Book Series

Contemporary Security Studies

New & Published Titles:

Nuclear Weapons and Strategy

US Nuclear Policy for the Twenty-First Century

By Stephen J. Cimbala

Nuclear weapons, once thought to have been marginalized by the end of the Cold War, have returned with a vengeance to the centre of US…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70199-0 (Routledge)

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Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism

The Origins and Dynamics of Civil Wars

By Joseph L. Soeters

In the early 1990s a number of violent civil wars and large-scale ethnic crises shocked the world. In Rwanda, Bosnia, Chechnya and elsewhere atrocities were…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36588-8 (Routledge)

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Turkey and the War on Terror

'For Forty Years We Fought Alone'

By Andrew Mango

Since the 1970s, Turkey has suffered 35,000 deaths through terrorism, yet the PKK terror group was only recognized as such by the European Union in…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35002-0 (Routledge)

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The Rift Between America and Old Europe

The Distracted Eagle

By Peter Merkl

This new book explains the recent rift between America and some of her oldest European allies, especially with Germany and France.

Particular attention is devoted…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35986-3 (Routledge)

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Perception and Reality in the Modern Yugoslav Conflict

Myth, Falsehood and Deceit 1991-1995

By Brendan O'Shea

In this book, the author has tried bridge the gap between the common perception of the Yugoslav conflict as portrayed in the media and the…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35705-0 (Routledge)

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The US, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Peter Forster

This study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in which a state views its…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35607-7 (Routledge)

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NATO's Secret Armies

Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe

By GANSER DANIELE

This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services,…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8500-7 (Routledge)

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Rethinking the Nature of War

By Jan Angstrom, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Have globalization, virulent ethnic differences, and globally operating insurgents fundamentally changed the nature of war in the last decade?

Interpretations of war as driven by…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35462-2 (Routledge)

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The Foreign Office and Finland

Diplomatic Sideshow

By Craig Gerrard

The book looks at the ways in which the Northern Department of the Foreign Office approached matters pertaining to Finland in the years 1938-1940, concentrating…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35003-7 (Routledge)

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Russian Governance in the 21st Century

Geo-Strategy, Geopolitics and New Governance

By Irina Isakova

A stimulating new analysis of the dramatic systemic changes of the Russian state, principles of the governance and its foreign policy orientation.

It reviews the…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5529-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Peace Operations and International Criminal Justice: Building Peace after Mass Atrocities
By Majbritt Lyck
To be published December 1st 2009

Democracy and Security: Preferences, Norms and Policy-Making
Edited by Matthew Evangelista, Harald Muller, Niklas Schoernig
To be published December 2nd 2009

Cyber-Conflict and Global Politics
Edited by Athina Karatzogianni
To be published December 2nd 2009

Global Biosecurity: Threats and Responses
Edited by Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, Michael D. Intriligator
To be published January 19th 2010

Private Security Contractors and New Wars: Risk, Law, and Ethics
By Kateri Carmola
To be published February 5th 2010

US Hegemony and International Legitimacy: Norms, Power and Followership in the Wars on Iraq
By Lavina Rajendram Lee
To be published February 5th 2010

Russia's Foreign Security Policy in the 21st Century: Putin, Medvedev and Beyond
By Marcel De Haas
To be published April 9th 2010

Rethinking Security Governance: The Problem of Unintended Consequences
Edited by Christopher Daase, Cornelius Friesendorf
To be published May 7th 2010

Territory, War, and Peace: An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis
By John A. Vasquez, Marie T. Henehan
To be published June 30th 2010

War, Ethics and Justice: International Security in a Post-9/11 World
Edited by Mark Phythian, Annika Bergman-Rosamond
To be published June 30th 2010

US Foreign Policy and Iran: American-Iranian Relations since the Islamic Revolution
By Donette Murray
To be published June 30th 2010

Legitimacy and the Use of Armed Force: Stability Missions in the Post-Cold Era
By Chiyuki Aoi
To be published July 31st 2010

Justifying America's Wars: The Conduct and Practice of US Military Intervention since 1990
By Nicholas Kerton-Johnson
To be published July 31st 2010

Understanding NATO in the 21st Century: Alliance Strategies, Security and Global Governance
Edited by Graeme P. Herd, John Kriendler
To be published July 31st 2010

Multipolarity in the 21st Century: A New World Order
Edited by Donette Murray, David Brown
To be published July 31st 2010

Unipolarity and World Politics: A Theory and its Implications
By Birthe Hansen
To be published July 31st 2010

Russian Imperialism Revisited: Neo-Empire, State Interests and Hegemonic Power
By Domitilla Sagramoso
To be published September 30th 2010