Warfare & defence books

The book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of NATO’s strategy for the defence of the central...  Read More >>

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This book, first published in 1978, analyses the development, uses and effects of conventional anti-personnel weapons...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1983, analyses the debate around burden-sharing in NATO, where the main issue is the...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1990, analyses the KGB’s involvement in Kremlin politics, the structure and organisation...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1983, examines weapons standardisation as one aspect of NATO’s efficiency. It analyses...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1985, is the first full-length study of the Soviet Armed Forces as a social institution....  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1955, examines the recognition that planning and state intervention were a requirement...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1985, analyses the factors that have shaped the militarization of space. It examines...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1991, examines Britain’s defence and foreign policy of the 1980s, and explores a variety...  Read More >>

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This book, first published in 1986, is a major study of semialignment and a review of the individual nations within...  Read More >>

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This book, first published in 1989, analyses Western and Soviet perceptions of each other’s military thoughts and...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1956, analyses the Red Army’s strategic planning for a war involving nuclear weapons...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space – around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1991, provides a major analysis of the prelude to the US’s Cold War maritime strategy,...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1982, provides a well-informed historical overview, insightful analysis and searching...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1986, analyses a number of emerging, enduring and neglected issues that affected European...  Read More >>

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