Military and defence strategy Books

This Adelphi Paper examines Myanmar's foreign policy, which is predicated on state-building and development, as well as on defending the regime's priority of establishing an enduring constitution over democratization.

Possibly THE book of the tank during the Great WarThis is a very substantial and important book. Quite simply, anyone interested in the history of tank warfare should read and own it for it is essential. It was written by a British tank commander of the...

The entire campaign from the pen of knowledge and experienceThere have been numerous histories of the Waterloo campaign since those memorable days in June,1815. Others had reported it before Gleig applied himself to the task and his reasons for feeling...

A little covered Napoleonic campaignThe Walcheren Expedition often appears in military memoirs of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, though rarely in much detail. The impression that the reader gains is that it was a campaign of appalling...

The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military Analysisby Kevin Dougherty with J. Michael MooreA military history of McClellan's ambitious drive on Richmond and the genius and fortune by which Lee foiled it.The largest offensive of the Civil War, involving...

South Africa, a country rich in natural resources, had a singular mission with the arrival of the Cold War: Get the world to embrace apartheid.The strategy was remarkable in the sense that it was seeking to preserve a society that almost everyone...

Scientific Wanderings: Or Results Of Observation And Experiment, Being An Attempt To Illustrate The Elements Of Physics (1843) is a book written by R. Fraser. The book is a collection of observations and experiments that the author has conducted to...

“All this will go down in Military History as a brilliant example of the enemy's operational art.”Such were the words of Field-Marshal Friedrich Paulus, talking to his former staff members shortly after the end of the battle. None could...

Written by the author of the Maneuver Warfare Handbook and an active-duty USMC officer with experience in Iraq, 4th Generation Warfare Handbook is the doctrine for a new generation of war. Over the last 40 years, the world has gradually entered into a...

The book 'Assassin's Mace, a Chinese Game Changer' is an intriguing and captivating analysis of China's ancient strategy that advocates use of 'surprise weapons' by an inferior (person or force) to defeat a superior adversary and adaptation of this...

Det är inte ett uttryck för en författares idéer och tankar; inte resultatet av en ordsmeds djupafunderingar. Det är en instruktionsbok i svensk nationalism. Läs inte bara denna skrift utan studeraden och fundera över...

Reprint of book originally published in 1926.

This book examines the shape, sources and dangers of information warfare (IW) as it pertains to military, diplomatic and civilian stakeholders. Cyber warfare and information warfare are different beasts. Both concern information, but where the former...

This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the debate over how the United States and its allies can counter China's rapidly growing military power.

In Southeast Asia, China's growing economic and political strength has been accompanied by adept diplomacy and active promotion of regional cooperation, institutions and integration. Sino-Southeast Asian regionalism is exemplified by the development...

This book presents a systematic comparison of the military strategies pursued by (5) great powers, (8) major-middle powers and (8) middle powers during the early 21st century. This book will be of interest to students of military and strategic studies,...

How much better would your world be if you deliberately trained and developed your Confidence, Competence, Discipline, Motivation, Intensity & Mental Toughness like an elite member of the Special Operations community?Whether fighting the war against...

This volume conceptualizes the threats, challenges, opportunities, and boundaries of great power cyber competition in the 21st century.

This book examines the US Navy and Marine Corps during the interwar years from a new perspective.

In his stirring, witty memoir, first-time author Roger M. Hughes chronicles the mesmerizing exploits of his family. Spanning 130 years, four generations, and four continents, Hughes invites readers into the lives of his brave and adventurous...

The world teeters on the brink of disaster as a rogue hypersonic missile launched from a B-2 bomber threatens the delicate balance of global peace.CIA Director Patrick Stevenson and his team race against the clock on an intense classified mission to...

The Secret War Against Japan, by Colonel Allison W. Ind of the United States Army, is the dramatic accounting of the principal activities of the AIB - the Allied Intelligence Bureau - a group of British, Australian, Dutch, and American clandestine...

Before there was the CIA, there was the OSS. The places where they trained for their dangerous mission are now national parks. This is an official history prepared by the National Park Service of the United States.

Wars fought for political separation have become omnipresent in post-colonial Africa. From the division of Sudan, to the continued fragmentation of Somalia, and the protracted struggles of Cabinda and Azawad, conflict over seccession and separation...

2023 Reprint of the 1947 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.  "General Eisenhower's Chief Historian offers an analysis of the specific psychological realities of combat...

“The general object of war is to procure the complete submission of the enemy at the earliest possible period, with the least expenditure of life and property.” —Article 1, The Laws and Usages of War at Sea—A Naval War CodeThe...

Il Conquisto di Messico: Ristretto (1817) di Manzi, Pietro, ����� un libro che racconta la conquista del Messico da parte degli spagnoli. Il testo ����� una sintesi degli eventi storici che hanno portato alla conquista dell'impero azteco, dalla...

Este libro, titulado ""Ensayo De Un Compendio De Fortificaci������n, Parte 2: Para El Uso De Los Oficiales De Infanter������a"", fue escrito por Bernab����� T�����rrega y De Arias en el a�����o 1856. Se trata de una obra que se enfoca en la...

Le livre ""De La Fortification Depuis Vauban V1: Ou Examen Des Principales Innovations Qui S'y Sont Introduites Depuis La Mort De Ce Grand Homme (1861)"" de De Vernois, Simon Pierre N. P. est une analyse approfondie des innovations majeures qui ont...

Le livre ""Blocus De Paris: Operations Militaires De La 2e Armee De Paris Et Marches De L'Escadron Franchetti (1872)"" par Rodrigues, Edgar est une �����tude approfondie des op�����rations militaires men�����es par la 2e Arm�����e de Paris pendant le...

Le livre ""Administration des finances du Royaume de Westphalie an 1808 (1809)"" publi����� par L'Imprimerie Royale est un ouvrage qui traite de l'organisation financi�����re du royaume de Westphalie en 1808 et 1809. Il s'agit d'une description...

Le livre ""Administration De La France V4 (1861)"" de Claude Pierre Marie Haas est une �����tude compl�����te de l'administration fran�����aise en 1861. L'auteur explore les diff�����rents aspects de l'administration fran�����aise, y compris...

""Nozioni Elementari Di Arte E Storia Militare Ad Uso Degli Ufficiali Di Fanteria"" ����� un libro scritto da C. Linati nel 1862. Il libro ����� una guida per gli ufficiali di fanteria riguardo alle nozioni elementari di arte e storia militare. Il testo...

James Hickey proceeds from the premise that throughout history, humans have demonstrated a proclivity for using violence against one another as a means to achieve an end, means enabled, in many respects, by the technologies available at the time...

A major shift in the paradigm undergirding relations between Australia and China has become clear in the early 2020s, with geopolitical concerns trumping economic considerations. Canberra has implemented a range of new policies in response to the risks...

Concerns about China's ambitions to return to global centre stage as a great power have recently begun to focus on the Digital Silk Road (DSR), an umbrella term for various activities - commercial and diplomatic - of interest to the Chinese government in...

This book is the concise story of NATO. It considers the origins, development, challenges, structure, and direction of the Alliance against the backdrop of a changing world and a changing Europe, the changing relationship of the United States to its...

For decades, military historians have argued that the introduction of the rifle musket-with a range five times longer than that of the smoothbore musket-made the shoulder-to-shoulder formations of linear tactics obsolete. Author Earl J. Hess challenges...

This book analyzes the enduring themes underlying the strategic struggles of the great powers in East Asia, beginning with the watershed event of the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War.

The strategic triangle is used as an organizing principle for the study of the security relationships among the United States, the EU and Russia in the greater transatlantic sphere.

This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in the West, by exploring their appeal over traditional conventional...

The book aims to evaluate claims about the so-called 'new wars' thesis.

This book examines the permissibility and effectiveness of targeted killing in campaigns against terror.