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  • - Policy Challenges in the post-9/11 World
     
    525,95 kr.

    This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scrutiny and contestation since the initiation of the war on terror.

  • af Farid Mohammed Rashid
    544,95 - 1.649,95 kr.

  • - Strategic Contest
    af Washington DC) Russell & Richard L. (National Defense University
    603,95 - 2.077,95 kr.

  • af Timothy (York University Donais
    740,95 - 1.708,95 kr.

  • - International, Regional and National Implications
    af Sten Rynning
    580,95 kr.

    US missile defence policy plays a crucial part on the international scene and is typically studied from US perspectives. This book is different. It delivers sharp analyses of regional and national variations and integrates them with US viewpoints. This book shows that the global ramifications of US missile defence policy are contingent upon distinct regional and national variations.

  • - European Perspectives on Politics, Strategy and Operations
    af J Hellenberg
    583,95 kr.

    We are living amidst the fallout of the most controversial conflict of our times. This book is a tough examination of how and why it was fought and of its continuing effects. This major new work contains analysis of the Iraq War from several different academic, as well as military perspectives. Its emphasis is on the links between US foreign policy, US strategy and the US conduct of war and it also covers Iraqi grand strategies, the consequences of the War for transatlantic relations, and includes a chapter on the International Law dimension. In scrutinzing the war and the behaviour of its main parties, the editors draw upon international relations, political science, strategic thought and military theory, plus international law and media studies. For those wishing to understand the Iraq war from a very wide range of rigorous perspectives, this is a must-read.

  • - Bush, 9/11 and the Drive to Overthrow Saddam
    af Paul Rogers & Nick Ritchie
    603,95 - 1.771,95 kr.

    As the insurgency continues to plague Iraq and coalition forces struggle to maintain control, this book seeks to answer the question of how the Iraq War came about.

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    582,95 kr.

    Provides dimensions to the debate on global terrorism by opening up interdisciplinary conversations between hitherto unexplored strategic, economic, ethical and legal approaches, which offer practically relevant opportunities to rethink how states can respond to terrorist threats.

  • - The Gulf War and Kosovo
    af David R. Willcox
    603,95 - 2.079,95 kr.

    The book analyses the use of the press for propaganda purposes during times of conflict, using the 1990-91 Gulf War and Kosovo intervention as case studies.

  • - Do the U.S, the EU and Russia Form a New Strategic Triangle?
     
    2.082,95 kr.

    The strategic triangle is used as an organizing principle for the study of the security relationships among the United States, the EU and Russia in the greater transatlantic sphere.

  • - The EU and the changing security identities of the Nordic states
    af Pernille Rieker
    474,95 - 1.113,95 kr.

    Provides an understanding of how the EU functions as a security actor and analyses how and to what extent the EU affects national security identities. The empirical focus is a comparison of the processes of change and adaptations in the Nordic countries. The analysis combines integration theory, security studies and studies of Europeanisation.

  • - Theories and Debates
     
    644,95 kr.

    This book is a systematic effort by leading international scholars to map the trends in major-power warfare and explore whether it is waxing or waning.

  • - The Origins and Dynamics of Civil Wars
    af Netherlands) Soeters & Joseph L. (Royal Netherlands Military Academy and Tilburg University
    578,95 - 1.887,95 kr.

    Explaining the origins and dynamics crises that shocked the world, this analysis details atrocities committed in Rwanda, Bosnia, Chechnya and elsewhere that led to hundreds of thousands of victims. This book is of concern to all people, and is for students and scholars of contemporary history, development studies, political and social Sciences.

  • af Stockholm, Sweden) Angstrom, Jan (Swedish National Defence College, mfl.
    630,95 - 1.833,95 kr.

    This title aims to evaluate claims about the so-called 'new wars' thesis.

  • - Making Multilateralism Effective
     
    1.771,95 kr.

  • - A European Strategy in the Making?
     
    1.771,95 kr.

    This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the European Union (EU), within the wider context of European integration.

  • - Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe
    af Daniele Ganser
    548,95 - 2.460,95 kr.

    This book tells the story of NATO's secret anti-communist stay-behind armies that had been set up by the CIA and MI6 after World War II in all countries of Western Europe and in some countries became tragically linked to right-wing terrorism.

  • - A Guide to Theory and Practice
     
    1.990,95 kr.

    Develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft. This book explores the rise of the 'information domain' and information strategy as an equal partner alongside traditional military strategy; and the need to consider the organizational implications of information strategy.

  • - Sustaining the Peace
     
    2.091,95 kr.

    This volume analyzes the prospects for building a sustainable peace in post-conflict countries from a number of different perspectives, such as economic development, democratization, respect for human rights, and the United Nations.

  • - Mapping a Multipolar World?
     
    1.588,95 kr.

  • - Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity
    af Brian Rappert
    285,95 - 530,95 kr.

    Examines the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This book examines the varied cases of prohibitions on 'conventional' and 'unconventional' weapons through customary and statutory laws, multilateral treaties, UN resolutions, and national legislation.

  • - Coalition Operations and the Technology Gap
    af Gordon Adams & Guy Ben-Ari
    680,95 - 1.771,95 kr.

    Offers a different look at European Network Enabled Capabilities (NEC) and their implications for transatlantic co-operation in future operations. This book shows how, with the removal of the risks of Soviet invasion, European defence planners must now modify their strategies and capabilities to address new threats, both at home and overseas.

  • - Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security
    af Ted Robert Gurr & Lyubov Grigorova Mincheva
    584,95 - 1.833,95 kr.

  • - Threats and Responses
     
    1.811,95 kr.

    Explores various biohealth and biosecurity threats, and offers responses and solutions from global and local, networked and pyramidal, as well as specialized and interdisciplinary perspectives. This book covers bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic disease preparedness and remediation, and environmental issues.

  • - National Security in a 'New' Strategic Era
     
    1.957,95 kr.

    Highlights the gap between the new security environment and the notion of state-centred national security favoured by Washington, showing how the national security state remains largely intact. This work is intended for students of strategic studies, security studies and international relations.

  • - European Perspectives on Politics, Strategy and Operations
     
    2.082,95 kr.

    Useful for those wishing to understand the Iraq war from a many perspectives, this book contains analysis of the Iraq War from several different academic, as well as military perspectives. Its emphasis is on the links between US foreign policy, US strategy and the US conduct of war.

  • - Geo-Strategy, Geopolitics and New Governance
    af Irina Isakova
    603,95 - 1.771,95 kr.

  • - The Distracted Eagle
    af Peter H. Merkl
    548,95 - 1.803,95 kr.

    This is an effort to explain the recent rift between America and some of her oldest European allies, especially with German, French, and other West European attitudes.

  • - The Quest for World-Leading Research
    af James (King's College London Gow & Henry (King's College London Redwood
    275,95 kr.

  • - Patterns and Predictions
    af Norway) Lia, Brynjar (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment & Kjeller
    586,95 - 1.649,95 kr.

    Drawing upon research and methods outside the traditional focus, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a practical predictive perspective, this book delivers a fresh contribution to terrorism studies. It shows us that while predicting terrorism is a highly speculative business, there are ways of identifying certain long-term causes.

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