Warfare & defence books

Understanding and articulating the nature of war has challenged mankind from the beginning. Although the character...  Read More >>

L'Algérie: Histoire Des Guerres Des Romains, Des Byzantins Et Des Vandales by Adolphe Dureau de La Malle explores...  Read More >>

America appears poised to redefine its extended deterrent commitment to NATO. This paper evaluates a selection of...  Read More >>

The Air Force's first stealth fighter has had a long and distinguished service record for our nation providing commanders...  Read More >>

The forces at play in reconstruction operations are a complex system of time phased interlocking cause and effect...  Read More >>

This research paper discusses the transformational potential of nanotechnology, by the year 2035, to threaten U.S....  Read More >>

US military forces are being increasingly called upon to execute Foreign Internal Defence (FID) missions. To effectively...  Read More >>

Hart, Giulio Douhet, and Col John A. Warden III, and reviews United States, British, and Israeli Air Force doctrines...  Read More >>

The United States (US) is transitioning from the industrial age to the information age. The rapid change and availability...  Read More >>

A complex and interdependent environment in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) highlights the challenge of translating...  Read More >>

China is strengthening diplomatic ties and building naval bases along the sea lanes from the Middle East. This ""String...  Read More >>

The purpose of this monograph is to examine the capabilities of commercial computer wargames and determine if the...  Read More >>

The cost of modern joint/coalition warfare is rapidly rising and our nation's ability to address this trend while...  Read More >>

Uncertainty is an inescapable part of war that stems, in part, from war's wicked problems and the complex, adaptive...  Read More >>

The Air Operations Center (AOC) is the centerpiece of the Air Force's new command and control (C2) system for prosecuting...  Read More >>

The end of World War II was the dawn of a new age, the nuclear age. The destructive power delivered by America upon...  Read More >>

A ground-swell of interest in information as a weapon of warfare is growing within the U.S. armed services. Military...  Read More >>

The phenomenon of cost overruns in Department of Defense acquisition programs has been a problem for decades. In...  Read More >>

Should a JFACC Command Airpower Employment in Small-Scale Contingency Operations? For an airman, the obvious answer...  Read More >>

The Naval War College Review was established in 1948 and is a forum for discussion of public policy matters of interest...  Read More >>

In 1949, following the conclusion of its revolutionary war against the Chinese Nationalist forces, the People's...  Read More >>

Airpower in the early part of the twentieth century was dominated by the development and demonstration of the power...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the effectiveness of airpower versus terrorism using three case studies. The first case study...  Read More >>

As the Joint force transforms to become more interdependent, the manner in which the Services train must also adapt....  Read More >>

Operational level commanders and their staffs require relevant and current joint doctrine that articulates the critical...  Read More >>