novel inspired by the true life stories of four people recovering from addiction, intermingled with their search for a higher power, helped along the way by a lovable dog named Rosie.Addiction does not discriminate, evidenced in these characters who...

"Effectively tells the story of a civilian company responsible for training foreign and domestic cadets, and their civilian relations within the larger context of World War II aviation history. . . . Argues that federal programs and the war formed...

In 1942 a German U-Boat campaign in the Western Atlantic (Operation Drumbeat) came close to severing the vital artery of war supplies between America and Great Britain. Unprepared and ill-equipped, America struggled to counter this skilled...

Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy¿focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power¿on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and...

Le livre ""Le Patriote Fran�����ois Et Impartial V1: Ou Reponse A La Lettre (1753)"" par Court, Antoine est une r�����ponse ������ une lettre qui a �����t����� publi�����e en 1753. L'auteur, Antoine Court, est un patriote fran�����ais qui cherche ������...

Le Bombardier Fran�����ois: Ou Nouvelle M�����thode De Jetter Les Bombes Avec Pr�����cision (1731) est un livre �����crit par Bernard Forest De Belidor. Il s'agit d'un manuel d�����taill����� sur les techniques de bombardement et de lancement de bombes...

Le livre ""Histoire des R�����volutions de Hongrie V5: ou l'on donne une id�����e juste de son l�����gitime gouvernement"" �����crit par Fran�����ois Rakoczy, a �����t����� publi����� en 1739. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage historique qui relate les...

  Taking Intelligence to the Next Level: Advanced Intelligence Analysis Methodologies Using Real-World Business, Crime, Military, and Terrorism Examples examines intelligence gathering and analysis and the significance of these programs. Coverage...

The injustice of genocide denial is commonly understood as a violation of the dignity of victims, survivors and their descendants, and further described as an assault on truth and memory. This book rethinks the relationship between dignity, truth and...

Based on interviews in Bosnia and Herzegovina with survivors of the war and war rape, as well as those working with survivors, this book draws on the narratives of those who experienced the conflict, employing feminist ethnography and auto-ethnography to...

Learn from the largest air force in the world - the US Air Force. 51 Lessons From The Skycontains stories from USAF pilots and crew who lived to share their stories of air incidents, and close calls.If you enjoy Mayday, Air Crash...

This book is a compilation of step-by-step instructions for how to build nine different types of catapults and trebuchets, including plans for: A PVC Pipe Trebuchet, A Tabletop Trebuchet, The World Famous Floating Arm Trebuchet, The Historical WarWolf...

As a 3rd-generation sailor's wife, my goal is for these volumes to share intimate moments that women experience. I am not relating these stories to be liked or to generalize women, but to empower us to be greater. In these moments of #metoo and...

Daniel Bensaïd's challenging survey comes at an appropriate moment. It is a gift to activists reaching for some historical perspective that may provide hints as to where we might go from here. Embracing and sharing the revolutionary socialist...

A nonfiction account of the first loss of an atomic bomb by the American military, which took place over the coast of British Columbia in February, 1950. On a cold, windy February night off the coast of B.C. in 1950, a new B36 United States Air...

Wings Over the Wilderness tells the story of the secret WW II airway that arched across 8,000 miles of sub-Arctic wilderness and the adventures of the men that flew it. Non-fiction, WW II history, aviation. During June of 1941, under an assault that...

Interceptors is an exhilarating ride and front-row seat into the dangerous and harrowing work of law enforcement on America's southern border.Author Matthew Thomas pulls back the curtain and takes the reader on a rarely seen, eye-witness journey.Spanning...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author, Harvard Law School professor, and tireless defender of civil liberties unearths a little-known letter by his hero, Thomas Jefferson, and shares its secrets. The letter illuminates Jefferson's views on freedom of...

The sea has been the site of radical changes in human lives and national histories. It has been an agent of colonial oppression but also of indigenous resistance, a site of loss, dispersal and enforced migration but also of new forms of solidarity and...

This topical volume offers a comprehensive review of secret intelligence organizations and activities. Intelligence has been in the news consistently since 9/11 and the Iraqi WMD errors. Leading experts in the field approach the three major missions of...

The book ""The Turkish Atrocities In Bulgaria: Letters Of The Special Commissioner Of The Daily News, J. A. Macgahan (1876)"" is a collection of letters written by Januarius Aloysius Macgahan, a special commissioner for the Daily News, during his time in...

The Theory of the Foreign Exchanges is a book written by George Joachim Goschen and published in 1879. The book is a comprehensive study of the foreign exchange market and its workings. Goschen, a British statesman and economist, explores the various...

The Sword and the Cross is a historical novel written by John Osmond Dakeyne and published in 1853. The novel is set in medieval Europe and follows the story of a young knight named Sir Guy de Lusignan. Sir Guy is a devout Christian who is torn between...

""The Suez Canal, The Eastern Question, And Abyssinia"" is a historical book written by William Foster Vesey Fitzgerald in 1867. The book explores the political and economic significance of the Suez Canal, which was completed in 1869, and its impact on...

The Life of Silas Talbot: A Commodore in the Navy of the United States is a biographical work written by Henry Theodore Tuckerman in 1850. The book chronicles the life and career of Silas Talbot, a prominent naval officer during the American Revolution...

The Great Peacemaker: A Submarine Dialogue is a book written by Richard Henry Horne and published in 1871. The book tells the story of a submarine journey taken by two men, one of whom is an inventor named Mr. Crayon. During their journey, they encounter...

""Loss Of The Sparrow-Hawk In 1626: Remarkable Preservation And Recent Discovery Of The Wreck (1865)"" is a historical book written by Charles W. Livermore. It tells the story of the Sparrow-Hawk, a ship that was lost at sea in 1626. The book describes...

Testimonials and Memorials of the Services of Charles Hare of the Royal Navy, Thirty-Seven Years a Lieutenant is a book written by Charles Hare in 1848. The book is a collection of testimonials and memorials that document Hare's long and distinguished...

""Suggestions For The Military Training Of A Company Of Infantry"" is a book written by Harry James Craufurd and published in 1884. This book provides a comprehensive guide to military training for a company of infantry. It covers a range of topics,...

""Study In Battle Formation, February 1920"" is a historical book written by the Historical Branch War Plans Division in 1920. The book is a detailed analysis of battle formations and tactics used during World War I. It provides a comprehensive overview...

Regimental History: Three Hundred And Forty-First Field Artillery (1919) is a book written by Robert Davis. The book is a detailed account of the activities and experiences of the Three Hundred and Forty-First Field Artillery regiment during World War I...

""Materials For A History Of Oil Painting V2"" is a comprehensive book written by Charles Lock Eastlake in 1869. The book delves into the history of oil painting, exploring the materials and techniques used by artists throughout the centuries. This...