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  1. Khedive Ismail's Army

    By John P. Dunn

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Khedive Ismail's Army examines military failure in the age of imperialism. On paper, the mid-nineteenth century Egyptian army seems a formidable regional power. It had a tradition of success, modern weapons, and mercenary officers with experience in major wars. Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, hoped...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  2. Military Unionism In The Post-Cold War Era

    A Future Reality?

    Edited by Richard Bartle, Lindy Heinecken

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This unique study of military unionism shows how the changing nature of present day conflicts has made soldier representation more important then ever. This new collection of essays clearly establish the key factors in the military union debate in recent years and highlight the mechanisms different...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Military Health Care

    From Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation

    Edited by Jomana Amara, Ann M. Hendricks

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This edited volume surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Western countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the United States, the military medical system, including care for veterans, is large and diverse and involves two institutions, the US...

    Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Contemporary Military Culture and Strategic Studies

    US and UK Armed Forces in the 21st Century

    By Alastair Finlan

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book explores and compares the contemporary military cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom. The last decade has witnessed astonishing global events, from 9/11 and military operations in Afghanistan in the same year, to the military intervention in Libya in 2011. Western military...

    Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge

  5. The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991

    From Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale

    By Edward George

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    A new examination of why Cuba, a Caribbean country, sent half a million of its citizens to fight in Angola in Africa, and how a short-term intervention escalated into a lengthy war of intervention. It clearly details how in January 1965 Cuba formed an alliance with the Angolan MPLA...

    Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge

  6. Clausewitz and African War

    Politics and Strategy in Liberia and Somalia

    By Isabelle Duyvesteyn

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Oil, diamonds, timber, food aid - just some of the suggestions put forward as explanations for African wars in the past decade. Another set of suggestions focuses on ethnic and clan considerations. These economic and ethnic or clan explanations contend that wars are specifically not fought by...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Rostov in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920

    The Key to Victory

    By Brian Murphy

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    These documents were collected from the archives in Rostov-on-Don, and this book makes them available for the first time in print. Since becoming freely accessible Soviet archives have provided a rich source for understanding the hopes, fears and strivings of the Russians during the greatest crisis...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge

  8. Educating America's Military

    By Joan Johnson-Freese

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book offers a detailed examination of the professional military education system in the United States, from a critical, insider's perspective. The mission of America’s war colleges is to educate senior military officers in both the ways of war and the defence of peace. But are these colleges...

    Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge

  9. Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War

    By Enver Redzic, Robert Donia

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    Five major groups fought one another in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Second World War: The German and Italian occupiers, the Serbian Chetniks, the Ustasha of the Independent State of Croatia, the Bosnian Muslims, and the Tito-led Partisans. The aims, policies, and actions of each group are...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Militarism and International Relations

    Political Economy, Security, Theory

    Edited by Anna Stavrianakis, Jan Selby

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book examines contemporary militarism in international politics, employing a variety of different theoretical viewpoints and international case studies. Militarism – understood as the social and international relations of the preparation for, and conduct of, organized political violence – is...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge