Military & Strategic Studies

This book is the official history of British Cabinet Secretaries, the most senior civil servant in UK government, from the post-war period up to 2002...

For more than half a century, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, acting as broker between the intelligence agencies and the policy-makers. This first volume of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee dr..

This volume examines the causes and purposes of 'post-conflict' violence...

The Permanent Crisis analyses the Iranian nuclear crisis in its comprehensive regional and thematic dimensions. It considers the historical and security context to Iran's nuclear ambitions, how Iran has responded to pressure over the past decade, and how the popular upheavals in the Middle East have..

The Permanent Crisis analyses the Iranian nuclear crisis in its comprehensive regional and thematic dimensions. It considers the historical and security context to Iran's nuclear ambitions, how Iran has responded to pressure over the past decade, and how the popular upheavals in the Middle East have..

The book is a timely investigation into the European security policy dynamic from the perspective of actors engaged in the contentious policy process._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Perspectives on European Politics and Society...

Employing a pragmatist framework, this book examines the puzzle of why some states acquire nuclear weapons, whereas others refrain from trying to do so – or even renounce them. ..

The Routledge Handbook of Civil–Military Relations not only fills this important lacuna, but offers an up-to-date comparative analysis which identifies three essential components in civil–military relations: (1) democratic civilian control; (2) operational effectiveness; and (3) the efficiency of th..

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. While the focus is on the politico-military dimension, security will be put in the context of the holistic approach advocated ..

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading and emerging scholars...

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading and emerging scholars...

Published here for the first time, this volume presents a superb range of insights into this crucial effort of the Second World War...