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1. Contemporary Military Innovation

   Between anticipation and adaption

   Edited by Dima Adamsky, Kjell Inge Bjerga

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption. The volume examines contemporary military thought and the doctrine that evolved around the thesis of a transformation in the character of war. Known as the...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Democratic Civil-Military Relations

   Soldiering in 21st Century Europe

   Edited by Sabine Mannitz

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book examines the ways in which European democracies, including former communist states, are dealing with the new demands placed on their security policies since the cold war by transforming their military structures, and the effects this is having on the conceptualisation of soldiering. In...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Modern War and the Utility of Force

   Challenges, Methods and Strategy

   Edited by Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Jan Angstrom

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war. After the Cold War, Western armed forces have increasingly been called upon to intervene in internal conflicts in the former Third World. These forces have been called upon to carry out missions that they traditionally...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. The US Military

   A Basic Introduction

   By Judith Hicks Stiehm

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book provides a basic guide to the US military and will raise questions for further discussion by students and other curious readers. The US Military provides an accessible starting-point for those with a limited knowledge of this institution. Covering a wide range of subject matter, and...

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
5. Strategy in the American War of Independence

   A Global Approach

   Edited by Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan, Michael T. McMaster

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context. Many do not realize the extent to which the 1775 colonial rebellion against British rule escalated into a global conflict....

   Published November 19th 2011 by Routledge
6. Managing Diversity in the Military

   The value of inclusion in a culture of uniformity

   Edited by Daniel P. McDonald, Kizzy M. Parks

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This edited book examines the management of diversity and inclusion in the military. Owing to the rise of asymmetric warfare, a shift in demographics and labor shortfalls, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has prioritized diversity and inclusion in its workforce management philosophy. In pursuing...

   Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. Europe, Strategy and Armed Forces

   The making of a distinctive power

   By Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers. At the grand strategic level, its sheer economic size makes the EU a global power. However, the EU needs to take into account that many international actors...

   Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Counter-Insurgency Myth

   The British Experience of Irregular Warfare

   By Andrew Mumford

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences in the post-war era and endeavours to unpack their performance. During the twentieth century counter-insurgency assumed the status of one of the British military’s fortes. A...

   Published July 12th 2011 by Routledge
9. Complex Peace Operations and Civil-Military Relations

   Winning the Peace

   By Robert Egnell

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book explores the impact of different civil-military structures on operational effectiveness in complex peace operations. Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia are examples of grand failures to enforce peace and to promote democracy and development through international...

   Published March 15th 2011 by Routledge
10. Military Ethics and Virtues

    An Interdisciplinary Approach for the 21st Century

    By Peter Olsthoorn

    Series: Cass Military Studies

    This book examines the role of military virtues in today's armed forces.Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as guiding principles in an effort to enhance the moral behavior of soldiers, much depends on whether...

    Published September 27th 2010 by Routledge