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The Accidental Guerrilla
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 16.99David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge.". Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla,... more...
All-in Fighting
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 7.99The author of this concise guide to unarmed combat and self-defence is a legend. W. E. Fairbairn (1885-1960) spent over thirty years in the tough environment of the Riot Squads of China's Shanghai Municipal Police. In order to lower levels of Police mortality at the hands of Chinese Tongs, he studied ancient Chinese and Japanese martial arts, including... more...
Analysis of Air-based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologies
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This report provides an assessment of the US Army's ability to insert mechanized forces in enemy-controlled terrain. The authors examined the performance of the national AAN advanced airframes under a variety of conditions. more...
The Architecture of Imperialism
BRILL 2004; US$ 316.00This volume utilizes both archaeological and textual data pertaining to Egyptian military bases to examine the evolution of Egypt's foreign policy in the New Kingdom. The types of structures erected to house soldiers and administrators in Syria-Palestine, Nubia, and Libya differed in ways that do much to illuminate the nature of imperial aims in these... more...
The Art of Darkness
RAND Corporation 2000; US$ 9.95This research was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the relationship between deception and the urban environment, first to explore the power of deception when employed against U.S. forces in urban operations, and second to evaluate the potential value of deception when used by U.S. forces in urban operations. more...
Beyond Shock and Awe
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 15.00FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK-A founding Delta Force member's anthology on the future of war. Media commentator Eric L. Haney-one of twelve founding Delta Force members and author of Inside Delta Force -along with other outstanding military analysts and award-nominated editor Brian M. Thomsen, examines our evolving military in the face of changing times,... more...
Capital Preservation
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work is based on a conference whose objectives were to: explain the significance of urban areas in current and future military operations; and discuss methods and means of seizing, stabilizing, or controlling such areas in the 21st century, for example. more...
Coralling the Trojan Horse
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This study presents an alternative to continued reliance on close combat urban operations paradigms that require a commitment of large numbers of soldiers to urban operations. It largely focuses on combat operations, but is also applicable to serving objectives inherent during stability missions. more...
Counter-Guerrilla Operations
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 29.95This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era by two officers-one from the Philippines and the other from America-who fought as guerrillas against the Japanese occupation and went on to defeat the Huk rebellion after World War II. Unlike many other accounts of counterinsurgency operations that... more...
Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Security
Artech House 2007; US$ 119.00Today, more than ever, the use of denial and deception (D&D) is being used to compensate for an opponents military superiority, to obtain or develop weapons of mass destruction, and to violate international agreements and sanctions. Although the historical literature on the use of strategic deception is widely available, technical coverage of... more...









