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  • Space and Defense Policyby Damon Coletta; Frances T. Pilch

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    This edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space. It also addresses science and technology as they relate to space policy. The book addresses three main... more...

  • Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary Warby Jan Angstrom; Isabelle Duyvesteyn

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this new volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained. It does so by confronting two inter-related research problems: the nature of victory and defeat in modern war and the explanations of victory and defeat. By first questioning the extent to which the... more...

  • The Marketing of War in the Age of Neo-Militarismby Kostas Gouliamos; Christos Kassimeris

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 133.00

    The post-9/11 era and the overall impact of international terrorism have generated much debate regarding the role of military apparatus in modern society. This book assesses the inherent meaning of the militarization from a critical, interdisciplinary perspective. Against the background of democracy and capitalism, The Marketing of War in the Age... more...

  • Deadly Developmentsby Stephen and Downs Reyna

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95

    Ten anthropologists trace the machinations of war and the effects of violence in capitalist states, from their formation to the present. This collection, the newest volume in the War and Society series, questions the foundations of classical social theory while investigating local and international conflict through the critical and cross-cultural lens... more...

  • Segregated Soldiersby Marcus S. Cox; Russel Honore

    LSU Press 2013; US$ 32.95

    In Segregated Soldiers, Marcus S. Cox investigates military training programs at historically black colleges and universities and demonstrates their importance to the struggle for civil rights. Examining African Americans? attitudes toward service in the armed forces, Cox focuses on the ways in which black higher education and Reserve Officer Training... more...

  • War from the Ground Up: twenty-first century combat as politicsby Emile Simpson

    Scribe Publications 2013; US$ 20.99

    As 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...

  • The Causes of Warby David Sobek

    Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95

    Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this claim. At other points in history, such as the run-up to the Second World War, wars seem all but foretold. How does one understand a phenomenon that, at times, seems so random, while at others so predictable?... more...

  • Feeding Tommyby Andrew Robertshaw

    The History Press 2013; US$ 18.94

    According to Napoleon, an army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too - yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed under fire or in the trench lines? During the Great War troops were trained to make meals out of the bare minimum of ingredients, to feed a company of men from only a mess tin and cook curries... more...

  • New and Old Warsby Mary Kaldor

    Wiley 2013; US$ 29.95

    Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between states in which the aim is to inflict maximum violence - is becoming an anachronism.... more...

  • The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920by John D. Grainger

    Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd 2013; US$ 36.46

    This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and Australian troops; how the Turks were defeated at the great Battle of Megiddo in September 1918; and how... more...