Military Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Controlling the Weapons of War

   Politics, Persuasion, and the Prohibition of Inhumanity

   By Brian Rappert

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Soviet Air Force Theory, 1918-1945

   By James Sterrett

   Series: Soviet (Russian) Study of War

   This new book examines the development of Soviet thinking on the operational employment of their Air Force from 1918 to 1945, using Soviet theoretical writings and contemporary analyses of combat actions....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. 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
4. The US, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing

   By Stephen J. Cimbala, Peter Forster

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   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 and others' responsibilities and burdens for responding to international crises. It assesses the distribution of the costs of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. 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
6. The Ethics of Representation in Literature, Art, and Journalism

   Transnational Responses to the Siege of Beirut

   Edited by Caroline Rooney, Rita Sakr

   Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

   This transnational collection of essays, interviews, and creative pieces on the 1982 Siege of Beirut explores literary representations of the siege by a diverse set of writers alongside journalism and other media including film, music, and photography. The book investigates and promotes an...

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Seapower

   A Guide for the Twenty-First Century, 3rd Edition

   By Geoffrey Till

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This is the third, revised and fully updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the 21st Century. The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States’ maritime pivot towards the Asia-Pacific region reminds us that the...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
9. Iraq – From War to a New Authoritarianism

   By Toby Dodge

   Series: Adelphi series

   Iraq recovered its full sovereignty at the end of 2011, with the departure of all US military forces. The 2003 invasion was undertaken to dismantle a regime that had long threatened its own population and regional peace, as well as to establish a stable, democratic state in the heart of the Middle...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
10. China's Emergence as a Defense Technological Power

    Edited by Tai Ming Cheung

    China is flexing its growing military and strategic clout in the pursuit of broadening national security interests. At the same time, the country’s economic and technology policies have also become more nationalistic, state-centered, and ambitious. China’s defense economy has set its sights on...

    Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge