International Security category: 2908 books
The Congo Wars
Conflict, Myth and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Since 1996 war has raged in the Congo while the world has looked away. Waves of armed conflict and atrocities against civilians have resulted in over three million casualties, making this one of the bloodiest yet least understood conflicts of recent times. In The Congo Wars Thomas Turner provides...
Power in Uncertain Times
Strategy in the Fog of Peace
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
The United States faces a complex and rapidly shifting international security landscape. Forces of ethnic and religious extremism, diffusion of information technologies, proliferation of mass destruction weapons, and newly empowered non-state actors are just some of the trends whose complex interplay...
A Tale of Three Cities: Stalingrad, Hue and Mogadishu
Lessons in Urban Operations and Asymmetrical Warfare Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, Chapman University (Counterinsurgency Training Center), language: English, abstract: This is a 40 page essay on three major urban battles; Stalingrad, Hue...
NATO’s Post-Cold War Politics
The Changing Provision of Security
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
This collection is the first book-length study of NATO's bureaucracy and decision-making after the Cold War and its analytical framework of 'internationalization' draws largely on neo-institutionalist insights.
Rethinking Counterinsurgency
RAND Counterinsurgency Study--Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
During the period of decolonization in Asia and Africa, the United Kingdom faced more insurgent activity than any other Western power. British government officials and military forces proved proficient at defeating or controlling these rebellions. However, these uprisings were much less complex than...
US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda
Signalling and the Terrorist World-View
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda.
Recent US counter-terrorist strategy has been largely based upon projecting certain perceptions of America as an actor to those drawn to al-Qaeda, and this book investigates in what...
Counter-Radicalisation
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This book offers a wide-ranging and critical examination of recent counter-radicalisation policies, using case studies from several countries.
Counter-radicalisation policies, such as the UK ‘Prevent’ strategy, have been highly controversial and increasingly criticised since their introduction....
by Thomas M. Kane, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Understanding Contemporary Strategy provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of modern strategy.
Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the major themes through a combination of classical and modern strategic theory, history and...
The Politics of Humanitarian Technology
Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences and Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
This book offers a detailed exploration of three examples of humanitarian uses of new technology, employing key theoretical insights from Foucault.
We are currently seeing a humanitarian turn to new digital technologies, such as biometrics, remote sensing, and surveillance drones. However,...
by Peter Tilman Schuessler
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 17 von 20 (A), University of St Andrews (Department of IR), course: IR 1006, 23 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: To begin it is necessary to clarify...
by Alexander B. Downes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this vitally important book on a topic of acute concern for anyone interested in military strategy, international security, or human rights, Alexander...
Fighting to the End
The Pakistan Army's Way of War
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, its army has dominated the state. The military establishment has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India, with the primary aim of wresting Kashmir from it. To that end, Pakistan initiated three wars over Kashmir-in 1947, 1965, and 1999-and failed to...
War and the Art of Governance
Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order. Nadia Schadlow argues that the steps needed to consolidate a new political order are not separate from war. They are instead an essential component of war and victory.
The challenge of governance operations did not start...
by Terry Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, Chapman University (Brandman/Chapman University, California), language: English, abstract: This paper is based on the US experience. The US Army is active and present in...