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European Crisis Management and Defence - The Search for Capabilities (Paperback): Hans-Christian Hagman European Crisis Management and Defence - The Search for Capabilities (Paperback)
Hans-Christian Hagman
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book assesses the EU and NATO's tools to prevent conflicts and manage international crises. It offers a unique insight into European security policy and questions the realism of the political goals. It argues for more coordination among European states, and an enhancement of the EU's strategic decision-making capabilities.

Security Sector Reform - Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Paperback): Jane Chanaa Security Sector Reform - Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Paperback)
Jane Chanaa
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the last decade the failure of countries to emerge from conflict has focused attention on state security sectors. This book examines how the external approaches to security sector reform (SSR) have evolved and what they entail; the specific problems faced by the SSR agenda; and what policy recommendations for engagement can be drawn from reform experiences.

The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel - Utopia in Uniform (Hardcover): Ze'ev Drory The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel - Utopia in Uniform (Hardcover)
Ze'ev Drory
R1,324 Discovery Miles 13 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel discusses the contribution of the IDF to the development of the Israeli State and society. The Force was a principal player in Israel's early years and had a significant impact on the fields of settlement, immigration absorption and education. Sociological concepts such as 'nation-building', 'melting pot' and 'a nation in uniform' characterize the roles played by the IDF and highlight its involvement in nationally oriented social processes.

The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel - Utopia in Uniform (Paperback): Ze'ev Drory The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel - Utopia in Uniform (Paperback)
Ze'ev Drory
R1,241 R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Save R437 (35%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Israeli Defence Forces and the Foundation of Israel discusses the contribution of the IDF to the development of the Israeli State and society. The Force was a principal player in Israel's early years and had a significant impact on the fields of settlement, immigration absorption and education. Sociological concepts such as 'nation-building', 'melting pot' and 'a nation in uniform' characterize the roles played by the IDF and highlight its involvement in nationally oriented social processes.

Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945 - Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough... Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945 - Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough (Hardcover, New)
Galen Perras
R2,218 Discovery Miles 22 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the turbulent years before World War II, U.S. strategic planners struggled with the question of Canadian security. Franklin Roosevelt took a unique interest in America's northern neighbor and persistently encouraged Canada to do more to ensure its own defense especially through alliance with the U.S. This aspect of foreign policy resulted in a delicate balancing act between U.S. officials who sought to downplay the strategic importance of Canada and Canadian leaders who saw American overtures as a threat to Canadian sovereignty. The first chapter discusses Roosevelt's early efforts between 1933 and 1937 to increase Canadian interest in North American defense. The second follows events up to the outbreak of war. Although Canada had been seen as part of the rival British Empire, Canada now became a natural ally in hemispheric security efforts. Roosevelt's dealings with Canadian Prime Minister W.L.M. King, who would be branded a puppet for these interactions, and the evolution of continental defense efforts are discussed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter chronicles the wartime struggles of two new allies, as Roosevelt became more concerned with Europe and the coming Soviet threat. The final chapter further explains the declining interest in Canada as World War II becomes the focus of American interests.

Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Paperback, Revised): Ralf Emmers Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Paperback, Revised)
Ralf Emmers
R1,161 Discovery Miles 11 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Emmers questions the dichotomy implicit in this interpretation and investigates what role the balance of power really plays in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ARF. He offers a thorough analysis of the influence the balance of power has had on the formation and evolution of the ASEAN and ARF and reveals the co-existence and inter-relationship between both approaches within the two institutions.
The book contains case studies of Brunei's motives in joining the ASEAN in 1984; ASEAN's response to the Third Indochina Conflict; the workings of the ARF since 1994 and ASEAN's involvement in the South China Sea dispute. It will interest students and researchers of the ASEAN and ARF, the international politics of Southeast Asia, Regionalism and the Balance of Power theory.

Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Paperback): Terry Pierce Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Paperback)
Terry Pierce
R1,313 Discovery Miles 13 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Occasionally, militaries during times of peace achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce calls these 'disruptive innovations'. The more common innovation phenomenon, however, has been that of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these 'sustaining innovations'. The central theme of this book is that senior leaders who have successfully managed disruptive innovations disguised them as sustaining in order to ensure their innovations survived.
The recent innovation history suggests two interesting questions. First, how can senior military leaders achieve a disruptive innovation when they are heavily engaged around the world and they are managing sustaining innovations? Second, what have been the external sources of disruptive (and sustaining) innovations?
This book is essential reading for professionals and students interested in national security, military history and strategic issues.

Controlling Intelligence (Hardcover): Glenn P. Hastedt Controlling Intelligence (Hardcover)
Glenn P. Hastedt
R5,906 R4,769 Discovery Miles 47 690 Save R1,137 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The vital ingredient in the formulation and execution of a successful foreign policy is intelligence. For the USA, as the Bay of Pigs incident and the Iran-Contra affair have shown, controlling intelligence is a problem which policy-makers and concerned citizens have rarely examined and imperfectly understood. Of the seven contributors, five have direct experience of working with or in intelligence, and all have written extensively on the subject.

Missed Signals on the Western Front - How the Slow Adoption of Wireless Restricted British Strategy and Operations in World War... Missed Signals on the Western Front - How the Slow Adoption of Wireless Restricted British Strategy and Operations in World War I (Paperback, New)
Mike Bullock, Laurence A. Lyons
R1,433 R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Save R519 (36%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Though the medium of wireless communication was in relative infancy during World War I, the technology could have made a profound impact on tactical operations and on the entire strategic conduct of the war. Providing details on how and why the technology did not fulfill its promise as a great military tool until years later, the book points primarily to the British Army's institutional bias against wireless communication as the technology's downfall, reinforced by the crude, unreliable wireless sets with which the army began the war. It also demonstrates how improved wireless communications between infantry, command, artillery and air observation could have improved the flexibility, accuracy and effectiveness of the British military strategy in the German Spring Offensive, the Hundred Days Counteroffensive and the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, and Cambrai.

MI6 and the Machinery of Spying - Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence (Hardcover): Philip Davies MI6 and the Machinery of Spying - Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence (Hardcover)
Philip Davies
R6,135 R4,956 Discovery Miles 49 560 Save R1,179 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"MI6 and the Machinery of Spying "traces the development of the agency's internal structure from its inception until the end of the Cold War. The analysis examines how its management structure has been driven by its operational environment on the one hand and its position within the machinery of British central government on the other. Close attention is paid to the agency's institutional links to its consumers in Whitehall and Downing Street, as well as to the causes and consequences of its operational organization and provisions for counter-espionage and security.
The book presents a detailed response to assertions that the SIS was historically chronically mismanaged and badly organized, and to claims that it is unaccountable to political and public oversight. It also argues that where SIS activities have resulted in public disasters and scandals the reason has usually been less its lack of accountability and control than the very high degree of control and direction exercised by opportunistic politicians and the senior Civil Servants.

MI6 and the Machinery of Spying - Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence (Paperback, New): Philip Davies MI6 and the Machinery of Spying - Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence (Paperback, New)
Philip Davies
R1,574 Discovery Miles 15 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"MI6 and the Machinery of Spying "traces the development of the agency's internal structure from its inception until the end of the Cold War. The analysis examines how its management structure has been driven by its operational environment on the one hand and its position within the machinery of British central government on the other. Close attention is paid to the agency's institutional links to its consumers in Whitehall and Downing Street, as well as to the causes and consequences of its operational organization and provisions for counter-espionage and security.
The book presents a detailed response to assertions that the SIS was historically chronically mismanaged and badly organized, and to claims that it is unaccountable to political and public oversight. It also argues that where SIS activities have resulted in public disasters and scandals the reason has usually been less its lack of accountability and control than the very high degree of control and direction exercised by opportunistic politicians and the senior Civil Servants.

The Cold War 1945-1991 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition): J. Smith The Cold War 1945-1991 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
J. Smith
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a concise and up-to-date analysis of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the whole period of the Cold War from 1945 to 1991.

The author explains the rise of the two superpowers immediately after World War II and discusses the historical controversy over the origins of the Cold War. He describes the growing confrontation between East and West in Europe dating from the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1949 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

The analysis includes coverage of the extension of the conflict beyond Europe to China, Korea, and Vietnam and also to the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The author highlights the role of Nixon and Kissinger in an examination of the rise and fall of detente during the 1970s. He explains, too, how superpower relations were dramatically altered during the 1980s by the impact of Reagan and Gorbachev. Finally, the book offers an assessment of the reasons for the sudden ending of the Cold War and its final outcome.

German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover): David H. Olivier German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover)
David H. Olivier
R4,779 Discovery Miles 47 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a comparative study of the evolution of the German navy in the second half of the nineteenth century. It examines the development of strategy, especially commerce-raiding, in comparison to what other navies were doing in this era of rapid technological change. It is not an insular history, merely listing ship rosters or specific events; it is a history of the German navy in relation to its potential foes. It is also a look at a new military institution involved in an inter-service rivalry for funds, technology and manpower with the prestigious and well-established army.

Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Hardcover): Terry Pierce Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies - Disguising Innovation (Hardcover)
Terry Pierce
R4,637 Discovery Miles 46 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Occasionally, during times of peace, military forces achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce terms these developments 'disruptive innovations' and shows how senior leaders have often disguised them in order to ensure their innovations survived. He shows how more common innovations however, have been those of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these 'sustaining innovations'. The recent innovation history suggests two interesting questions. First, how can senior military leaders achieve a disruptive innovation when they are heavily engaged around the world and they are managing sustaining innovations? Second, what have been the external sources of disruptive (and sustaining) innovations? This book is essential reading for professionals and students interested in national security, military history and strategic issues.

A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham - A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Michael Simpson A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham - A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Michael Simpson
R5,387 Discovery Miles 53 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. He held one of the two major fleet commands between 1939 and 1942, and in 1942-43, he was Allied naval commander for the great amphibious operations in the Mediterranean. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First Sea Lord and a participant in the wartime conferences with Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and the US Chiefs of Staff, deliberating the global strategy for Allied victory.
He also led a very active public life for almost twenty years after his retirement in 1946. Cunningham's papers are abundant for the period 1939-63 and are supplemented here by Cabinet and Admiralty records, papers of his service contemporaries and of Churchill, and by memories of his family and friends, as well as extensive US archives and private papers.

Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order - National Interests and Regional Order (Paperback,... Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order - National Interests and Regional Order (Paperback, New)
See Seng Tan
R1,804 Discovery Miles 18 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work explore why some forms of security cooperation and institutionalisation in the region have proven more feasible than others. This work describes the emergence of the professions in late tsarist Russia and their struggle for autonomy from the aristocratic state. It also examines the ways in which the Russian professions both resembled and differed from their Western counterparts.

Future War In Cities - Rethinking a Liberal Dilemma (Hardcover, New): Alice Hills Future War In Cities - Rethinking a Liberal Dilemma (Hardcover, New)
Alice Hills
R4,942 Discovery Miles 49 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the first full-length study of a key security issue confronting the west in the twenty-first century, urban military operations - as currently being undertaken by US and UK forces in Iraq. It relates military operations in cities to the wider study of conflict and security in an era of urbanization, expeditionary warfare and new power conflicts; its central process is urban operations, but its context is the changing security environment, whose features are revealed in conflicts within cities.
Within a framework analyzing conventional operations, the author identifies the contextual factors that affect operations in urban environments. She advances an explanation as to why questions of theoretical understanding and policy response are as important as tactical concerns, and why cities will represent a politically significant area in the future. In doing so, Alice Hills demonstrates that urban operations present a unique set of political and moral challenges to both policy-makers and military commanders. "Future War in Cities" offers a rethinking of the liberal dilemma associated with the use of force across the spectrum of conflict, from terrorist attacks to major conventional operations.

The Nature of War in the Information Age - Clausewitzian Future (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): David J. Lonsdale The Nature of War in the Information Age - Clausewitzian Future (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
David J. Lonsdale
R4,938 Discovery Miles 49 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the 'Information Age' on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In this book, David Lonsdale puts that notion to the test.
Using a range of contexts, the book sets out to look at whether the classical Clausewitzian theory of the nature of war will retain its validity in this new age. The analysis covers the character of the future battlespace, the function of command, and the much-hyped concept of Strategic Information Warfare. Finally, the book broadens its perspective to examine the nature of 'Information Power' and its implications for geopolitics. Through an assessment of both historical and contemporary case studies (including the events following September 11 and the recent war in Iraq), the author concludes that although the future will see many changes to the conduct of warfare, the nature of war, as given theoretical form by Clausewitz, will remain essentially unchanged.

Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999 (Hardcover): Stephen Badsey, Paul Latawski Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999 (Hardcover)
Stephen Badsey, Paul Latawski
R4,938 Discovery Miles 49 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This publication considers the lessons to be gained for Britain, the British armed forces, and for NATO as a whole, from the Yugoslav wars of dissolution (1991-1999), with particular emphasis on the Kosovo crisis. The papers come from a diverse and high quality mixture of analysts, practitioners and policy-makers. The issues developed here represent a significant advance in the emerging debate on the lessons to be learnt from the Balkan experience, which will shape thinking on defence and international security far into the new millennium.

Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999 (Paperback, New): Stephen Badsey, Paul Latawski Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999 (Paperback, New)
Stephen Badsey, Paul Latawski
R1,617 Discovery Miles 16 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This publication considers the lessons to be gained for Britain, the British armed forces, and for NATO as a whole, from the Yugoslav wars of dissolution (1991-1999), with particular emphasis on the Kosovo crisis. The papers come from a diverse and high quality mixture of analysts, practitioners and policy-makers. The issues developed here represent a significant advance in the emerging debate on the lessons to be learnt from the Balkan experience, which will shape thinking on defence and international security far into the new millennium.

SOE in France - An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 (Hardcover, Revised):... SOE in France - An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 (Hardcover, Revised)
M.R.D. Foot
R5,388 R4,530 Discovery Miles 45 300 Save R858 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

SOE in France was first published in 1966, followed by a second impression with amendments in 1968. Since these editions were published, other material on SOE has become available. It was, therefore, agreed in 2000 that Professor Foot should produce a revised version. In so doing, in addition to the material in the first edition, the author has had access to previously closed government records, as well as drawing upon his own invaluable wartime experiences and the recollections of those involved. SOE in France begins by explaining what SOE was, where it fitted into the Allied war machine, and how it worked in France. The narrative then recounts the adventures of its agents who worked on French soil. This intricate tale concentrates on the work of the 400 hand-picked men and women of the 'independent French' section, although it also covers SOE's five other sections that operated mainly in France. All told, the six sections despatched over 1,800 clandestine agents, who between them changed the course of the war. This updated new edition will be essential reading for scholars and for all those with an informed general interest in the activities of the SOE.

Strategy for Chaos - Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History (Paperback): Colin Gray Strategy for Chaos - Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History (Paperback)
Colin Gray
R1,509 Discovery Miles 15 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'. The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must "work" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every major school of thought allowed its day in court. The author presents three historical RMAs as case studies for his argument: those arguably revealed in the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon; in World War I; and in the nuclear age. The focus of his analysis is how these grand RMAs functioned strategically. The conclusions that he draws from these empirical exercises are then applied to help us understand what, indeed, is - and what is not - happening with the much vaunted information-technology-led RMA of today.

The Soviets, Germany, And The New Europe (Hardcover): Robbin F. Laird The Soviets, Germany, And The New Europe (Hardcover)
Robbin F. Laird
R2,827 Discovery Miles 28 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book assesses the evolution of the Soviet approach toward European security policy since the mid-1980s, as seen from the prism of assessments of and policy toward the Federal Republic of Germany, examining basic Soviet analyses of West Germany in the period prior to unification.

Strategic Developments in Eurasia After 11 September (Paperback, Annotated Ed): Shireen Hunter Strategic Developments in Eurasia After 11 September (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Shireen Hunter
R1,968 Discovery Miles 19 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Presenting the views of leading experts on strategic considerations in Eurasia, this volume shows that the 11 September attacks and subsequent developments have affected the way in which international relations are evaluated. In addition, these developments have turned the concept of asymmetric threats, including large-scale international terrorist attacks, into genuine realistic dangers threatening our security. As a result, the conventional mindset over issues of war and peace, of existing alliances and partnerships, even of the character of the international system has to be re-evaulated. This volume sheds light on the aspects of change that have taken place in the post-11 September evolution of international relations in Eurasia.

Grand Strategy in the War Against Terrorism (Hardcover): Thomas R. Mockaitis, Paul B. Rich Grand Strategy in the War Against Terrorism (Hardcover)
Thomas R. Mockaitis, Paul B. Rich
R4,930 Discovery Miles 49 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of essays examines the strategic dimensions of contemporary terrorist threats. It evaluates the changing nature of modern terrorism in the light of the events of September 11 2001. The collection argues that terrorism now promises to enter the terrain of global "grand strategy."

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