Land Power Books

New and Published Books

1. A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware (Routledge Revivals)

   By Christopher Chant

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons. The complete range of hardware used in land, sea and air forces throughout the world at the time of publication...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Handbook of British Regiments (Routledge Revivals)

   By Christopher Chant

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Since the creation of the standing army in 1661, when each regiment was known by the name of its current colonel, there have been many reforms and rationalizations of the British army. From 31 cavalry regiments and 113 infantry regiments in 1881, at the time of this title’s first publication in...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
3. Railways and International Politics

   Paths of Empire, 1848-1945

   Edited by T.G. Otte, Keith Neilson

   Series: Military History and Policy

   This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

   Edited by Paul B. Rich, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

   This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counter-insurgencies. In recent years, and more specifically since the insurgency in...

   Published January 10th 2012 by Routledge
5. War, Peace and International Relations

   An introduction to strategic history, 2nd Edition

   By Colin Gray

   War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars. Written by...

   Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War

   Riot Control Agents in Combat

   By D. Hank Ellison

   Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War documents the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War, and explores their effectiveness under the wide variety of circumstances in which they were employed. The short, readable account follows the US program as it progressed from a...

   Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
7. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45

   A Documentary Reader

   By Alexander Hill

   Series: Soviet (Russian) Study of War

   This book consists of extracts from key documents, along with commentary and further reading, on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, 1941-45. Despite the historical significance of the war, few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides...

   Published August 30th 2010 by Routledge
8. Military Advising and Assistance

   From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815–2007

   Edited by Donald Stoker

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era. Containing essays by US contributors covering a wide range of countries and...

   Published January 25th 2010 by Routledge
9. The German 1918 Offensives

   A Case Study in The Operational Level of War

   By David T. Zabecki

   Series: Strategy and History

   This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was bombed in 1944. In 1997, David T. Zabecki discovered translated copies of these files in a collection of old instructional material at the U.S. Army...

   Published June 25th 2009 by Routledge
10. American Soldiers in Iraq

    McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?

    By Morten G. Ender

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    American Soldiers in Iraq offers a unique snapshot of American soldiers in Iraq, analyzing their collective narratives in relation to the military sociology tradition. Grounded in a century-long tradition of sociology offering a window into the world of American soldiers, this volume serves as a...

    Published May 12th 2009 by Routledge