Skildring af den diplomatiske krise, der i 1962 udspandt sig mellem Kennedy og Khrusjtjov og bragte verden tæt på en atomkrig. Begivenhederne følges dag for dag og time for time og på baggrund af nye kilder afdækkes hidtil ukendte optrin. Bogen findes tillige i en dansk udgave s…
"The relationship between America and Pakistan is based on mutual incomprehension and always has been. Pakistan--to American eyes--has gone from being a quirky irrelevance, to a stabilizing friend, to an essential military ally, to a seedbed of terror. America--to Pakistani eyes…
Forfatteren retter en skarp kritik mod det amerikanske militærkompleks, idet hun argumenterer for, at USA siden Vietnamkrigen gradvist er blevet vænnet til at være konstant i krig uden at det kan mærkes på hjemmefronten. Hendes gennemgående argument er, at militæret har vokset s…
An anatomy of the U.S. military's new six-point program for twenty-first-century war
Democratic peace theory - the argument that democracies very rarely go to war with each other - has come under attack recently for being too naïve and for neglecting the vast amount of wars fought by democracies, especially since the end of the Cold War. This volume offers a fre…
I flere europæiske stater anerkendes erhvervsmæssig brug af sikkerhed i vid udstrækning inden for statens område. Dette har betydet opblomstring af firmaer som G4S Gruppen. I en række afhandlinger analyserer sagkyndige anvendelsen af europæiske staters herunder Danmarks anvendel…
This title explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. Professor Gray argues that our understanding of human nature, of politics, and of strategic history, does allow us to make prudent choices in defence planning.
Formulating a military strategy is a complex interaction between politicians, strategic commanders and generals. Formulating such a strategy within a multinational organization is even more complex. In this book, Edström and Gyllensporre explore a range of case studies, based on…
"Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst with twenty-five years of experience working on the Middle East, explores America's intractable problem with Iran, Tehran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, and the prolonged clash that led us to this point. Pollack lays out key sol…
Forfatteren beskriver i bogen, hvordan en gruppe af civile og militære personer, under ledelse af General David Petraeus forsøgte at "revolutionere" det amerikanske forsvar til en ny måde at udkæmpe sine krige på. Hovedplanen eller plottet var at omstille strategien til "Counter…
An account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war.
This book explores fundamental questions about grand strategy, as it has evolved across generations and countries. It provides an overview of the ancient era of grand strategy and a detailed discussion of its philosophical, military, and economic foundations in the modern era. T…
"Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice The Need for an Effective American Foreign Policy This book explores fundamental questions about grand strategy, as it has evolved across generations and countries. It provides an overview of the Ancient Era of grand strategy and a detailed…
A comparative analysis of an old and new EU Member State's perceptions of and contributions to EU security and defence. This book focuses on change and continuity in both countries' defence policies and where convergence and divergence has occurred. This has important implicatio…
"As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American w…
