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War from the Ground Up: twenty-first century combat as politics
Scribe Publications 2013; US$ 20.99As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles, Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of revealing case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, War from the Ground Up offers a distinctive perspective on contemporary armed conflict: while most accounts of war look down at the... more...
In Pursuit of Military Excellence
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95This book offers a scientific interpretation of the field of military knowledge situated between strategy and tactics, better known as operational art', and traces the evolution of operational awareness and its culmination in a full-fledged theory. The author, a Brigadier General (ret.) in the Israeli Defence Forces and Doctor of History, King's College,... more...
The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art 1927-1991
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95This collection of texts has been taken from formerly classified material in the official Red Army General Staff journal 'Military Thought'. The results are two volumes of great scope based on archival evidence. They stand as a compulsory reference point for anyone with an interest in the operational endeavours of the Soviet Army from the 1920's onward. more...
Information Warfare
Wiley 2013; US$ 89.95This book introduces policy, government, and security professionals to the concept of “information warfare,” covering its evolution over the last decade and its developments among such economic and political giants as China, Russia, Japan, India, and Singapore. The text describes various conceptions of information warfare, along with how... more...
Military Strategy
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99This is an introductory guide to the relationship between politics, strategy and war. This is an introductory guide to strategy in the modern world. Military strategy can be understood as the process by which armed force is converted into intended political effects. As such, it constitutes one of the most important activities of the past two centuries.... more...
Nuclear Superiority
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 32.95In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ?new triad? based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure. The new triad is designed for a new strategic threat environment, characterized not by a long-standing nuclear rivalry with another superpower, but by unstable relationships... more...
Deterrence in the Twenty-first Century
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95This anthology argues that facing the diverse threats in the 'new world disorder' requires a new look and new approaches. The requirement is to establish that contemporary deterrence demands replacing the old 'nuclear theology' with new policy and strategy to deal with the myriad state, non-state, and trans-national nuclear and non-nuclear menaces... more...
Strategic Intelligence for the 21st Century
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 37.99Strategic Intelligence for the 21st Century: The Mosaic Method provides an industry insider's assessment of current intelligence methods and offers a new strategic model, directed toward the police, military, and intelligence agencies.The birth of the internet, the advent of 24 hour news and the rise of social media is evidence of how governments... more...
Strategic Logic and Political Rationality
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95One of three volumes in honour of the teaching and scholarship of the late Michael I. Handel, this book details the universal logic of strategy and the ability of liberal-democratic governments to address this logic rationally. Treating war as an extension of politics, the diverse contributors (drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia... more...
The Basics of Cyber Warfare
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 29.95The Basics of Cyber Warfare provides readers with fundamental knowledge of cyber war in both theoretical and practical aspects. This book explores the principles of cyber warfare, including military and cyber doctrine, social engineering, and offensive and defensive tools, tactics and procedures, including computer network exploitation (CNE), attack... more...









