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Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, over 600 bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 229 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764329289
- ISBN
- 9780764329289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.94€ 58.00
€ 75.94
€ 58.00
Hardback. Tells the early history of the Halifax Naval Yard. From the building of the yard and its expansion, to the people involved in the enterprise, to the nuts and bolts of buying the masts and paying the bills, this history of the Halifax Naval Yard features dozens of illustrations and copious appendices, including a biographical directory. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCV; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776630311
- ISBN
- 9780776630311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801833588
- ISBN
- 9780801833588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.38
€ 36.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Bland, Larry I.; Stevens, Sharon Ritenour. Series: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. Num Pages: 856 pages, 72, 9 maps, 63 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 856
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878718
- ISBN
- 9780801878718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardback. They conclude with cogent recommendations for intelligence services and policy makers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSF; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879586
- ISBN
- 9780801879586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.79
€ 69.79
American Civil-Military Relations: The Soldier and the State in a New ...
. Ed(S): Nielsen, Suzanne C.; Snider, Don M.
hardcover. politics, and national security policy. Editor(s): Nielsen, Suzanne C.; Snider, Don M. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801892875
- ISBN
- 9780801892875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.40
€ 87.40
Hardback. This is a detailed account of the evolution of NATO's conventional force posture from the beginning of the alliance through the dramatic events of the early 1990s, based largely on recently declassified U.S. and British documents. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723961
- ISBN
- 9780804723961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.42
€ 112.42
Hardback. Risks are an integral part of complex, high-stakes decisions, and decisionmakers are faced with the unavoidable tasks of assessing risks and forming risk preferences. This book examines the elements that influence risk judgements through five case studies of foreign military interventions. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727471
- ISBN
- 9780804727471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.68
€ 217.68
Hardback. This comprehensive survey of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) rivalries places the Bush Doctrine of preemption in historical context, arguing that instability fueled by first-strike incentives is an inherent byproduct of WMD proliferation. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JPS; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750264
- ISBN
- 9780804750264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.20
€ 93.20
Hardback. Analyzes the dramatic transformations that are reshaping how the international community addresses biological weapons and infectious diseases. This book examines the renewed threat from biological weapons, and explores the new world of biological weapons governance. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JWK; JWMC; MBNH; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750295
- ISBN
- 9780804750295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. In this book, the leading authority on India's nuclear program offers an informed and thoughtful assessment of India's nuclear strategy. Basrur shows that the country's nuclear culture is generally in accord with the principle of minimum deterrence but sometimes drifts into a more open-ended view. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752558
- ISBN
- 9780804752558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.26
€ 171.26
Hardback. The fourth volume in a pioneering series on the Chinese military, Imagined Enemies illuminates the People's Liberation Army's central decisionmaking system, operational plans and systems, and strategies for war against Taiwan and the United States. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 figures, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753913
- ISBN
- 9780804753913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.50
€ 192.50
Hardback. Offers reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender: Which was the critical factor, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or the Soviet Union's entry into the war? This work reviews the evidence and the arguments. Editor(s): Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754279
- ISBN
- 9780804754279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.50
€ 157.50
Hardback. This book describes, in vivid detail, the history of the Japanese invasion and occupation and of different parts of China, from the viewpoints of scholars in China, Japan, and the West Editor(s): Lary, Diana; MacKinnon, Stephen R.; Vogel, Ezra F. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 tables, 1 figure, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755092
- ISBN
- 9780804755092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons examines the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when biological weapons have been and who has used them through detailed case studies and draws lessons to improve our ability to counter the world's most deadly silent killers. Editor(s): Clunan, Anne L.; Lavoy, Peter; Martin, Susan B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 9 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JPWL2; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759762
- ISBN
- 9780804759762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.23
€ 192.23
Hardback. In 2008, the iconic doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was set at five minutes to midnight - two minutes closer to Armageddon than in 1962, when John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev went eyeball to eyeball over missiles in Cuba. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760638
- ISBN
- 9780804760638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.24
€ 41.99
€ 35.24
hardcover. Investigates the purposes and roles of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War security environment that has Asia as its epicenter. This work argues that nuclear weapons have had a stabilizing effect in the Asian security region by assuaging the national security concerns of vulnerable states, strengthening deterrence, and preventing hostilities. Editor(s): Alagappa, Muthiah. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 43. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760867
- ISBN
- 9780804760867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.15
€ 183.15
Hardback. An exploration of the rise, persistence, and impact of the tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons followed by nuclear powers for well over sixty years. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761314
- ISBN
- 9780804761314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.69
€ 168.69
Forecasting Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century
. Ed(S): Potter, William C.; Mukhatzhanova, G...
Hardback. This two-volume set is the output from an extensive research project focused on developing the first forecasting model for nuclear proliferation. The Theory volume consists of an introduction and nine additional chapters devoted to key theoretical issues regarding the dynamics of nuclear weapons (non) proliferation. Editor(s): Potter, William C.; Mukhatzhanova, Gaukhar. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 tables, 10 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JM; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769723
- ISBN
- 9780804769723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
Hardback. This book provides a comprehensive critique of the prevailing view of ungoverned spaces and the threat they pose to human, national and international security. Editor(s): Clunan, Anne L.; Trinkunas, Harold A. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770125
- ISBN
- 9780804770125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.69
€ 145.69
Hardback. The book tells the story of the theory and history of the mission command approach (decentralized command) and the attempts by different armies to adopt and reform according to this approach. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; 1KBB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804772020
- ISBN
- 9780804772020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.72
€ 133.72
Hardback. This book offers rich, tactical level detail on how American units in Iraq broke the back of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq from 2005-2007. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773096
- ISBN
- 9780804773096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.45
€ 145.45
Hardback. The book explains why some Third World states have centralized, conventional military forces while others rely on militias, paramilitaries, and other non-state actors using detailed case studies of Indonesia, Iraq, and Iran and offers policy recommendations for dealing with weak states based on this analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773584
- ISBN
- 9780804773584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.85
€ 121.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774581
- ISBN
- 9780804774581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.81
€ 133.81