Warfare & defence books

Racializing the Soldier offers an international history of the impact of racial beliefs on the formation and development...  Read More >>

Competitive elections, the sine qua non of democratic government, often gives rise to serious bouts of political...  Read More >>

This book examines whether peace and conflict studies can contribute to the possibility of resolution, management...  Read More >>

This edited collection examines the British Army’s history of counter-insurgency. It brings together and consolidates...  Read More >>

From former poet laureate of Kentucky and founder of the Affrilachian Poets, a collection of historical poetry that...  Read More >>

Tracing the origins and examining the dimensions of homeland security challenges, this book analyzes these crises,...  Read More >>

This Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the influence industry and how it operates worldwide...  Read More >>

LAV and Infantry Marines share their experiences of fighting in Western Iraq in spring 2004.  Read More >>

Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST POLITICS BOOKS of 2024 Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Bob Woodward...  Read More >>

Women’s participation in the U.S. Armed Forces has grown over time in response to the national need for their services....  Read More >>

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

In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded...  Read More >>

Following on from the success of Volume1 Friedrich Georg's second book in the series covers unconventional short-...  Read More >>

In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded...  Read More >>

Choose Your Own Adventure meets Risk - The second book in the Armchair General series tackles the battlefields of...  Read More >>

Comprising critical writings in civil-military relations theory and research, this book of essays attempts to understand...  Read More >>

This book’s main objective is to determine what role, if any, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) plays...  Read More >>

This book provides first sustained critical engagement with the legacy of 9/11 attacks twenty years on. Featuring...  Read More >>

Can political violence create freedom? What if the cost of violent liberation is too high? How does one even calculate...  Read More >>

This book asks scholars to reexamine international conflict and its management - in order to move the field toward...  Read More >>

This book examines the role of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and some of the challenges they face.  Read More >>

The book provides an extensive analysis of extremism, extremist narratives and counter-narratives and their role...  Read More >>

This book discusses the phenomenon of femicide—the killing of women globally because of their gender - in peacetime...  Read More >>

This book explores why countries undergoing transitions from war to peace decide to integrate armed groups into...  Read More >>

This book provides an overview of how the UK tried to maintain and modernize its strategic and tactical nuclear...  Read More >>