Warfare & defence books

In Connected Soldiers John Spencer delivers lessons about how to build teams in a way that overcomes the distractions...  Read More >>

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this book includes original photographs and images from archives, many of which...  Read More >>

As this superbly researched book reveals by examining the roles, actions and personalities of ten Hurricane squadrons,...  Read More >>

The Book of Five Rings is a classic Japanese text by the undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi where he outlines...  Read More >>

This book covers the operational period of the F-111 Aardvark and EF-111 Raven.  Read More >>

This book features many of the aircraft types that were involved in the operations surrounding the Normandy invasion....  Read More >>

Provides a detailed guide to the early fighting on the Somme in 1914 and 1915 in what became the British area.  Read More >>

Volume I of Air Wars over The Congo provides detailed coverage of the aircraft and air forces involved in an entire...  Read More >>

Exploring the Scots armies from the Bishops' Wars to the end of the First Civil War; their campaigns, organisation...  Read More >>

A gripping account of Bomber Command’s actions during the Battle of Britain, 10 July– 31 October 1940  Read More >>

Biological warfare, or germ warfare, is a frightening concept, but readers are able to focus on facts rather than...  Read More >>

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Examines how the first treaty-based international tribunal created by the UN and a member state applied the law...  Read More >>

Across much of the democratizing world, land and natural resource conflict are increasingly common sources of political...  Read More >>

Over one hundred years have now passed since the ending of the Great War of 1914-18, yet still, the grief of ordinary...  Read More >>

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding...  Read More >>

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding...  Read More >>

"An art diary of the first months of the full-scale invasion by Oleksandr Grekhov and Anastasiia Nikulina - ""The...  Read More >>

This book examines the military characteristics and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the new global...  Read More >>

This book offers an accessible reference and roadmap for the practical application of cross-cultural competence...  Read More >>

This book examines the challenges that organised criminal networks present for police and criminal intelligence...  Read More >>

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Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives...  Read More >>

This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa.  Read More >>

This first volume in this series looks chronologically at every aircraft type flown in an air defence role since...  Read More >>