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Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror Warfare By Other Means

Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror: Warfare By Other Means

1st Edition

By Alastair Finlan
November 16, 2009

This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in the West, by exploring their appeal over traditional conventional force options in the current ‘War on Terror’....

Railways and the Russo-Japanese War Transporting War

Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War

1st Edition

By Felix Patrikeeff, Harry Shukman
July 24, 2009

This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological ...

The Military and Domestic Politics A Concordance Theory of Civil-Military Relations

The Military and Domestic Politics: A Concordance Theory of Civil-Military Relations

1st Edition

By Rebecca L. Schiff
February 05, 2009

The intervention of the military in national politics and the everyday lives of citizens is a key question in civil-military relations. This book explains how concordance theory can provide a model for predicting such domestic intervention. Models dealing with the relationship between the military...

Civil-Military Relations in Europe Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change

Civil-Military Relations in Europe: Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change

1st Edition

Edited By Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl Haltiner, Jürgen Kuhlmann
January 30, 2009

This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions, and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place. The contributors show how contemporary European states manage ...

Cultural Diversity in the Armed Forces An International Comparison

Cultural Diversity in the Armed Forces: An International Comparison

1st Edition

Edited By Joseph L. Soeters, Jan Van der Meulen
January 30, 2009

This volume explores ethnicity and gender developments in relation to the military. In some countries, the armed forces have a long history in responding to ethnic diversity, while elsewhere it has come up only recently as a policy issue. An even-handed representation of ethnic minorities in the ...

Military Honour and the Conduct of War From Ancient Greece to Iraq

Military Honour and the Conduct of War: From Ancient Greece to Iraq

1st Edition

By Paul Robinson
January 30, 2009

This study presents the first examination of the influence of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct and ending of wars from Ancient Greece to the present day. Paul Robinson begins with a theoretical examination of the concept of honour, to clearly explain the many contradictions and tensions ...

Social Sciences and the Military An Interdisciplinary Overview

Social Sciences and the Military: An Interdisciplinary Overview

1st Edition

Edited By Giuseppe Caforio
January 30, 2009

This innovative book presents the reader with a clear international view of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches to military and conflict-resolution studies. In this first title on its subject, leading expert Giuseppe Caforio offers a thorough analysis of the new aspects and trends of...

Strategic Culture and Ways of War

Strategic Culture and Ways of War

1st Edition

By Lawrence Sondhaus
January 30, 2009

A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war. It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to a significant extent, culturally determined. The concept of national ‘ways of war’ dates from the 1930s, when Basil H. Liddell Hart ...

Modernity, the Media and the Military The Creation of National Mythologies on the Western Front 1914-1918

Modernity, the Media and the Military: The Creation of National Mythologies on the Western Front 1914-1918

1st Edition

By John F. Williams
January 08, 2009

This new volume explores the history of an important, but neglected sector of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 in the context of its portrayal in the media. The analysis sheds new light on of the role of the mass media in generating national mythologies. The book focuses on the largely ...

War and Media Operations The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq

War and Media Operations: The US Military and the Press from Vietnam to Iraq

1st Edition

By Thomas Rid
April 24, 2007

This is the first academic analysis of the role of embedded media in the 2003 Iraq War, providing a concise history of US military public affairs management since Vietnam. In late summer 2002, the Pentagon considered giving the press an inside view of the upcoming invasion of Iraq. The decision was...

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy India, Iraq and Israel

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy: India, Iraq and Israel

1st Edition

By Timothy D. Hoyt
October 30, 2006

Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making. Timothy D. Hoyt reassesses the role of regional state sub-systems in ...

Gender and the Military Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies

Gender and the Military: Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies

1st Edition

By Helena Carreiras
September 25, 2006

This is the first comparative, cross-national study of the participation of women in the armed forces of NATO countries. Along side an analysis of this key topic stands a critique of existing theoretical models and the proposal of a revised analytical framework. Unlike previous works ...

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