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War. Philosophy. Military sociology

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  • Kondratieff Waves, Warfare and World Securityby T.C. Devezas

    IOS Press 2006; US$ 126.00

    Considerable progress has been made in understanding the underlying mechanisms driving the long-wave behaviour of the world socioeconomic development. A controversial mechanism discussed is the close relationship between K-waves and the outbreak of majors wars. more...

  • Programming for Peaceby Robert Trappl

    Springer 2006; US$ 179.99

    The new age hard- and software enables the development of conflict management databases with many variables, sometimes with automated updates, statistical analyses of a high complexity, elaborate simulation models, and even interactive uses of these databases. This book presents these methods. more...

  • Life in the U.S. Armed Forcesby Anni Baker

    Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 40.00

    Offers insight into how a soldier lives life on a day-to-day basis, between deployments and war. more...

  • Warby Larry May; Emily Crookston

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00

    In this anthology, contemporary political philosophers and theorists address normative and conceptual issues concerning war. more...

  • War, Peace and International Relationsby Colin S. Gray

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 48.95

    This new volume explores the theory and practice of war and peace in modern historical context.  In fifteen clear and concise chapters, this book hits the high and low points of international politics over a two hundred year period, plus a brief foray into the future out to 2025.  War, Peace and International Relations serves as an excellent introduction... more...

  • Handbook of the Sociology of the Militaryby Giuseppe Caforio

    Springer 2006; US$ 89.95

    Examines the sociological approach to the study of the military. This book covers civic-military relations, including issues surrounding democratic control of the armed forces; military culture; professional training; conditions and problems of minorities in the armed forces; and an examination of structural change within the military. more...

  • Virtuous Warby James Der Derian

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 29.95

    Virtuous War is the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James Der Derian takes the reader from a family history of war and genocide to new virtual battlespaces in the Mojave Desert, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and American universities. He tracks the convergence of cyborg... more...

  • Ethics Education in the Militaryby Paul Robinson; Nigel de Lee; Don Carrick

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 44.95

    With formal ethics education programmes being a rarity in most countries' armed forces, there is a growing importance for servicemen to undergo additional military ethics training. This book advances knowledge and understanding of the issues associated with this subject by bringing together experts from around the world to analyze the content,... more...

  • Performance Under Stressby Peter A. Hancock; James L. Szalma

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 99.95

    What is the impact of stress on soldier performance on the modern, electronic battlefield? This book brings together leading researchers from diverse perspectives to shed light on this critical question. Using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches, the insights generated represent a benchmark in the present state of understanding and... more...

  • Why Men Fightby Bertrand Russell

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 25.95

    Also published under the title of Principals of Social Reconstruction , and written in response to the devastation of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell's ideas on war, pacifism, reason, impulse, and personal liberty. He argues that the individualistic approach of traditional liberalism has reached its limits and that when individuals... more...