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Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and Treatment, Second Edition provides a detailed summary of chemical warfare agents, their physico-chemical properties, dispersion and fate in the environment, tooxicology and management of their effects on humans. It also discusses decontamination and protective equipment. Editor(s): Marrs, Timothy C.; Maynard, Robert L., CBE.; Sidell, Frederick R. Num Pages: 750 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 198 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1764.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470013595
- ISBN
- 9780470013595
Condition: New
€ 495.49
€ 495.49
Hardback. Defines the basics of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) for the concerned citizen, including non-alarmist scientific descriptions of the weapons and their antidotes, methods of deployment and defensive response, and the likelihood in the current global political climate of additional proliferation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387950761
- ISBN
- 9780387950761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.09
€ 48.99
€ 46.09
Hardback. This is the first published text on Tasers. Due to the widespread usage of these devices and the misconceptions surrounding their operation, this book will have significant utility. The volume is written by physicians, engineers and law enforcement agents. Editor(s): Kroll, Mark W.; Ho, Jeffrey D. Num Pages: 458 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JWM; MMF; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387854748
- ISBN
- 9780387854748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.10
€ 131.10
Hardback. Based on a survey of health-related behaviors conducted for the Department of Defense by RTI International since 1980, this book examines trends in substance abuse, health behavior, and mental health among active duty military personnel over the past 20 years Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JWT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387783024
- ISBN
- 9780387783024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
hardcover. Conflict and Battlefield Archaeology is a growing and important topic within archaeology. Written by one of the field's most prominent scholars, this book offers an important overview to research in the field and explores potential future developments. Num Pages: 219 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- SKU
- V9780387094649
- ISBN
- 9780387094649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 335 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345476746
- ISBN
- 9780345476746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.09
€ 21.99
€ 19.09
Hardcover. This text investigating strategy formulation by comparing military and business practices, assesses whether the strategy process in the business field also prevails in the military context. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWKT; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984451
- ISBN
- 9780333984451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.36
€ 194.36
Hardcover. This title explores the ways in which the dynamics of post-conflict situations can be transformed to sustainable peace. It illustrates past and current experiences of peacebuilding and suggests conceptual and policy approaches that can overcome the weaknesses of existing strategies. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333981924
- ISBN
- 9780333981924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
Hardback. Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western thought from its medieval religious origins to its modern legal status, Colm McKeogh attempts to answer this question. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333972373
- ISBN
- 9780333972373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This text takes into account US and European experiences of military operations in order to test the "body bag" theory in the context of conflicts, so providing insights into actual workings of public opinion in democracies. It includes case studies from the Gulf War, Yugoslavia and Kosovo. Num Pages: 269 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPS; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968598
- ISBN
- 9780333968598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Has any good come out of the efforts to mediate the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia? The short answer is, "Yes, but..". Saadia Touval examines why the efforts to reach a negotiated solution have not been more effective. Series: Advances in Political Science. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333965030
- ISBN
- 9780333965030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. An integrated analysis of all aspects of security co-operation in Western Europe from 1945 to 1991. The book provides a survey of the wider dynamics of security co-operation in each decade throughout this period. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3JJP; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949399
- ISBN
- 9780333949399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.41
€ 51.41
Hardback. In the 1990s, the UN organised six peacekeeping operations to disarm civil-warring factions. This book analyses the variation in the UN's success in implementing its disarmament mandates on a case-by-case basis. Series: Southampton Studies in International Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QF; JPSN1; JWLP; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333947166
- ISBN
- 9780333947166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardback. This study examines the development of military society relations in central and eastern Europe since the collapse of communism. It shows how the interaction of the challenges of postcommunism and the circumstances of individual countries are shaping patterns of military society relations. Editor(s): Forster, Anthony C.; Edmunds, Timothy; Cottey, Andrew. Series: One Europe or Several?. Num Pages: 273 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; GTB; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333946220
- ISBN
- 9780333946220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This book traces the history of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial of 1946-47, through the eyes of the Austrian emigre psychiatrist Leo Alexander, whose investigations helped the US prosecution. Schmidt provides a detailed insight into the origins of human rights in medical science and into the changing role of international law, ethics and politics. Editor(s): Clogg, Richard. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBG; HBWQ; JWXK; LBBS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921470
- ISBN
- 9780333921470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11
The Changing Face of Military Power. Joint Warfare in an Expeditionary...
Dorman, Andrew M.; Smith, Mike Lawrence; Uttl...
Hardback. This volume brings together eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint service co-operation as a way of minimizing costs and increasing efficiency. Series: Cormorant Security Studies Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918920
- ISBN
- 9780333918920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. This work utilizes a key security concept to examine one of the most dramatic regions of the world. Focusing on ethnic tensions, intra-ASEAN rivalries and the emergence of Chinese hegemony, the security dilemma is used to provide insights into a wide range of the region's security issues. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918906
- ISBN
- 9780333918906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. The command and control of military operations is a difficult art. "The Challenges of High Command" explores British ideas of how this should be done and, with the guidance of leading military historians, looks at the practicalities of British experience in World Wars I and II and later wars. Editor(s): Sheffield, G. D.; Till, Geoffrey. Series: Cormorant Security Studies Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333804384
- ISBN
- 9780333804384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This volume gives an account of the role of amphibious warfare in British strategy between VE Day and the Anglo-French assault on Suez. By detailing the development of equipment, doctrine, and the Royal Marines, it sheds new light on the military response to a succession of overseas crises. Series: Cormorant Security Studies Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; JPS; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800973
- ISBN
- 9780333800973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Hardback. This study explores three generations of approaches to ending conflict in the context of the failings of the Westphalian international system. It asks what role such approaches have played and are playing in replicating an international system prone to intractable forms of conflict. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800492
- ISBN
- 9780333800492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardcover. Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, are important factors for individual state's participation in the international community. This work explores the ethical and moral conflict between the international system and the rights of sovereign powers in cases such as Kosovo and Rwanda. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPVH; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794241
- ISBN
- 9780333794241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. On 25 July 2001, the United States entirely rejected the final text of a Protocol to the 2001 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to prohibit biological warfare. This book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793091
- ISBN
- 9780333793091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This work examines assertions of consensus and continuity in, and surrounding, France's defence since 1958, with primary reference to the political career of Francois Mitterrand. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333792698
- ISBN
- 9780333792698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Paperback. This study discusses steps to restart disarmament, such as de-alerting nuclear weapons and introducing policies of "no first use". It catalogues attempts to eliminate nuclear weapons and analyzes whether nuclear weapons prevented a war in Europe between 1945 and 1991, or increased the risks. Editor(s): Blackaby, Frank; Blackaby, F.T. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333791905
- ISBN
- 9780333791905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.93
€ 71.93