Military Science category: 4493 books
What Should Armies Do?
Armed Forces and Civil Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Clarke examines the role of North American and European armed forces in support of civil authorities in domestic contingencies. He seeks to answer the question of what roles are - and are not - appropriate for contemporary armed forces in carrying out task and functions within national borders. The...
Drones and Responsibility
Legal, Philosophical and Socio-Technical Perspectives on Remotely Controlled Weapons
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
How does the use of military drones affect the legal, political, and moral responsibility of different actors involved in their deployment and design? This volume offers a fresh contribution to the ethics of drone warfare by providing, for the first time, a systematic interdisciplinary discussion...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Military and defense organizations are a vital component to any nation. In order to maintain the standards of these sectors, new procedures and practices must be implemented. Emerging Strategies in Defense Acquisitions and Military Procurement is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
This regulation prescribes responsibilities, policies, and procedures for the direction, management, and control of the Army Military Working Dog (MWD) Program. It explains how MWD teams are used in garrison and combat support missions including area security; movement and mobility support operations;...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Field Manual FM 3-13.4 Army Support to Military Deception February 2019
This doctrine, Field Manual FM 3-13.4 Army Support to Military Deception February 2019, aims to provide techniques to assist planners in planning, coordinating, executing, synchronizing, and assessing military deception...
The New Counterinsurgency Era
Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to “re-learn” counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned anything from past failures?In The New Counterinsurgency...
Political Victory
The Elusive Prize of Military Wars
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Success in war has always been difficult to measure. What is judged successful by military leaders may not be judged so by political leadership, nor by the wider public, at least in a Western-style democracy. The public is generally inclined to applaud military victory, but it instinctively reserves...
When Soldiers Say No
Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Traditionally few people challenged the distinction between absolute and selective conscientious objection by those being asked to carry out military duties. The former is an objection to fighting all wars - a position generally respected and accommodated by democratic states, while the latter is...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This is the third iteration of the Naval Science & Technology Strategic Plan, and it reflects the evolution of future requirements combined with the fiscal realities of today. We have tightened the number of S&T Focus Areas, adjusted our investment strategy and streamlined processes to leverage...
The Adaptive Military
Armed Forces in a Turbulent World
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
When the cold war ended, many hoped it signified enhanced prospects for a more stable world. However, despite favorable political developments, the post-cold war period has been marked by turbulence, uncertainty, and challenge. The actions of rogue states such as Iraq and North Korea have made nuclear...
Iraq
Threat and Response
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
This volume of essays about the ongoing crisis concerning Iraq is written from the perspective of the "thoughtful opposition." German and American scholars from diverse backgrounds--moral theology, policy analysis, political science, Middle Eastern history--all criticize, albeit sometimes...
U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare 1775-2007: Selected Papers From the 2007 Conference of Army Historians
Selected Papers From the 2007 Conference of Army Historians
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
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Presents fifteen papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians. Examines irregular warfare in a wide and diverse range of circumstances and eras.
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The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare
Achilles Goes Asymmetrical
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was Achilles, and then the rest followed. The choice of the term warrior is an important one for this discussion. While there has been extensive discussion on what counts as military professionalism, that is what makes a soldier, sailor...
by Saul David
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Retelling the most spectacular cock-ups in military history, this graphic account has a great deal to say about the psychology of military incompetence and the reasons even the most well-oiled military machines inflict disaster upon themselves. Beginning in AD9 with the massacre of Varus and his legions...