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The twentieth century was dominated by war and by preparations for
war in a way that is unparalleled in history. Originally published
in 1988, this textbook highlights key themes of warfare throughout
the world and emphasizes the gulf between the theory of war and its
practice. The contributors are professional historians and
strategists who consider the impact of war upon society, theories
of insurgency and counter-insurgency and nuclear strategy, as well
as more ‘traditional topics’ such as tactics and strategy on
land, the role of sea power, the evolution of strategic bombing,
colonial and revolutionary warfare. Each chapter discusses recent
research on the topic and provides guides to further reading.
Together they give a clear up-to-date overview of the conflicts
which dominated the twentieth century. This textbook is useful
reading for all students and teachers of strategic and war studies,
military history and international relations and for all those
concerned with the study of major conflicts in the twentieth
century.
This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of
NATO's strategy for the defence of the central front - the concern
that has lain at the heart of NATO since its formation.
Politically, the central front marked the post-war division of
Europe into two competing blocs; militarily, it has represented the
area of greatest force concentration and greatest threat. As NATO's
strategic agenda changed with the end of the Cold War, the central
front remained a critical concern. This book analyses the
structure, strategy and doctrines of both East and West, and
examines the relationship of NATO strategy to conventional force
doctrines.
This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of
NATO's strategy for the defence of the central front - the concern
that has lain at the heart of NATO since its formation.
Politically, the central front marked the post-war division of
Europe into two competing blocs; militarily, it has represented the
area of greatest force concentration and greatest threat. As NATO's
strategic agenda changed with the end of the Cold War, the central
front remained a critical concern. This book analyses the
structure, strategy and doctrines of both East and West, and
examines the relationship of NATO strategy to conventional force
doctrines.
The twentieth century was dominated by war and by preparations for
war in a way that is unparalleled in history. Originally published
in 1988, this textbook highlights key themes of warfare throughout
the world and emphasizes the gulf between the theory of war and its
practice. The contributors are professional historians and
strategists who consider the impact of war upon society, theories
of insurgency and counter-insurgency and nuclear strategy, as well
as more 'traditional topics' such as tactics and strategy on land,
the role of sea power, the evolution of strategic bombing, colonial
and revolutionary warfare. Each chapter discusses recent research
on the topic and provides guides to further reading. Together they
give a clear up-to-date overview of the conflicts which dominated
the twentieth century. This textbook is useful reading for all
students and teachers of strategic and war studies, military
history and international relations and for all those concerned
with the study of major conflicts in the twentieth century.
London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars
of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners
- are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and
rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers,
Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty
Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and
honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the
1950s and what it means to be a teenager. In this twentieth century
cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and
creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and
the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots and
the lead up to the swinging Sixties...
Military intervention has emerged as one of the greatest challenges
facing the West. This book explores how the West has reacted to
this challenge. In particular it examines the question of how
military power has and might be used to help protect those
elsewhere who are in danger. It looks at how force is used, the
limits on the use of force, and how monitoring and verification of
ceasefires can be effectively implemented to stop force being used.
It also examines the political context in which force is used,
including the West's intolerance for casualities, the role of the
media and the gender dimensions of intervention.
Tony Gould, in his biography of Colin MacInnes - Inside Outsider
(reissued by Faber Finds) - is in no doubt, 'the volume of essays,
England, Half English, contains the best of his writing. The range
is impressive too: from expected pieces on popular culture (e.g.
'Pop Songs and Teenagers' and 'Sharp Schmutter'), to an essay on
the London drinking clubs ('See You at Mabel's' - 'It's five past
three in the afternoon, the London pubs have closed, you're dying
for a drink. What happens?), and substantial articles on Nikolaus
Pevsner (whom MacInnes described as this 'thoroughly inside
outsider') and Ada Leverson (Oscar Wilde's 'The Sphinx' 'whose
name,' as MacInnes says 'is so honourably remembered and whose
writing remains disproportionately unread' - alas still true). 'To
read England, Half English is to be reminded how few writers there
are nowadays who are prepared even to attempt what should be the
writer's first task; simply to tell us how we live ... who will
bother to look at the way we dress and take our holidays, who will
listen to the music that erupts from our loudspeakers, who will try
patiently and assiduously to see if we can learn something from the
crowds, you and I among them, who swarm on the pavement outside his
windom.' Dan Jacobson, New Statesman 'He was, in short, the first
Pop anthropologist, the first post-war style sub-culture essayist:
he created the trade.' Peter York, Harpers & Queen
The Asia-Pacific region presents one of the greatest challenges to
international security in the post-Cold War era. The demise of the
Cold War security framework has ushered in a new period of
uncertainty as longstanding tensions re-emerge. There are growing
doubts as the the future of military commitment of the US and
concern with Japan's security roles and aspirations. The widespread
build-up of military capabilities in the region and the nuclear
ambitions of North Korea have further heightened tension. Using a
thematic approach, this volume addresses the concerns of the
region.
The Asia-Pacific region presents one of the greatest challenges to
international security in the post-Cold War era. The demise of the
Cold War security framework has ushered in a new period of
uncertainty as longstanding tensions re-emerge. There are growing
doubts as the the future of military commitment of the US and
concern with Japan's security roles and aspirations. The widespread
build-up of military capabilities in the region and the nuclear
ambitions of North Korea have further heightened tension. Using a
thematic approach, this volume addresses the concerns of the
region.
Lusty sheep farmers and their sensible wives, brainy engineers and
over-dressed girls on the make - the whole district loves the
parties Helen Bailey throws at Cotamundra station each Saturday.
And everyone loves Helen Bailey - everyone, that is, except her
husband Walter, who sits alone in the Australian heat, polishing
his gun. For Helen, destiny seems to hold only embittered passion,
desperate infertility and a lifetime of endless, boring tea
parties. But this particular Saturday a young stranger comes to
play tennis. And within the space of a single day, the lives and
loves of all at the station are altered forever. A poignant
portrait of a troubled marriage and a comic and loving evocation of
life in the Australian Bush, All Day Saturday is a heady,
atmospheric drama, where the fates of many are decreed in one day.
Colin MacInnes was a sergeant in a Field Security detachment in the
Second World War. In this imaginative record of actual experiences
he describes the progress of his detachment through Holland,
Germany and Belgium in a rapid succession of incidents, full of
humanity, light-heartedness and wit. But it is a great deal more
than just a fascinating account of the war; written in the 1950s,
it was a sufficient distance away for the war experience to have
been digested, yet close enough for it to be fresh. Running through
the seemingly gentle stories he tells are undercurrents of emotion
which are moving, disturbing and deeply poignant.
Australia, 1950. The rarely-spotted duck-billed platypus is
rumoured to bring you luck. Sixteen-year-old June Westley is an
ideal daughter - kind, considerate, loving, and far more at ease in
the Bush pioneered by her forefathers than her own father, Arthur,
who spends his days waxing the Buick in the Australian sun. One day
she spots a platypus and, sure enough, luck seems to shine down on
her when she falls in love with a young musician. At first their
affair is enchanting and passionate; but soon they are forced to
confront family hostility and jealousies, and the heritage of
madness and homosexuality that threaten to destroy their
relationship. A sympathetic picture of outsiders in a cloistered
world, June in Her Spring is an idyllic and sensuous tale of the
confusion, horror and tentative delights of first love.
The thawing of the Cold War has brought new concerns over the
nature of European security to the fore and uncovered major
differences in the approaches of individual states to changed
circumstances.
This book clarifies the options for a new European security order
and contribute to the growing debate. It adopts a medium-term
analytical approach and uses a three-tier format, covering the
nature and structure of security and the security implications of
Europe's resurgent nationalism; security strategy, with particular
reference to the NATO perspective and to the European Community;
and the distinctive security concerns of individual states. It
looks at both Eastern and Western Europe and at the Soviet Union
and it analyses the role of the United States in European
security.The thawing of the Cold War has brought new concerns over
the nature of European security to the fore and uncovered major
differences in the approaches of individual states to changed
circumstances.
The period from the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe to the
August 1991 failed coup in the former Soviet Union represents a
crucial turning point in the history of Europe. With the end of the
Cold War, new concerns over the nature of European security have
come to the fore, and major differences in the approaches of
individual states to the new circumstances have been revealed. In
"Security and Strategy in the New Europe," a group of international
experts provide the first comparative analysis of the policies of
the major powers towards the future of European security.
The focus of this book is on change: how old ideas and
institutions are being adapted, developed or abandoned with the end
of the Cold War. The contributors argue that current thinking and
policies concerning the future of European security are less
radical and much more firmly rooted in the past than might be
expected. Despite a clear acceptance of radical change, the
policies and institutions for meeting these changes are mostly
developments based on precedents and on existing institutions
rather than forays into radically new territory.
"Security and Strategy in the New Europe" examines the nature of
security of the European system, changes in military strategy, and
the policies of the major powers in post-Cold War Europe. The
essays examine both Eastern and Western Europe and the former
Soviet Union, and provide an analysis of the role of the United
States in European security.
This edited collection looks at how globalisation is influencing
patterns of health and disease worldwide, in particular how
decisions on health are made and organised. Despite some successes
in developing better global governance for health, overall progress
has been disappointingly slow given the number of health crises
today, both long standing and relatively new. This book explores
how progress has often been limited, but also on occasion assisted,
by the role of ideas. It identifies how health issues, such as
HIV/AIDS, pandemic influenza and tobacco control, are framed in
such a way as to resonate with a set of ideas, or worldviews,
associated with particular policy communities. A successful framing
can generate possibilities for action, but can also lead to
competition when ideas conflict or suggest different pathways of
response. Global Health Governance is therefore an arena of
competition as well as cooperation, where ideas matter as well as
resources and political will. This book was originally published as
a special issue of Global Public Health.
At the end of a century dominated by global conflict - and despite
the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes - the nature
of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been transformed. McInnes
considers the key developments that have led to this metamorphosis:
the possibility of a major war in the West has become remote, and
the limited Cold War conflicts in which superpower rivalries were
played out have been succeeded by local conflicts with little or no
potential for escalation. There has been a change in the
relationship between war and society, with wars now fought by
specialized professionals and viewed from a safe distance on
television. Simultaneously, technological developments have made it
easier for Western states to minimize the risks to their
combatants, keeping casualities at a level that their citizens will
tolerate. War, in short, has entered a new era. For only a small
minority in the West does it have any direct meaning - it is no
longer participatory for Western society as a whole, but has become
for too many a kind of spectator sport. The implications of this
phenomenon, for both the military and the broader community, are
explored in the final chapter of the book.
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