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Author : Williamson Murray,Allan R. Millett
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1574880985
A comprehensive, nonpartisan review and analysis of the major issues and trends in American national security policy
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Strategy
ISBN : UOM:39015078436725
... dedicated to the advancement and understanding of those principles and practices, military and political, which serve the vital security interests of the United States.
Author : James Lilley,David L. Shambaugh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315501031
This is the most up-to-date assessment of all aspects of the People's Liberation Army. Leading specialists on the Chinese military cover military leadership, defense doctrine and military readiness, preparations for high-tech warfare, military expenditure, military logistics, the scientific and technological base for defense procurement, and China's security concerns in Northeast Asia.
Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1585443034
The end of the Cold War created a near-euphoria that nations might resort less to military force and that the Doomsday nuclear clock might stop short of midnight. Events soon dashed the higher of these hopes, but the nature of military force and the uses to which it might be put did appear to be changing. In this volume eleven leading scholars apply their particular expertise to understanding what (if anything) has changed and what has not, why the patterns are as they are, and just what the future might bring. Together, the authors address political, moral, and military factors in the decision to use or avoid military force. Case studies of the Gulf War and Bosnia, analyses of the role of women in the armed forces and the role of intelligence agencies, and studies of inter-branch and inter-agency tensions and cooperation inform the various chapters. A strong and thoughtful introduction by H. W. Brands provides the context that ties together the themes and perspectives. Scholars in this distinguished collection include Stephen Biddle, Alexander L. George, J. Bryan Hehir, Andrew Kohut, Andrew Krepinevich, James M. Lindsay, Charles Moskos, Williamson Murray, Bruce Russett, Tony Smith, and Susan L. Woodward. The volume will help scholars, policy makers, and concerned citizens contemplate national alternatives when force threatens.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Unified operations (Military science)
ISBN : UOM:39015052829044
Author : Barry D. Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Entropy (Information theory)
ISBN : WISC:89061012514
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428980129
Author : Andrew Futter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136655371
This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War. The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold War has been complex, complicated and punctuated. As this book shows, the debate and subsequent policy choices would often appear to reflect neither the particular requirements of the international system for US security at any given time, nor indeed the current capabilities of BMD technology. Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy traces the evolution of policy from the zero-sum debates that surrounded the Strategic Defense Initiative as Ronald Reagan left office, up to the relative political consensus that exists around a limited BMD deployment in 2012. The book shows how and why policy evolved in such a complex manner during this period, and explains the strategic reasoning and political pressures shaping BMD policy under each of the presidents who have held office since 1989. Ultimately, this volume demonstrates how relative advancements in technology, combined with growth in the perceived missile threat, gradually shifted the contours and rhythm of the domestic missile defence debate in the US towards acceptance and normalisation. This book will be of much interest to students of missile defence and arms control, US national security policy, strategic studies and international relations in general.
Author : MacGregor Knox,Williamson Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107393806
The Dynamics of Military Revolution aims to bridge a major gap in the emerging literature on revolutions in military affairs, suggesting that there have been two very different phenomena at work over the past centuries: 'military revolutions', which are driven by vast social and political changes; and 'revolutions in military affairs', which military institutions have directed, although usually with great difficulty and ambiguous results. By providing both a conceptual framework and a historical context for thinking about revolutionary changes in military affairs, the work establishes a baseline for understanding the patterns of change, innovation, and adaptation that have marked war in the Western World since the thirteenth century - beginning with Edward III's revolutionary changes in medieval warfare, through the development of modern Western military institutions in seventeenth-century France, to the cataclysmic changes of the First World War and the German Blitzkrieg victories of 1940. This history provides a guide for thinking about military revolutions in the coming century, which are as inevitable as they are difficult to predict.
Author : Williamson Murray,Richard Hart Sinnreich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139452588
In today's military of rapid technological and strategic change, obtaining a complete understanding of the present, let alone the past, is a formidable challenge. Yet the very high rate of change today makes study of the past more important than ever before. The Past as Prologue, first published in 2006, explores the usefulness of the study of history for contemporary military strategists. It illustrates the great importance of military history while simultaneously revealing the challenges of applying the past to the present. Essays from authors of diverse backgrounds - British and American, civilian and military - come together to present an overwhelming argument for the necessity of the study of the past by today's military leaders in spite of these challenges. The essays of Part I examine the relationship between history and the military profession. Those in Part II explore specific historical cases that show the repetitiveness of certain military problems.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015041826408
Author : Lawrence Freedman,Jeffrey Michaels
Publisher : Springer
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137573506
“The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy quickly established itself as a classic when it first appeared in 1981. This edition makes it even better, incorporating as it does new material about the Cold War and up-dating to include subsequent developments. Filled with insights and penetrating analysis, this volume is truly indispensable.” —Robert Jervis, Author of How Statesmen Think "Freedman and Michaels have written a thorough and thought-provoking guide to nuclear strategy. The authors analyze the causes of both wise and unwise strategic decisions in the past and thereby shine a bright light on dilemmas we face in our common nuclear future." —Scott Sagan, Stanford University, USA “With its comprehensive coverage, clear and direct language, and judicious summaries of a vast literature, this new and wholly revised edition of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy will be essential reading for any student of nuclear history, strategic studies, or contemporary international relations.” —Matthew Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK “Sir Lawrence Freedman’s The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy has been the first port of call for three generations of academics and policy-makers wanting to familiarize themselves with the subject matter. The success of this book could have led Professor Freedman to satisfy himself with regular updates or afterwords. But the tireless author is now gracing us with an entirely revised edition of his masterpiece nearly forty years after its initial publication, taking into account findings from archives and declassified documents. At the same time, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy remains true to its original purpose and spirit: an easy to read manual, light with footnotes, focusing on policy rather than on theory, and thus the best possible introduction to an arcane subject. In an era when nuclear strategy issues seem to be becoming relevant again, its historical scope and breadth will make its reading or re-reading even more useful – if only because knowing about the absurdity of the Cold war arms race is a prerequisite if one does not want to repeat its mistakes.” —Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, France “This updated and improved edition of the classic text on the evolution of nuclear strategy is a must read for anyone attempting to understand the nuclear predicament and where it is heading. Impressive in every respect!” —T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Canada, and the author of The Traditon of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons “After the end of the Cold War, we hoped for a world in which nuclear weapons would have ‘low salience’, or might even disappear into virtual, non-assembled arsenals. Alas, they are coming to the fore again. With changes in political context and technology, it is thus pressing that ‘the Bible’ on the Evolution of Nuclear Strategy should be updated. Lawrence Freedman’s great classic has been admirably updated with the help of Jeff Michaels. The work, just as its previous editions, thus remains the definitive and authoritative point of reference on nuclear strategy in the twenty-first century.” —Beatrice Heuser, Chair of International Relations, University of Glasgow, Scotland First published in 1981, Lawrence Freedman's The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been completely rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war, and covering all nuclear powers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : National security
ISBN : UCBK:C061862874
Author : Steve Lamy,Patricia Owens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 9780190299798
Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, brings together an expert team of international scholars to provide students with a current, engaging, and non-U.S. perspective on global politics.
Author : Richard Lock-Pullan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Intervention (International law)
ISBN : 0714657190
This book examines how the US Army rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War and how this has effected US intervention policy after the Cold War.