Warfare & defence books

This study examines the ability of the current Unified Command System to provide unity of command and thereby obtain...  Read More >>

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In a security environment characterized by regional conflicts, complex political situations, and accompanying constraints,...  Read More >>

The greatest threat to stability in Africa is the increase in transnational terrorist groups and criminals that...  Read More >>

Transnational terrorist organizations and organized crime groups are both considered national security threats to...  Read More >>

The USAF fails due to wrong mind-set.The USAF fails to work effectively with small air forces in combined and coalition...  Read More >>

Within a complex security environment, NATO now faces an information technology revolution affecting all dimensions...  Read More >>

This study examines the role of sociological intelligence in strategy development. It proposes a methodological...  Read More >>

This study comprises an analysis of the strategic effects of airpower in irregular warfare. The author derives a...  Read More >>

The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is National Defense University's (NDU's) dedicated research...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the use of airpower against enemy ground forces. Maj Scott G.Walker assesses current doctrinal...  Read More >>

This study defines joint times-sensitive targeting, looks at a few instances of joint sensor fusion and extracts...  Read More >>

Joint targeting is a process that synchronizes all operational level targeting activities in support of the theater...  Read More >>

After almost a decade of war, some senior Army leaders have attributed the challenges experienced in both Iraq and...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1944, units of the Eighth and Fifteenth United States Army Air Forces began flying to and from...  Read More >>

The US Army Medical Department (AMEDD) is in the process of developing new concepts to support the Army's transformation....  Read More >>

When US Air Force Capt Scott O'Grady's F-16 was shot down over Bosnia in June 1995, Americans watched anxiously...  Read More >>

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and demise of the Cold War, the United States has embarked on a national...  Read More >>

During the Cold War the United States developed the Trident class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to replace...  Read More >>

This Air University research paper is an examination of the Proliferation Security Initiative. Through extensive...  Read More >>

The efficacy of the hearts-and-minds concept as initially propounded by British Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer...  Read More >>

This monograph examines the changes in the US training of the Afghan National Army (ANA) from 2001 to present. It...  Read More >>

Leaders who hire subordinate commanders have a responsibility to provide an answer to the first question by clearly...  Read More >>

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While the population at-large suffers from the global impact of alcohol abuse, the consequences for the military...  Read More >>