Defence Studies Products

By Daniel H. Katz

This book analyzes examples of strategic engagement in order to identify the factors which contribute to the success or failure of defence diplomacy in preventing interstate conflict. For more than a century, nations have engaged in defence diplomacy to cultivate mutual understanding and mitigate…

Hardback – 2020-04-08 
Routledge
Cass Military Studies

By Antonio Calcara

This book comparatively examines the preferences of four key arms-producing states towards European joint armaments programmes. The European defence market is characterised by a mixture of inter-state competition and European cooperation, and this work assesses why countries sometimes decide to…

Hardback – 2020-03-27 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy

By Daniel Salisbury

This book constitutes an original archival history of government secrecy, public relations and the debate surrounding nuclear weapons in Britain from 1970 to 1983. The book contrasts the secrecy and near-silence of the Heath, Wilson and Callaghan governments on nuclear issues in the 1970s with the…

Hardback – 2020-03-05 
Routledge
Cold War History

By Peter Davies

This book is the first history of UK economic intelligence and offers a new perspective on the evolution of Britain's national intelligence machinery and how it worked during the Cold War. British economic intelligence has a longer pedigree than the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and was the…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
Routledge
Government Official History Series

By Henrik Stålhane Hiim

This book explores China’s approach to the nuclear programs in Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. A major power with access to nuclear technology, China has a significant impact on international nuclear weapons proliferation, but its attitude towards the spread of the bomb has been inconsistent.…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
Routledge

Edited by Robert McCabe, Deborah Sanders, Ian Speller

This book seeks to identify and address gaps in our understanding of maritime security and the role of small navies in Europe. The majority of Europe’s navies are small, yet they are often called upon to address a complex array of traditional and non-traditional threats. This volume examines the…

Hardback – 2019-10-01
Routledge
Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series

By Hu Bo

This book analyses China’s maritime strategy for the 21st century, integrating strategic planning, policy thinking and strategic prediction. This book explains the construction and application of China's military, political, economic and diplomatic means for building maritime power, and…

Hardback – 2019-09-18
Routledge
Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

By Medha Bisht

This book examines in detail the strategic relevance of the Arthashastra. Attributed to the fourth century B.C., this classical treatise on state and statecraft rests at the intersection of political theory and international relations. Adopting a hermeneutic approach, the book discusses certain…

Hardback – 2019-09-11
Routledge India

By Lindsay C. Clark

This book investigates how drone warfare is deeply gendered and how this can be explored through the methodological framework of ‘Haunting’. Utilising original interview data from British Reaper drone crews, the book analyses the way killing by drones complicates traditional understandings of…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Gender and Security

By Tom Dyson

Drawing upon extensive original research, this book explores best practice in army lessons-learned processes. Without the correct learning mechanisms, military adaptation can be blocked, or the wider lessons from adaptation can easily be lost, leading to the need to relearn lessons in the field,…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Cass Military Studies

Edited by Thomas Hoerber, Sarah Lieberman

This book builds a bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies by addressing developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration. It answers questions central to European studies applying them to the burgeoning field…

Hardback – 2019-05-15
Routledge
Space Power and Politics

By Katharine A.M. Wright, Matthew Hurley, Jesus Ignacio Gil Ruiz

This book examines NATO's engagement with gender issues through its military structures. Drawing on newly declassified NATO documents, this volume provides the first comprehensive account of NATO’s long-established engagement with gender issues. These documents bring to the fore the stories of the…

Hardback – 2019-05-03
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Gender and Security