"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and…
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At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching…
At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching…
"In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasingly sought the absolute destructi…
"In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasingly sought the absolute destructi…
A thorough revision of a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive picture of the evolution of modern warfare.
Beschouwing van de Pruissische strateeg (1780-1831) over de theorie van de oorlogvoering en de voor legerleiding vereiste geestelijke capaciteiten
"Carl von Clausewitz's On War has been called, "not simply the greatest, but the only truly great book on war." It is an extraordinary attempt to construct an all-embracing theory of how war works. Its coherence and ambition are unmatched by other military literature. On War is …
Can air bombardment break the morale of an enemy and force it to capitulate or does it strengthen the enemy's determination to resist? In the first major book since the Vietnam War on the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps policy make…
Can air bombardment break the morale of an enemy and force it to capitulate or does it strengthen the enemy's determination to resist? In the first major book since the Vietnam War on the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps policy make…
The revolution in military affairs: implications for Canada and NATO
by Université du Québec à Montréal., Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité, Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, Sloan, Elinor Camille
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The revolution in military affairs: implications for Canada and NATO
by Université du Québec à Montréal., Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité, Sloan, Elinor C., (Elinor Camille), Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies
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The campaign in Afghanistan, the Gulf war, and Kosovo show how advances in information technology are driving a high-tech revolution in military affairs (RMA). This text outlines elements of the RMA and examines efforts of the US, and NATO.
The revolution in military affairs: implications for Canada and NATO
by Université du Québec à Montréal., Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité, Sloan, Elinor C., (Elinor Camille), Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies
fromForeign policy, security, and strategic studies
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Type: Book
The campaign in Afghanistan, the Gulf war, and Kosovo show how advances in information technology are driving a high-tech revolution in military affairs (RMA). This text outlines elements of the RMA and examines efforts of the US, and NATO.
The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehisto…
The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehisto…