Warfare & defence books

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

Fixed-wing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology has experienced exponential growth over the past 10-15 years...  Read More >>

The dominating geographical feature of northwest Africa is the vast Sahara Desert. It is in this region that Al-Qaeda...  Read More >>

Looks at psychological warfare and the use of propaganda and its effects on morale in various settings, including...  Read More >>

The purpose of this project was to create an automated tool for conducting the Army Deliberate Decision Making Process...  Read More >>

The resurgence of regional instability is an apparent manifestation of the post Cold-War era. Unlike during the...  Read More >>

The purpose of this monograph is to determine if the tactical reconnaissance capabilities of the U.S. Army's Light...  Read More >>

The Air Force has made great strides in integrating space effects into combat operations. However, the ongoing debate...  Read More >>

This paper shows how the conduct of military operations in the Information Age demands new strategies, new tactics,...  Read More >>

Security Forces have transformed dramatically in the last twenty years. This transformation has been a continuous...  Read More >>

North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs have drawn international attention for years. In the...  Read More >>

The Army Air Force's (AAF) critical role in World War II is celebrated and studied over and over again through best-selling...  Read More >>

Characterized by porous borders and nomadic groups the Sahara makes it extremely difficult for the U.S. military...  Read More >>

This monograph considers expanding the U.S. Army using non-citizens to man new units. Both the French Foreign Legion...  Read More >>

Largely the result of military restructuring away from overseas basing to a strategy of forward presence, the Air...  Read More >>

The United States finds itself engaged in a global conflict unlike any other it has ever faced, either in scope...  Read More >>

The focus of this paper is on the use of offensive social engineering in the Air Force. As the Air Force organizes,...  Read More >>

The American military needs to incorporate adaptability-related skills into its education and training programs...  Read More >>

U.S. Army commanders seek to balance the requirements to conduct offensive, defensive and stability operations simultaneously....  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 utter brutality of World War I has amazed me, especially after walking the Verdun battlefield while stationed...  Read More >>

Air intelligence support to Allied Forces during World War II stretched across the spectrum of intelligence. This...  Read More >>

This is a tentative study of the gas experience of the use of gas in the Meuse-Argonne campaign during World War...  Read More >>

Julian Corbett and Alfred T. Mahan each proposed theories for command of the sea. Their work illustrated that different...  Read More >>

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