Diplomacy books

During the summer of 2006, Israel conducted a thirty-four day war against Hezbollah in response to the abduction...  Read More >>

The 1975 Lebanese Civil War was one of the most disastrous and costly civil wars in modern history. The human toll...  Read More >>

This study uses the theory of strategic culture to analyze how China reacts to an external national security crisis....  Read More >>

The Center for Transatlantic Security Studies (CTSS) serves as a national and international focal point and resource...  Read More >>

Overseas military bases have played a prominent role in support of United States security interests since World...  Read More >>

The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance (MPR) Force has a long history of defending the fleet against enemy combatant...  Read More >>

The Air Force and U.S. Space Command have long-range plans to demonstrate the technologies necessary to execute...  Read More >>

Many US military operations since the end of the Cold War have ended improperly; the failure has not been due to...  Read More >>

This study argues that there are historical reasons to focus on Jerusalem first and to use an international Holy...  Read More >>

Until Russia and the United States experience a change on government in 2008, the prospects for additional strategic...  Read More >>

The problems in Afghanistan are not simple and there is no single solution. Indeed, the problems in Afghanistan...  Read More >>

United States Army Special Forces (SF) has played a critical role in prosecuting the Global War on Terror. Their...  Read More >>

The danger of surface-to-air defenses grows as the nature of US conflicts continues to change. Ground based defenses...  Read More >>

The U.S. military and national security community lost interest in insurgency after the end of the Cold War when...  Read More >>

While the overall security situation in Southeast Asia is something of a mixed bag, with grounds for both optimism...  Read More >>

This monograph examines the effects of changes in the current operating environment and current operations in Iraq...  Read More >>

A great power's use of its military forces may be rendered ineffective or even counterproductive when there are...  Read More >>

The author takes a fresh look at Japan's decision for war in 1941, and concludes that it was dictated by Japanese...  Read More >>

Major Beale examines the role operations Deny Flight and Deliberate Force played in achieving a peaceful settlement...  Read More >>

It appears as though oil will feed the world's economies for at least the next 40 years and that consumption will...  Read More >>

This study objectively analyzes, within a systemic approach, the causes that undermined the responsiveness and legitimacy...  Read More >>

United States (US) policy towards North Korea has struggled to adequately address the US national security interests....  Read More >>

Major Kramlinger examines the theoretical, historical, operational, and technological aspects of Sustained Coercive...  Read More >>

The Maxwell Papers, the Air War College's occasional papers series, focus on current and future issues of interest...  Read More >>

This study examines whether the UN Operation in Somalia could have succeeded with a different approach or application....  Read More >>