Military & Strategic Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

   Edited by Richard Whitman, Stefan Wolff

   In recent years the European Union (EU) has played an increasingly important role as a manager of global conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU has performed in facilitating mediation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding across the globe. Offering an accessible...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. China’s Evolving Approach to Peacekeeping

   Edited by Marc Lanteigne, Miwa Hirono

   China has become an enthusiastic supporter of and contributor to UN peacekeeping. Is China’s participation in peacekeeping likely to strengthen the current international peacekeeping regime by China’s adopting of the international norms of peacekeeping? Or, on the contrary, is it likely to alter...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
3. Theories of Violent Conflict

   An introduction

   By Jolle Demmers

   This textbook introduces students of violent conflict to a variety of prominent theoretical approaches, and examines the ontological stances and epistemological traditions underlying these approaches. Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the group as an actor in contemporary...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
4. The National Politics of Nuclear Power

   Economics, security, and governance

   By Benjamin Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis. The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. War Beyond the Battlefield

   Edited by David Grondin

   In an effort to make sense of war beyond the battlefield in studying the wars that were captured under the rubric of the "War on Terror", this special issue book seeks to explore the complex spatial relationships between war and the spaces that one is not used to thinking of as the battlefield...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence

   The 'war on terror' as terror

   Edited by Scott Poynting, David Whyte

   Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

   This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state ‘counter-terrorism’ strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Twenty-First Century Seapower

   Cooperation and conflict at sea

   Edited by Peter Dutton, Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Gender, Human Security and the United Nations

   Security Language as a Political Framework for Women

   By Natalie Florea Hudson

   Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

   This book examines the relationship between women, gender and the international security agenda, exploring the meaning of security in terms of discourse and practice, as well as the larger goals and strategies of the global women's movement. Today, many complex global problems are being located...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. Nuclear Waste Management in a Globalised World

    Edited by Urban Strandberg, Mats Andrén

    High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is a controversial and risky issue. For the next 100 years, the HLW will be subject to policy decisions and value assessments. Physically safe, technologically stable, and socio-economically sustainable HLW-management will top the agenda. That must be accomplished in...

    Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge