Theory of warfare & military science books

LeBlanc brilliantly argues that warfare has been a part of human existence throughout history. He uncovers a six-million-year-old...  Read More >>

With the U.S. armed forces playing an ever increasing central role in American foreign policy, surprisingly little...  Read More >>

Offering a devastating rebuttal to the comfortable myth that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, and unimportant,...  Read More >>

How to keep the British infantry square whole by using sword, bayonet or even pikes in defence. Published in 1805,...  Read More >>

Attack and defence experiments made in Hyde Park in 1802, by order of the Duke of York, C-in-C of the Army, to find...  Read More >>

Military conflicts, particularly land combat, possess all of the key attributes of complex adaptive systems: combat...  Read More >>

For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military far outstrip those of any potential rival....  Read More >>

Explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral...  Read More >>

This book is the first full-length study of a key security issue confronting the West in the 21st century: urban...  Read More >>

Schon unmittelbar nach Kriegsende haben die Alliierten versucht, die Höhe der deutschen Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg...  Read More >>

An entirely modern argument for the irrelevance of war as a goal in international affairs.  Read More >>

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If, in the next place, we keep once more to the pure conception of War, then we must say that the political object...  Read More >>

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Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Adopting...  Read More >>

Burke (English and comparative literature, U. of California-Irvine) explores how folk culture within the four branches...  Read More >>

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As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking...  Read More >>

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In The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific, a number of prominent regional specialists take a fresh look...  Read More >>

The first modern critical edition (based on a comprehensive investigation of over 200 surviving manuscripts) of...  Read More >>

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Generally, all great commanders all owe something to Gideon, victor over the Midianties about 1200 BC and to David,...  Read More >>