This book, first published in 1990, is a provocative collection of military quotations that captures the human essence of warfare. From the walls of Troy to the dropping of the atomic bomb, nearly 3,500 quotations distil the experiences of generatio...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1981, offers a critical review of the techniques of mathematical modelling and their appropriate application to military operations research the analysis of data (historical data, exercise and test results, and intelli...Lasīt vairāk
The effects of weapons of mass destruction cannot be contained, either spatially or temporally, are unpredictable, discriminate poorly between combatants and civilians, and are highly disruptive of ecosystems. This book, first published in 1977, exa...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1963, is an analysis of modern warfare in the enemys rear, written by the leading authority on irregular warfare, and stemming from a close examination of real-life examples. Rear warfare poses many problems, such as th...Lasīt vairāk
Which event better characterises British military interventions: the trauma of Suez or the triumph of the Falklands? This book, first published in 1984, examines British interventions to provide a response to this question, central to the debate con...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1986 and an essential study of signals intelligence, examines Tsarist codebreakers and cryptanalysis during the Weimar Republic; the history of the Government Code and Cypher School; the Ultra programme; hand cyphers an...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1973, analyses the European Community in a global perspective. It asks and answers two main questions: what does the European Community mean to the masses of the world, and what does it mean to the world community in ge...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1983, assesses the likely effects of reductions in defense industries on national economies. Each chapter discusses industry employment, output, research and development, capital value, profitability, concentration and...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1983, is a result of the UN 1978-81 study on the relationship between disarmament and development. It analyses the disruptive, retarding and weakening effects of large-scale military preparations on the economic and soc...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1970, is an important study of Russias security services from their earliest years to the mid-twentieth century. Ronald Hingley demonstrates how the secret police acted, both under the Tsars and under Soviet rule, as a...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1986, surveys the whole range of naval warfare equipment, operations, organisation and deployment and considers their use to protect the interests of medium powers in the world such as Britain, France, India, Brazil,...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1983, is a compilation of some 50,000 acronyms and abbreviations used by the British, American, German and Soviet military. It enables the researcher to reach a greater understanding of the capabilities and duties of th...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1944, argues that the future peace could be only achieved through the power and influence of the United States and examines the tasks that victory would impose; the development during the war of US policies, military an...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1990, presents a fundamental reassessment of maritime strategy. It looks at the evolving uses of the seas, both economic and military, and sets sea power against the developing world environment, political, legal and ec...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1980, examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to environmental degradation. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats are evaluated separately in the l...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1988, represents a unique attempt to combine a discussion of an alternative British defence policy in terms of military strategy and new technology, with a consideration of how this policy might be secure in political t...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1980, presents a comprehensive and detailed look at the problem of international militarisation. It examines the key issues, the meaning of the problem, the international context and the spread of militarism to the Thir...Lasīt vairāk
With analysis from a policing and military viewpoint (both rarely available in public), and legal and historical perspectives, this book, first published in 1985, sheds valuable light both on the role of the law in democratic societies, and on the b...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1992, assesses the new threats to European security that emerged at the end of the Cold War: the rise of nationalism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction to politically unstable countries, the increase in world po...Lasīt vairāk
This book, first published in 1977, presents a comprehensive survey of the upheavals experienced in warfare from 1793 to the end of the twentieth century from the Napoleonic wars to the advent of total war, guerrilla and nuclear warfare. It discuss...Lasīt vairāk
