Defence Studies Books

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1. Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency

   Edited by Paul Rich, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

   This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counter-insurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counter-insurgencies. There has been an upsurge of...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-56733-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Bush's Foreign and Security Policy: Principle or Partisanship?

   By Donette Murray

   This book offers a fresh assessment of the Bush presidency that builds on the ‘first cut of history’ (much of which is partisan) and the growing collection of memoirs and personal accounts purporting to explain America’s 43rd president. This account challenges readers to look more...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-48661-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. US National Security Policy: Origins, Politics, and Contemporary Challenges

   By Alexandra Homolar-Riechmann

   This book is an accessible and innovative introduction to the key issues and emerging challenges of US national security policy in the twenty-first century. The text explores how the United States, as the hegemonic player in the international arena, defines its security interests and objectives,...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-78191-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Understanding NATO in the 21st Century: Alliance Strategies, Security and Global Governance

   Edited by Graeme P. Herd, John Kriendler

   This volume provides an overview of the evolution of NATO, alliances and global security governance in the twenty-first century. For so-long the cornerstone of the transatlantic partnership, the evolution of NATO has profound implications for the co-operative or competitive nature of transatlantic...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-43633-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Piracy, Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at Sea: Navies Confront the 21st Century

   By Martin N. Murphy

   This is the first detailed study of irregular warfare at sea, covering such topics as piracy, asymmetric war, and terrorism....

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-55039-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Hollywood and the CIA: Media, Defense and Subversion

   By Oliver Boyd Barrett, David Herrera, James Baumann

   This book analyses representations in Hollywood film of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA is an exceptionally well known national and international icon or even “brand,” one that exercises a...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-78006-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. The Politics of Nuclear Cooperation: A Diversionary Peace Theory of Non-Proliferation

   By Sung-Ju Cho

   This book theorises why states, such as Brazil and South Africa, which could easily have become nuclear-weapon states, chose instead to reverse their courses and renounce nuclear weapons....

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-58625-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Improving Intelligence Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Scholarship and Practice

   By Stephen Marrin

   This book comprises a series of articles, extended and updated, written by intelligence expert Dr Stephen Marrin over 10 years on the subject of intelligence analysis....

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-78068-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Why Did the US Invade Iraq?

   Edited by Jane Cramer, A. Trevor Thrall

   This volume presents the best scholarly thinking about why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in modern US foreign policy and international politics. The years since the announcement of the invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush in 2003 have revealed that the WMD threat was not the...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-78213-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific: The Triumph of Neptune

    Edited by Geoffrey Till, Patrick Bratton

    This volume examines the rise and fall of sea powers, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. The chapters analyse what seapower means, and has meant, and its role, both historic and contemporary, in the rise and fall of great powers. The book focuses on the Asia-Pacific region,...

    March 2011 | 978-0-415-60934-0 | Hardback (Routledge)