Warfare & defence books

The 1830s is an overlooked period in American naval history. This book details the ways in which the US Navy transformed...  Read More >>

This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day.  Read More >>

The volume's case studies highlight interdisciplinary efforts to protect heritage in conflict zones, drawing out...  Read More >>

An illuminating work which explores the importance of senior leadership in the development of the British Royal...  Read More >>

Looks at the U.S. military’s experience in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater during World War II through the eyes...  Read More >>

This book offers a detailed understanding of ‘enemy images’, which are used in political rhetoric to dehumanize...  Read More >>

Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine during 2014 and 2022 reveal more continuity than change, and more evolution...  Read More >>

In 2024, Lebanon entered the fifth year of a crippling economic crisis, a crescendo of many decades of state fragility....  Read More >>

In this volume, leading researchers in the field share their groundbreaking new research dedicated to understanding...  Read More >>

This book reveals the fundamental dynamics of – and problems confronting -- internal security cooperation in the...  Read More >>

Late Modern Palestine looks at the ways in which the relationship between the subject and representation and the...  Read More >>

After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction...  Read More >>

This book analyses the factors that drive Boko Haram’s violence, arguing that the movement is rooted in the historical...  Read More >>

A timely and critical panorama of how states have responded to the test of terrorism since 9/11. It encompasses...  Read More >>

Based on exploratory research investigating interactions between Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel and...  Read More >>

Situated within the debate on terrorism risk and security, this book investigates the role of private companies...  Read More >>

This book examines the new and ongoing dilemmas and challenges to world public order in an environment in which...  Read More >>

This book provides an original and thoroughly academic analysis of the link between Russian energy and foreign policies...  Read More >>

This book is an attempt to inject European ‘security’ governance with more security theory. It argues that such...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the European Union’s role in Security Sector Reform (SSR), offering a range of perspectives on...  Read More >>

This collection of contributions by leading scholars explores how the re-emergence of Chinese nationalism in the...  Read More >>

This volume represents wide-ranging analyses of topics which interlink the domestic and foreign policy interests...  Read More >>

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This collection explore the stability and cohesion of Pakistan through issues of political Islam, minorities, wider...  Read More >>

The book is a timely investigation into the European security policy dynamic from the perspective of actors engaged...  Read More >>