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State of the World 2005 - Global Security (Hardcover, 22nd edition): Worldwatch Institute State of the World 2005 - Global Security (Hardcover, 22nd edition)
Worldwatch Institute
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

State of the World 2005 takes a new and deeper look at the theme that has dominated international politics since 9/11: security. Not the armed conflicts that occur when it breaks down, but the underlying social, economic and environmental pressures which determine how threatened and vulnerable people feel. These include food, water, other natural resources, exposure to environmental change and health threats. Without equitable and sustainable management of these conditions, lasting security cannot be achieved. The result is a fascinating and illuminating volume that offers a new definition of security and the means to achieve it. [Published annually in 28 languages, each edition draws on the breadth of expertise of the Worldwatch Institute's team of writers and researchers. State of the World is relied upon by national governments, UN agencies, development workers and law-makers for its authoritative and up-to-the-minute analysis and information. It is essential for anyone concerned with building a positive, global future.]

Strategy and History - Essays on Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Colin S. Gray Strategy and History - Essays on Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Colin S. Gray
R4,506 Discovery Miles 45 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years. These essays have been selected both because they had significant messages for contemporary controversies, and because they have some continuing relevance for today and the future. Each essay in this book is really about strategy in the modern world, and reflects the many dimensions of this complex subject. This book covers a wide range of subjects and historical events, but there are key issues covered throughout: being strategic the consequences of actions a respect for Clausewitz's theory of war historical dependency the importance of geography being critical of enthusiasm for technology over human factors the primacy of politics. This important publication provides an invaluable insight into the development of strategic studies over the past 30 years from one of the world's leading theorists and practitioners of the subject. The book will be of great interest to all students and analysts of strategy and international studies.

SOE in France - An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 (Paperback): M.R.D. Foot SOE in France - An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944 (Paperback)
M.R.D. Foot
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War (Paperback): David M. Glantz Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War (Paperback)
David M. Glantz
R1,449 Discovery Miles 14 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Special Operations Executive - A New Instrument of War (Paperback, New edition): Mark Seaman Special Operations Executive - A New Instrument of War (Paperback, New edition)
Mark Seaman
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique book presents an accurate and reliable assessment of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). It brings together leading authors to examine the organization from a range of key angles. This study shows how historians have built on the first international conference on the SOE at the Imperial War Museum in 1998. The release of many records then allowed historians to develop the first authoritative analyses of the organization's activities and several of its agents and staff officers were able to participate. Since this groundbreaking conference, fresh research has continued and its original papers are here amended to take account of the full range of SOE documents that have been released to the National Archives. The fascinating stories they tell range from overviews of work in a single country to particular operations and the impact of key personalities. SOE was a remarkably innovative organization. It played a significant part in the Allied victory while its theories of clandestine warfare and specialised equipment had a major impact upon the post-war world. SOE proved that war need not be fought by conventional methods and by soldiers in uniform. The organization laid much of the groundwork for the development of irregular warfare that characterized the second half of the twentieth century and that is still here, more potent than ever, at the beginning of the twenty-first. This book will be of great interest to students of World War II history, intelligence studies and special operations, as well as general readers with an interest in SOE and World War II.

The Women Behind the Few - The Women's Auxiliary Air Force and British Intelligence during the Second World War... The Women Behind the Few - The Women's Auxiliary Air Force and British Intelligence during the Second World War (Hardcover)
Sarah-Louise Miller
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' The courageous pilots of the Royal Air Force who faced the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, affectionately known as 'the Few', are rightly hailed as heroes. Recently, efforts have been made to recognise the thousands who supported RAF operations behind the scenes. And yet one group remains missing from the narrative: the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. The Women Behind the Few explores the Second World War from the perspective of the WAAFs working behind the scenes to collect and disseminate vital intelligence - intelligence that resulted in Allied victory. WAAFs worked within the Dowding System, the world's most sophisticated air defence network, as well as in the Y Service, intercepting German communications. Throughout the Blitz, they used radar to aid Fighter and Bomber Commands in protecting Britain's civilians. WAAFs also assisted with the Allied offensive bombing campaign and were behind the discovery of the terrifying German V-weapons. Their work was critical ahead of the Normandy landings and they were present in their hundreds at Bletchley Park. In this thrilling book, Sarah-Louise Miller brings the women of the force back to life, celebrating their wartime contribution to British military intelligence. Hidden behind the Few but vital to their success, WAAFs supplied the RAF with life-saving information. Here, for the first time, is their story.

The European Union and Military Conflict Management - Defining, evaluating and achieving success (Paperback): Annemarie Peen... The European Union and Military Conflict Management - Defining, evaluating and achieving success (Paperback)
Annemarie Peen Rodt
R1,466 Discovery Miles 14 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides the first comprehensive review of the European Union's role in military conflict management beyond its borders and makes an important contribution to debates on the EU's role in global security governance. The EU has launched five military operations within the framework of its Common Security and Defence Policy with the explicit purpose to help manage violent conflicts beyond its borders. This book develops a definition and a set of criteria for success in military conflict management and applies this new analytical framework in a comparative case study of the five EU military operations undertaken in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and the Central African Republic. Having evaluated their success the book goes on to explore the conditions under which military conflict management operations conducted by international organizations are successful and explores the implications of its findings for the future theory and practice of military conflict management. The European Union and Military Conflict Management will be of interest to students and scholars of security studies, conflict studies, European Union politics and foreign policy and global security governance.

US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation - From Vietnam to Iraq (Hardcover): Richard Lock-Pullan US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation - From Vietnam to Iraq (Hardcover)
Richard Lock-Pullan
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

After the Vietnam War the US Army had to rebuild itself while the US government had to reconsider its military intervention strategy. This book examines how it was done and how this has affected US intervention policy, from the victory of the Gulf War to the failure of Somalia, before examining the Bosnian and Kosovo interventions.
This volume sets out to analyze the changes in US military intervention strategy by examining two separate issues: the nature of the US Army as it rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War, and the attempts by the US to establish criteria for future military interventions. Richard Lock-Pullan first argues that US strategy traditionally relied upon national mobilization to co-ordinate political aims and military means; he subsequently analyses how this changed to a formula of establishing militarily achievable political objectives prior to the use of force. Drawing on a vast body of strategic culture and military innovation literature, the author demonstrates that the strategic lessons were a product of the rebuilding of the Army's identity as it became a professional all-volunteer force and that the Army's new doctrine developed a new 'way of war' for the nation, embodied in the Air Land Battle doctrine, which changed the approach to strategy.
The book finally gives a practical analysis of how the interventions in Panama and the Gulf War vindicated this approach and brought a revived confidence in the use of force while more recent campaigns in Somalia, Kosovo and Bosnia exposed its weaknesses and the limiting nature of the Army's thinking.
This book will be of interest to students of strategic studies, international relations and American politics aswell as to military professionals.

Arming Asia - Technonationalism and its Impact on Local Defense Industries (Paperback): Richard Bitzinger Arming Asia - Technonationalism and its Impact on Local Defense Industries (Paperback)
Richard Bitzinger
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bitzinger examines the phenomenon of attempted self-reliance in arms production within Asia, and assesses the extent of success in balancing this independence with the growing requirements of next-generation weapons systems. He analyzes China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. The overarching question in the book is whether self-reliance is a strategically viable solution for development and manufacturing of arms. Given the ever-changing dynamics and increasing demand for sophisticated next-generation weaponry, will these countries be able to individually sustain their domestic defense industries and constantly update their technologies? This is the first book to analyze arms production from a regional perspective.

Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc (Paperback): Graeme P. Herd, Jennifer D.P. Moroney Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc (Paperback)
Graeme P. Herd, Jennifer D.P. Moroney
R1,358 Discovery Miles 13 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Security Dynamics in the Former Soviet Bloc focuses on four former Soviet sub-regions (the Baltic Sea region, the Slavic republics, the Black Sea region, and Central Asia) to explore the degree to which 'democratic security', which includes de-politicisation of, and civilian oversight of, the military, resolution of conflicts by international cooperation, and involvement in international organisations. It examines how far states in these regions have developed cooperative foreign and security policies towards their immediate neighbours and key Western states and organisations, explores the interplay between internal and external aspects of democratic security building, and uses case-study examples to show how inter-state bi-lateral and multi-lateral relations are developing.

Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2009 - Continuing Violence, Failing Peace Processes (Paperback): D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2009 - Continuing Violence, Failing Peace Processes (Paperback)
D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari
R1,035 Discovery Miles 10 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays in this volume are concerned with armed conflicts in South Asia and the conflict management efforts made to mitigate them. Articles in the volume study conflict management, look at the direction armed conflict is likely to take and provide a set of alternative measures that could be perused by the actors. It addresses five key issues: history of the armed conflict, identifying the principal actors of the conflict, describing the course of the conflict and its major trends, evaluating conflict management measures undertaken, if any, presenting appropriate conclusions. It also includes additional chapters on Naxalism and sectarian strife in Pakistan. Designed as an annual series, this important collection discusses India's geo-strategic importance including its common borders with its neighbours; the psychological and economic costs of violence, and the problem of refugee migrants; treaties and ceasefire agreements signed across countries; the role of the UN and other peacekeeping forces; and the future of failed and failing democracies. The book makes an important contribution to analysing armed conflicts and conflict resolution.

Conflict in Afghanistan - Studies in Asymetric Warfare (Hardcover, New): Martin Ewans Conflict in Afghanistan - Studies in Asymetric Warfare (Hardcover, New)
Martin Ewans
R4,146 Discovery Miles 41 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the wake of the attacks of 11 September 2001, and during the ensuing invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, much has been heard of the concept of 'asymmetric warfare'. Broadly speaking, this describes a means of fighting through which a weaker power can offset or neutralize the strengths of a more powerful opponent by applying its own strengths to its opponent's weaknesses. Frequently, it is used to describe situations in which formal state power is confronted by non-state or guerrilla activity. Afghanistan features as the focus of this book's investigation since the country has recently been at the hub of confrontations which have borne immediately on current international concerns. It has also, for more than a century and a half, been the arena for a series of conflicts between imperial powers on the one hand and state and non-state power structures on the other. Afghans, moreover, have not changed their spots: they remain basically the same, in terms of personality and society, as they were when they were first described by a British envoy, Mountstewart Elphinstone, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Since that time, the confrontations with which Afghanistan was involved have not only brought repeated misery upon its people, but have had ramifications of an international character. This book deals with each of the five conflicts in which Afghanistan has been embroiled during this time span, namely the First, Second and Third Anglo-Afghan Wars, the Soviet invasion and the most recent American-led operations.

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
R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Border Security in the Balkans - Europe Gatekeepers (Paperback): Alice Hills Border Security in the Balkans - Europe Gatekeepers (Paperback)
Alice Hills
R807 Discovery Miles 8 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Borders dominate the security agenda in South-east Europe. Political and ethnic discontents focus on disputed borders, while traffickers in migrants and drugs ignore them.The EU argues that the Balkan countries should develop models of border management using its policing standards, but the region is rife with corruption and its border guards are both under-resourced and ineffective. This Paper asks how and why border management in South-east Europe is developing as it is, and what this might mean for the future of Europe. Drawing on recent experience in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia and Albania, it looks at the ways in which the regions' borders are managed, and gauges the development of a consensual European approach to border security. It shows how governments and guards understand the predicament of regional insecurity, and how they respond with strategies that accommodate, evade or subvert unavoidable political pressures.

Dealing with the Threat of Cruise Missiles (Paperback): Dennis M. Gormley Dealing with the Threat of Cruise Missiles (Paperback)
Dennis M. Gormley
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book shows how the threat of cruise-missile proliferation may unfold and examines its strategic consequences. It argues that, because the unfolding pattern of cruise-missile proliferation remains so unclear, more should be done by affected governments now to dissuade potential adversaries from acquiring cruise missiles or to delay the threat's emergence. The book offers a comprehensive set of policy prescriptions, which when combined, call for a much tighter link between military solution and more robust non-proliferation policies.

Security Sector Reform - Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Paperback): Jane Chanaa Security Sector Reform - Issues, Challenges and Prospects (Paperback)
Jane Chanaa
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Arming East Russia (Paperback): Tim Huxley, Susan Willett Arming East Russia (Paperback)
Tim Huxley, Susan Willett
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the 1990s, military spending, arms procurement and defence industrialisation have all increased rapidly in East Asia. Although these developments do not constitute an arms race, they nevertheless have important implications for suppliers of defence equipment, for arms control and for regional stability. This paper assesses trends in the defence spending of East Asian states, particularly in the light of the economic crisis, which began in mid-1997. It also focuses on three closely-related issues: the nature of the regional market for defence equipment; defence industrialisation; and the effect of trends in defence procurement and industrialisation on East Asian states' military capabilities, and on the regional military balance.

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
R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Ships in 12 - 17 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 R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Save R561 (45%) Ships in 12 - 17 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.

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
R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Ships in 12 - 17 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
R1,177 Discovery Miles 11 770 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

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
R4,530 Discovery Miles 45 300 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

Controlling Intelligence (Hardcover): Glenn P. Hastedt Controlling Intelligence (Hardcover)
Glenn P. Hastedt
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover): David H. Olivier German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888 - Forerunners to Tirpitz (Hardcover)
David H. Olivier
R4,357 Discovery Miles 43 570 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

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
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 12 - 17 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.

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