Defence Studies Books

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11. Understanding NATO in the 21st Century

    Alliance Strategies, Security and Global Governance

    Edited by Graeme P. Herd, John Kriendler

    Series: Contemporary Security Studies

    Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO’s potential evolution in the 21st century. The book seeks to identify the possible contours and trade-offs embedded within a potential third "Transatlantic Bargain...

    Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
12. Chinese Space Policy

    A Study in Domestic and International Politics

    By Roger Handberg, Zhen Li

    Series: Space Power and Politics

    This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program. It opens by tracing out the earlier development of the...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
13. The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations

    Edited by Thomas Bruneau, Florina Cristiana Matei

    This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging, internationally focused overview of the field of civil–military relations. The armed forces are central actors in most societies and are involved in many different roles. Amongst other activities, they engage in peace operations, support the police in...

    Published September 10th 2012 by Routledge
14. European Security Governance and the European Neighbourhood after the Lisbon Treaty

    Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

    The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor. However, any assessment of the EU’s role in international security is underpinned by a specific understanding of security. This book is based on a broad understanding of security. We consider that security concerns are increasingly...

    Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
15. International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountability

    Edited by Hans Born, Ian Leigh, Aidan Wills

    Series: Studies in Intelligence

    This book examines how international intelligence cooperation has come to prominence post-9/11 and introduces the main accountability, legal and human rights challenges that it poses. Since the end of the Cold War, the threats that intelligence services are tasked with confronting have become...

    Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge
16. Transforming European Militaries

    Coalition Operations and the Technology Gap

    By Gordon Adams, Guy Ben-Ari

    Series: Contemporary Security Studies

    A unique look at European Network Enabled Capabilities (NEC) and their implications for transatlantic co-operation in future operations. Gordon Adams and Guy Ben-Ari identify the key requirements for improvement of Europe’s abilities as an international actor. They focus on national and...

    Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge
17. Democratic Citizenship and War

    Edited by Yoav Peled, Noah Lewin-Epstein, Guy Mundlak, Jean Cohen

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This edited volume explores the theoretical and practical implications of war and terror situations for citizenship in democratic states. Citizenship is a key concept in Western political thought for defining the individual’s relations with society. The specific nature of these rights, duties and...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
18. Contemporary Military Innovation

    Between Anticipation and Adaption

    Edited by Dima Adamsky, Kjell Inge Bjerga

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption. The volume examines contemporary military thought and the doctrine that evolved around the thesis of a transformation in the character of war. Known as the...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
19. Terrorism, Drugs & Crime in Europe after 1992 (Routledge Revivals)

    By Richard Clutterbuck

    First published in 1990, Richard Clutterbuck's fascinating analysis of European security confronts the problems of internal European community frontiers and technological aids in combating terrorism and international crime. He looks at what the EC countries have done in the past, describes the...

    Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
20. US Military Innovation since the Cold War

    Creation Without Destruction

    Edited by Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman, Brendan Green

    Series: Strategy and History

    This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought about. Many called for the transformation of the US military in the years after the end of the Cold...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge