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51. The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1

    The Origins of the Falklands War

    By Lawrence Freedman

    Series: Government Official History Series

    Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. In the first chapters the author analyses the...

    Published June 27th 2007 by Routledge
52. The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2

    War and Diplomacy

    By Lawrence Freedman

    Series: Government Official History Series

    In the second volume of his official history of the Falklands Campaign, Lawrence Freedman provides a detailed and authoritative account of one of the most extraordinary periods in recent British political history and a vivid portrayal of a government at war. After the shock of the Argentine...

    Published June 27th 2007 by Routledge
53. Regulating the Private Security Industry

    By Sarah Percy

    Series: Adelphi series

    The under-regulation of the private security industry has increasingly become a topic of media and academic interest. This Adelphi Paper enters the debate by explaining why the industry requires further regulation, and what is wrong with the current system. It begins by briefly defining the...

    Published January 4th 2007 by Routledge
54. Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy

    India, Iraq and Israel

    By Timothy D. Hoyt

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making. Timothy D. Hoyt reassesses the role of regional state sub-systems in...

    Published September 20th 2006 by Routledge
55. Managing Defence in a Democracy

    Edited by Laura R. Cleary, Teri McConville

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Although each state is unique it is possible to identify certain common problems and issues with respect to defence governance and management. Governance and Management of Defence is a unique introduction to all the key principles of governance and management through the clear identification of...

    Published June 28th 2006 by Routledge
56. Interpreting China's Military Power

    Doctrine Makes Readiness

    By Ka Po Ng

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Although inter-state tensions have generally been easing after the Cold War, military power remains a dominant factor in Asian regional politics. As China, operating the world's largest army, grows stronger, there are ongoing debates over the implications for Asia's regional security. This book...

    Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge
57. Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies

    Disguising Innovation

    By Terry Pierce

    Series: Strategy and History

    Occasionally, militaries during times of peace achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce calls these 'disruptive innovations'. The more common innovation phenomenon, however, has been that of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them...

    Published December 23rd 2004 by Routledge
58. Future War In Cities

    Rethinking a Liberal Dilemma

    By Alice Hills

    This book is the first full-length study of a key security issue confronting the west in the twenty-first century, urban military operations - as currently being undertaken by US and UK forces in Iraq. It relates military operations in cities to the wider study of conflict and security in an era of...

    Published May 26th 2004 by Routledge
59. Seapower

    A Guide for the Twenty-First Century

    By Geoffrey Till

    Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

    The sea has always been central to human development as a source of resources, and as a means of transportation, information-exchange and strategic dominion. It has provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security. This is even more true in the early 21st century, with the emergence of an...

    Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge
60. Masters of War

    Classical Strategic Thought, 3rd Edition

    By Michael I. Handel

    This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said—not...

    Published September 28th 2000 by Routledge