Military & Strategic Studies

This is the first comprehensive, one-volume overview of the diplomatic, military and maritime history of the causes and conduct of the Seven Years War (1756-63). It draws on a diverse array of archival, printed primary and secondary sources...

The Strategic Survey is the annual review of world affairs from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It is an invaluable tool for interpreting world-wide strategic developments and the year’s key events in international relations...

The book focuses upon Sweden and its participation in the international military mission in Afghanistan during 2002-2012 and also contributes to the growing literature evaluating the mission in Afghanistan, the security practice which has dominated the security and defence discourse of Western Europ..

This book examines intelligence's role in shaping America's perception of the Vietnam war and looks closely at the intelligence leadership and decision process in Vietnam...

This book examines intelligence's role in shaping America's perception of the Vietnam war and looks closely at the intelligence leadership and decision process in Vietnam...

This book explores the theoretical and practical contributions made by a selection of ‘warrior-scholars’ of different nationalities, providing a platform for deeper debate on the issue of counterinsurgency in warfare...

An examination of the reasons for potentially damaging differences in US and European attitudes, strategies and policies towards the Middle East since the mid-1990s. It assesses the prospects for improving transatlantic cooperation in the region and suggests approaches that may help to bring this ab..

Examining the reasons for the potentially damaging differences between the US and Europe with regards to the Middle East, this text assesses the prospects for improving transatlantic co-operation in the region, and suggests approaches that may help to bring this about...

This book analyzes the strategic implications of the shift in focus for the US Armed Forces from regular to irregular war...

Examines the difficulty the US Armed Forces face in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which combat is separated from civil society, to irregular wars, in which combat is integrated with civil society. This book is useful for students of the US Armed Forces, politics, strategic..

This book provides a basic guide to the US military and will raise questions for further discussion by students and other curious readers...

This book traces the changing relationship between Russia and NATO through the prism of conventional arms control, specifically the negotiation, implementation and adaptation of the CFE [Conventional Forces in Europe]Treaty...