Theory of warfare & military science books

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Reconceptualizing Deterrence: Nudging Toward Rationality in Middle Eastern Rivalries

Reconceptualizing Deterrence: Nudging Toward Rationality...

Author: Elli Lieberman (Missouri State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415682138
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book offers a reconceptualisation of conventional deterrence theory, and applies it to enduring rivalries in...  Read More >>

Justifying Violence: Communicative Ethics and the Use of Force in Kosovo

Justifying Violence: Communicative Ethics and the Use...

Author: Naomi Head ,  Peter Lawler
ISBN: 9780719083075
Format: Hardback
$183.99

Offers a deep engagement with developments at the intersection of Habermasian communicative ethics and international...  Read More >>

Who Wins?: Predicting Strategic Success and Failure in Armed Conflict

Who Wins?: Predicting Strategic Success and Failure...

Author: Patricia Sullivan (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Peace, War, and Defense, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9780199878338
Format: Hardback
$145.95

Why are states with tremendous military might so often unable to attain their objectives when they use force against...  Read More >>

Warfare and Violence in the Iron Age of Southern France

Warfare and Violence in the Iron Age of Southern France...

Author: Mags McCartney
ISBN: 9781407309989
Format: Paperback
$103.50

This study aims to identify patterns of warfare in the southern French Iron Age through examination of the documentary,...  Read More >>

What It Is Like To Go To War

What It Is Like To Go To War

Author: Karl Marlantes
ISBN: 9780857893802
Format: Paperback
$27.99

From the author of Matterhorn comes a vivid, visceral examination of what happens to a young man when he is sent...  Read More >>

Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan

Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan...

Author: Matt Zeller ,  Edward S Walker
ISBN: 9781935982203
Format: Paperback
$55.41

For eight months in 2008, U.S. Army Capt.Matt Zellerserved as an embedded combat adviser with Afghan security forces...  Read More >>

Enemy Images in War Propaganda

Enemy Images in War Propaganda

Author: Marja Vuorinen
ISBN: 9781443836418
Format: Hardback
$90.54

In the post 9/11 world, the emotionally charged concepts of identity and ideology, enmity and political violence...  Read More >>

The Art of War: A New Translation

The Art of War: A New Translation

Author: Jonathan Clements
ISBN: 9781780330013
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Origins of World War I

The Origins of World War I

Author: Richard F. Hamilton (Ohio State University) ,  Holger H. Herwig (University of Calgary)
ISBN: 9780511550171
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Discusses and examines the arguments traditionally put forward as explanations for the First World War. The book...  Read More >>

The Science of War: A Collection of Essays and Lectures 1892-1903 by the Late Colonel G.F.R. Henderson, C.B.

The Science of War: A Collection of Essays and Lectures...

Author: Capt Neill Malcolm DSO
ISBN: 9781906033606
Format: Paperback
$184.67

It is not exaggerating to say that Col G.F.R. Henderson was the doyen of British military writers and theorists...  Read More >>

Military Resilience in Low-Intensity Conflict: A Comparative Study of New Directions Worldwide

Military Resilience in Low-Intensity Conflict: A Comparative...

Author: Rachel Suissa ,  Rachel Swissa
ISBN: 9780739128329
Format: Hardback
$129.95

Military Resilience in a Low-Intensity Conflict: A Comparative Study of New Directions Worldwide, by Rachel Suissa,...  Read More >>

The RAND Corporation (1989-2009): The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States

The RAND Corporation (1989-2009): The Reconfiguration...

Author: J. Samaan ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9780230340923
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the...  Read More >>

Crisis of the State: War and Social Upheaval

Crisis of the State: War and Social Upheaval

Author: Bruce Kapferer ,  Bjorn Enge Bertelsen
ISBN: 9780857456533
Format: Paperback
$47.99

Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of...  Read More >>

The Just War Tradition: An Introduction

The Just War Tradition: An Introduction

Author: David D. Corey ,  J. Daryl Charles
ISBN: 9781935191100
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"Reclaiming the just war tradition Politicians, pundits, and scholars have cited the principles of ""just war""...  Read More >>

Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and the Modern Age

Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and the Modern...

Author: D. Welch ,  J. Fox
ISBN: 9780230246270
Format: Hardback
$169.00

A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars...  Read More >>

When War Ends: Building Peace in Divided Communities

When War Ends: Building Peace in Divided Communities...

Author: David J. Francis
ISBN: 9781409422945
Format: Hardback
$305.00

By reviewing a case study of the West African state of Sierra Leone, potential lessons for other parts of the world...  Read More >>

Contemporary Military Innovation: Between Anticipation and Adaption

Contemporary Military Innovation: Between Anticipation...

Author: Dima Adamsky (Harvard University, USA) ,  Kjell Inge Bjerga
ISBN: 9780415523363
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation...  Read More >>

The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 B.C. - A.D.235)

The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 B.C. - A.D.235)...

Author: Jonathan Roth
ISBN: 9789004225473
Format: Paperback
$153.12

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Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a co-operative management regime

Security and International Politics in the South China...

Author: Sam Bateman (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ,  Ralf Emmers (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
ISBN: 9780415542142
Format: Paperback
$105.00

The South China Sea has long been regarded as a major source of tension in East Asia. This book examines international...  Read More >>

Self, War, and Society: George Herbert Mead's Macrosociology

Self, War, and Society: George Herbert Mead's Macrosociology...

Author: Mary Jo Deegan
ISBN: 9781412847575
Format: Paperback
$92.99

George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is a founding figure in the field of sociology  Read More >>

Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs

Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs

Author: Mark K. Juergensmeyer ,  Richard Falk
ISBN: 9780199781584
Format: Paperback
$76.95

Legality and Legitimacy in Global Affairs focuses on the problematic relationship between legality and legitimacy...  Read More >>

Stability, Security, Reconstruction, and Transition Operations: A Guide to the Issues

Stability, Security, Reconstruction, and Transition...

Author: Cynthia A. Watson
ISBN: 9780313353246
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book examines how the United States's extensive nation-building and stability operations will continue to evolve...  Read More >>

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