Warfare & defence books

The CV-22 Osprey will be the next generation Special Operations insertion and extraction platform. The Air Force...  Read More >>

Understanding how insurgencies may be brought to a successful conclusion is vital to military strategists and policymakers....  Read More >>

Understanding and leveraging the media has become critical for operational level commanders conducting urban combat...  Read More >>

This study is designed to gain a better understanding of the difficulties associated with the integration of special...  Read More >>

Military command-and-control structures must adapt to the environment in which they operate. Following World War...  Read More >>

Our National Military Strategy is based on rapid introduction of overwhelming combat power to achieve decisive results...  Read More >>

A detailed account of the First Volunteer Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment from its formation in 1859 to 1889,...  Read More >>

In December 1994 Russian armored forces assaulted Grozny, Chechnya in an attempt to subdue armed opposition groups...  Read More >>

From the Classical Period until the Seventeenth century, the study of warfare was practiced predominantly using...  Read More >>

Â""All wars are costly in lives and treasure!Â"" Through the ages, this fundamental truth has driven military strategists...  Read More >>

This paper examines airpower in the Battle of St. Mihiel in terms of the principles of war and does so with an airmindedness...  Read More >>

This study explores the issue of unlawful command influence in the USAF from the squadron commander's perspective....  Read More >>

The concept of ""deep battle"" was formally introduced to US war fighters during the early 1980s through the US...  Read More >>

The military professional is a practically-minded individual. This is not, stereotypes aside, the result of an inflexible,...  Read More >>

Strategic decision makers have long recognized the paramount importance to the state and to the people of decisions...  Read More >>

The world has changed dramatically since the Washington Treaty of 1949 established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...  Read More >>

As the world's urban areas continue to increase in size the possibility of U. S. forces conducting military operations...  Read More >>

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

Compellence, Clausewitz, and Counterinsurgency -- a seemingly strange trinity -- in actuality, they are closely...  Read More >>

The recognition of the failure at the strategic and operational levels of war during the Global War on Terror, specifically...  Read More >>

Since the events of September 11, 2001 the United States military counternetwork operations, theory, and doctrine...  Read More >>

This is a book of quotations and comments about air power, war, and military matters. But it would be a great...  Read More >>

This monograph seeks to define what a Decision Support System (DSS) is to the military decision-maker, suggest some...  Read More >>

The military genius is a rare and valued individual. Carl von Clausewitz wrote extensively on the necessity for...  Read More >>

Improvements in technology worldwide have amplified the impact strategic lieutenants and strategic corporals have...  Read More >>