Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Paperback. Based largely upon unpublished sources, this study looks closely at the background of the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II. It describes the hardship, the discipline and morale at the front, and analyzes the social, educational and political background of the junior officers. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333949443
- ISBN
- 9780333949443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.01
€ 78.01
Hardback. China's growing economy and military power may allow it to challenge US influence in East and South East Asia. Bert examines the likelihood of this and the impact it would have on South East Asian security. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333995655
- ISBN
- 9780333995655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Dismantlement and Destruction of Chemical, Nuclear and Conventional We...
Nancy Turtle . Ed(S): Schulte
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 19-21 May 1996 Editor(s): Schulte, Nancy Turtle. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344704
- ISBN
- 9780792344704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.15
€ 199.15
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Chemical Problems Associated with Old Arsenical and 'Mustard' Munitions, Lodz, Poland, 17-19 March 1996 Editor(s): Bunnett, Joseph F.; Mikolajczyk, Marian. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWMC; PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 237
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351757
- ISBN
- 9780792351757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.38
€ 198.38
Hardback. Although the illicit arms trade has evolved over years, despite the end of the Cold War it appears to be as vibrant as ever. This volume brings together studies of key issues relating to this trade: the changing nature of the illicit arms trade; the origins of the Iran-Contra affair; and the flow of illicit arms from post-communist Russia. Editor(s): Phythian, Mark. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JWXF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365938
- ISBN
- 9780792365938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.77
€ 70.77
Hardback. Offers an analysis and overview of the way in which NATO can undertake new roles, tasks and missions in light of the extent to which it has retained significance and vitality as an international institution. The author discusses this within the framework of international relations theory. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366324
- ISBN
- 9780792366324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.35
€ 131.35
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Krasnoarmeisk, Russia, 18-21 October, 1999 Editor(s): Machacek, Oldrich. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWM; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366973
- ISBN
- 9780792366973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.72
€ 194.72
Hardcover. This book discusses the significance of the maritime domain for European security in general and the European Union in particular. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPS; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017802
- ISBN
- 9781137017802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Examining the interplay between geopolitics, the strategic priorities of Europe's most powerful nations, Britain, Germany and France, and the evolution of NATO and CSDP, this book unveils the mechanics of the tension between conflict and cooperation that lies at the heart of European security politics. Series: The European Union in International Affairs. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 1QFN; JPSL; JPSN; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029126
- ISBN
- 9781137029126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security, and asks whether we might expect the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032263
- ISBN
- 9781137032263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; JWT; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270986
- ISBN
- 9781137270986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Sanchez-Cacicedo provides a critique of liberal peacebuilding approaches and of international interventions in statebuilding processes, questioning how 'global' these initiatives are, using case studies from the Asian region including Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPR; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274151
- ISBN
- 9781137274151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book examines how the war crime legacy resulting from the Yugoslav war of the 1990s on political and military transformation in Serbia was an impediment to security reform, democratization and the achievement of Western standards in the Belgrade armed forces. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWS; JPHV; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137276131
- ISBN
- 9781137276131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The sharing of nuclear weapons technology between states is unexpected, because nuclear weapons are such a powerful instrument in international politics, but sharing is not rare. This book proposes a theory to explain nuclear sharing and surveys its rich history from its beginnings in the Second World War. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMN; JWXF; KNBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298447
- ISBN
- 9781137298447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Laurence Pope describes the contemporary dysfunction of the State Department and its Foreign Service. He contends that in the information age diplomacy is more important than ever, and that, as President Obama has stressed, without a "change of thinking" the U.S. may be drawn into more wars it does not need to fight. Num Pages: 89 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPSD; JPSF; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298546
- ISBN
- 9781137298546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.89
€ 56.89
Hardcover. This book is a critical study of the concept of sovereignty and its relationship to responsibility. It establishes a clear distinction between empirical and normative definitions of sovereignty and examines the implications of these concepts in relation to intervention, international law, and the world state. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306807
- ISBN
- 9781137306807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Holmqvist presents an original account of the relationship between war and policing in the twenty first century. This interdisciplinary study of contemporary Western strategic thinking reveals how, why, and with what consequences, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq became seen as policing wars. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JKSW1; JPWS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323606
- ISBN
- 9781137323606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. By applying the nodality, authority, treasure and organisation public policy framework and neo-institutional theory to the dictatorship of Salazar and Franco respectively, this study explores the instruments that governments used to control the military and explains the divergent paths of civil-military relations in 20th Century Portugal and Spain. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JJ; JPHX; JPQB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325372
- ISBN
- 9781137325372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334237
- ISBN
- 9781137334237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Sebastian explores the experience of statebuilding and constitution making after violent conflict, using the failed reform of Dayton in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a case study to reflect upon the fundamental questions of post-war statebuilding, reform and the role of local and external actors. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; JPA; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336873
- ISBN
- 9781137336873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a critical reappraisal of counter-insurgency thinking. Editor(s): Ward Gventer, Celeste; Jones, David Martin; Smith, M. L. R.; Rainsborough, Michael. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336934
- ISBN
- 9781137336934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Hardcover. This anthology provides readers a portal to new and interesting research on one of the most important and disturbing aspects of repression by modern states: the use of torture. Editor(s): Lightcap, Tracy; Pfiffner, James P. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPV; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337085
- ISBN
- 9781137337085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This book argues that a major reason for America's propensity to 'lose the peace' is the way the nation defines war and how the US military is currently organized for warfare. The author offers new propositions and operational approaches to war-planning that give new hope and practical solutions to overcoming the paradox of American Way of War. Num Pages: 338 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPSD; JPWL; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344427
- ISBN
- 9781137344427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. Irish Officers in the British forces, 1922-45 looks at the reasons why young Irish people took the king's commission, including the family tradition, the school influence and the employment motive. It explores their subsequent experiences in the forces and the responses in independent Ireland to the continuation of this British military connection. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBW; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350855
- ISBN
- 9781137350855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11