Military Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. Russian Military Intelligence in the War with Japan, 1904-05

   Secret Operations on Land and at Sea

   By Evgeny Sergeev

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   Examining Russian military intelligence in the war with Japan of 1904-05, this book, based on newly-accessible documents from the tsarist era military, naval and diplomatic archives, gives an overview of the origins, structure and performance of Russian military intelligence in the Far East at the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. Advancing Peace Research

   Leaving Traces, Selected Articles by J. David Singer

   By J. David Singer

   Edited by Jody B Lear, Diane Macaulay, Meredith Reid Sarkees

   Professor J. David Singer has been arguably the most important influence on quantitative research into the causes and attributes of war. His pioneering work on the Correlates of War project at the University of Michigan and his numerous books and articles have inspired generations of researchers in...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia

   Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895

   By Martin Ewans

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of ‘neutral zones’, or firm boundaries,...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Neoconservatism and American Foreign Policy

   A Critical Analysis

   By Danny Cooper

   Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

   At the time of America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, the term "neoconservative" was enjoying wide currency. To this day, it remains a term that engenders much debate and visceral reaction. The purpose of this book is to critically engage with a set of ideas and beliefs that define the neoconservative...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Military and the State in Central Asia

   From Red Army to Independence

   By Erica Marat

   Series: Central Asian Studies

   The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century until the present. This book is the first major, in-depth study of the military institutions in Central...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule

   By Alex Marshall

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However,...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. US Policy Towards Cuba

   Since the Cold War

   By Jessica Gibbs

   Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

   US Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.S. policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of two major...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
10. Educating the Royal Navy

    18th and 19th Century Education for Officers

    By Harry W. Dickinson

    Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

    This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the development of educational provision, from the first 1702 Order in Council appointing schoolmasters to serve in operational...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge