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France in World Politics

Originally published in 1989, this book analyses France's distinctive role in international affairs and examines the characteristics of F...

From Military to Civilian Rule

Military disengagement from power in favour of a civilian government is not an uncommon phenomenon, especially in the developing world. F...

Big Crime and Big Policing - All about Big Money?

In Big Crime and Big Policing, an interdisciplinary group of contributors uncover the various links between money, crime, and policing.

The Air War in Ukraine - The First Year of Conflict

This book provides a comprehensive account of the use of airpower in the first year of the Ukraine conflict.

Challenges of Contemporary Policing - Higher Education, Technology, and Officers' Well-Being

Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft

Featuring more than 350 entries, Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft is a complete reference work on the most important fighters, bombers, ...

Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development of Healthcare and Disaster Management

This book provides holistic case studies of technology development, examples of its complexities and an in-depth analysis from the perspe...

Forensic Science Handbook, Volume II, Third Edition

For this edition, a three-volume handbook set has been fully revised into two volumes. The contributor list is a veritable Who's Who of t...

Challenges, Strategies, and Resiliency in Disaster and Risk Management

The urgency of effective disaster and risk management has reached unprecedented heights. The looming threat of resource constraints, coup...

Sensory Warfare in the Global Cold War - Partition, Propaganda, Covert Operations

"Examines how the Cold War used and changed human sensoria in different stages of the conflict from partition to propaganda and secret wa...

India-Japan Partnership - Abe the Game Changer

This book discusses the influence and impact of Shinzo Abe on relations between India and Japan. It concentrates on Abe's 2006-2007 and 2...

The Last British Battleship - HMS Vanguard, 1946-1960

The ninth HMS Vanguard bearing one of the most illustrious names in the Royal Navy with honors from the Armada to Jutland was the last an...

Supplying the New Model Army - Logistics, Arms, Ammunition, Clothing, Victuals and the Matériel of War, 1645-1646

The orthodox view of modern writers that armies of the 17th century relied more upon plunder and free quarter is highly pervasive, yet mo...

Lifer - My Epic Journey as a US Army Infantry Paratrooper

Nathan Aguinaga didn't enlist in the Army planning to be a career soldier-a "lifer"-but the Army had other plans. He entered the world of...

SAS Operation Pistol - Raindrops in Alsace

Operation Pistol was a British operation performed by 2 SAS during World War 2 launching 51 SAS soldiers into the German territory of Als...

The Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme took place from July 1 through November 18, 1916, making 2016 the 100th anniversary of this major battle of World...

Rocket Boys - The Exhilarating Exploits of the Early Mach Busters from 1945 Onwards

This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the ...

Russian Bombers

"...provides a wealth of detailed knowledge and inside stories on the politics and technological development of weapons systems in the So...

Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber - The Story of Wing Commander Eric Benjamin Dfc & Bar

Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RA...

Expectation of Valor - Planning for the Iraq War

An insider's account of how, contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Army developed comprehensive plans for the initial invasion of Iraq and...

Policing Trends and Issues in America

The overarching purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an examination of some of the most cutting edge issues impacting Ameri...

Tubby - Raymond O. Barton and the Us Army, 1889-1963 Volume 24

Macarthur's Bloody Butchers - Company G, 163rd Infantry Regiment, in the Pacific War

An intimate account of the Pacific War, through the experiences of one infantry company.

Panzer Aces of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS - The Ultimate Tank Killers of WW2

During the war hundreds of German panzer commanders and gunners accomplished the feat of personally destroying at least 20 enemy tanks. I...

Settler Military Politics - Militarisation and the Aesthetics of War Commemoration

Analyses the relation between visual culture, militarisation, and liberal governance

Dull Disasters? - How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference

Shows how countries and international agencies can better prepare for natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, and drought.

Ww2 Vehicles - Through the Lens Volume 5

Down to the Sea in Submarines - A Cold War Odyssey

Down to the Sea in Submarines is a unique memoir that charts the career of the author in the Royal Navy Submarine Service during the peri...

The Ocean Class of the Second World War

The first comprehensive history of this important class of ship. Contains the fruit of much original research. Highly readable text compl...

American Mercenary - The Riveting, High-Risk World of an Elite Seal Team Operator Turned Hired Gun

An elite Navy SEAL Team 6 operator trained to kill the United States’ most dangerous enemies takes readers inside the unadulterated, mora...

Under the Nuclear Shadow - China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security

How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achiev...

Letters From A Warrior, P.S. Mom, I Love You

"Letters From A Warrior, P.S. Mom, I Love You" is a captivating true story full of adventure and self-discovery. It is portrayed with a r...

Lorimer - His Gazetteer and Britain's Pursuit of Knowledge

The Gazetteer of The Persian Gulf is more commonly known and quoted by historians and academics alike simply as "Lorimer's," and yet very...

Steam Yachts at War - The Naval Deployment of British & American Yachts, 1898-1918

This is the story of how the luxurious steam yachts of the Victorian and Edwardian eras were transformed into weapons of war. These beaut...

SOE Operations - Then and Now

With its back against the wall in the summer of 1940 methods to hit back at the Germans occupying Europe were urgently sought. The Specia...

Imminent - Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs--now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)--r...

Operation Title - Sink the Tirpitz

Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to Tirpitz as 'The Beast, ' and on 25th January 1942 he wrote, 'The destruction or even the cri...

Gestapo Hunter - The Remarkable Wartime Career of Mosquito Navigator Ted Sismore

Gestapo Hunter explores the charmed life and exceptional career of Ted Sismore, widely considered one of the RAF's very best wartime navi...

Ww2 Vehicles - Through the Lens Volume 4

Night of Power - The Betrayal of the Middle East

'INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY The final work from foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, pi...

The Bataan Death March - A Soldier's Personal Story of Survival and Captivity under the Japanese

Shortly after the surprise bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941, over 70,000 American and Filipino servicemen were captured by the Japane...

Dornier Do 217 - From Bomber to Night-Fighter: Rare Wartime Photographs

Entering service in early 1941, the Dornier Do 217 was designed as an improved version of the 'Flying Pencil', the Do 17 bomber. The Do 2...

Battle of Britain, West Sussex - One County's Role in the Spitfire Summer of 1940

Provides a detailed and comprehensive day-by-day account of activity in and over West Sussex throughout the campaign from 10 July to 31 O...

The Evolution of the US Air Force - Organizational Culture and Preparedness for War

This book looks at the history of the US Air Force through the lens of its (lack of) preparedness for war, which is shown to be a result ...

The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990 - Retreat and Revival

During the period covered by this new book the Royal Navy faced some of its greatest challenges, both at sea confronting the increasingly...

Escape Fever - An Airman's Escape from the Kaiser's Germany

This memoir of a Royal Flying Corps officer's escape from captivity in the autumn of 1917 was published in the earlier thirties, towards ...

The Nazi and Japanese Human Experimentation Programmes - Biological War Crimes during WW2

Among the most appalling cruelties perpetrated throughout the course of the Second World War was undoubtedly that of human medical and mi...

Hitler's Gateway to the Atlantic - German Naval Bases in France, 1940-1945

"First published in 2012 under the title Hitlers Tor zum Atlantik by Ch. Links Verlag"--T.p. verso.

Wounded for Life - Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War

Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide ...

M.I.9 - The Official History of the Secret Escape and Evasion Organisation

It was every British serviceman's duty, be he soldier, sailor or airman, to attempt to evade capture if stranded behind enemy lines or es...

Public Administration - An Introduction

Marc Holzer and Richard W. Schwester have written a fresh and highly engaging textbook for the introductory course in Public Administrati...

The Intoku Code - Delta Force's Intelligence Officer Doing Good in Secret

A boy born of humble roots in Hawaii describes his life journey to play a key role in serving America and its allies against terrorism an...

Public Sector Efficiency - Applications to Local Governments in Germany

Alexander Kalb applies advanced and novel econometric as well as linear programming techniques to investigate the sources of potential in...

How to Make an Entrepreneurial State - Why Innovation Needs Bureaucracy

The public sector's role in innovation is explored in cogent detail in an important study that reveals the complexities, benefits, and pi...

F-35 In Service - With Air Forces Around the World

A highly illustrated study of one of the most most lethal, survivable, and connected fighter jets in the world. The origins of the F-35 a...

British Intelligence and the Fenians, 1855-1880

Shows how mid-Victorian efforts to gather information about the Fenians laid the foundation for later British domestic intelligence in bo...

Space Warfare - Strategy, Principles and Policy

This book considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. This second edition has been...

The Race for Mukalla - Arabian Elite Forces and the War Against Al-Qaeda

The dramatic account of the retaking of the seaport of Al-Mukalla from Al-Qaida in 2016 during the Yemeni Civil War.

Interstate Conflicts and the International Civil Aviation Organization - Depoliticization in Multilateral Diplomacy

This book investigates the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and politicized debates held there. The author explores how p...

WW2 Codebreaking People and Places - A Wartime Glossary

_WW2 Codebreaking People and Places_ is the first volume of a series on a glossary of codebreaking, 'People and Places', brings to the re...