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Forthcoming Books

  1. Network Centric Warfare and Coalition Operations

    The New Military Operating System

    By Paul T. Mitchell

    Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

    This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influences the development of computer software. It examines three inter-related issues: the overwhelming military power of the United States; the growing...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies

    Edited by Robert Dover, Michael Goodman, Claudia Hillebrand

    The Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies provides a broad overview of the growing field of intelligence studies, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. The recent growth of interest in intelligence and security studies has led to an increased demand for popular...

    To Be Published August 21st 2013 by Routledge

  3. 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...

    To Be Published August 22nd 2013 by Routledge

  4. 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...

    To Be Published August 22nd 2013 by Routledge

  5. Technology Transfers and Non-Proliferation

    Between Control and Cooperation

    Edited by Oliver Meier

    Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

    This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) increasingly focus on preventing the proliferation and misuse of dual-use...

    To Be Published August 26th 2013 by Routledge

  6. U.S. Military Strategy in the Gulf (Routledge Revivals)

    Origins and Evolution Under the Carter and Reagan Administrations

    By Amitav Acharya

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1989, this title explores the nature and dimensions of the U.S. strategy in the Gulf in the formative years that followed the fall of the Shah, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war. It describes the formation of the U.S. Rapid Deployment Joint...

    To Be Published September 8th 2013 by Routledge

  7. The Future of Intelligence

    Challenges in the 21st century

    Edited by Ben de Jong, Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Joop Reijn

    Series: Studies in Intelligence

    The aim of this edited volume is to discuss the challenges the future holds for different aspects of the intelligence process and for organizations working in the field. The book analyzes the different activities that make up the intelligence process, or the ‘intelligence cycle’, with a focus...

    To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Military Strategy as Public Discourse

    America's War in Afghanistan

    By Edward Sholtis

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book presents the current history of United States military strategy in Afghanistan as an example of dysfunctional policy discourse among the nation’s elites. It begins by discussing how, as military strategy changes over the course of a long war, the validity of a chosen or...

    To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge

  9. US Defense Politics

    The Origins of Security Policy, 2nd Edition

    By Harvey M. Sapolsky, Eugene Gholz, Caitlin Talmadge

    This textbook provides an accessible overview of US defense politics for upper-level students. This book is designed to help students who wish to understand American national security policy and appreciate how it is formulated and conducted. Owing to its wealth, size, resources, and...

    To Be Published December 9th 2013 by Routledge

  10. The Arms Race in Asia

    Trends, Concepts and Implications

    By Andrew T.H. Tan

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This book is the first systematic examination of the emerging arms race in Asia. The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and the Middle East, the two largest arms export markets in the world. Of these two regions, Asia has become...

    To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge