Defense Resource Planning Under Uncertainty
by Robert J. Lempert, Drake Warren, Ryan Henry, Robert W Button, Jonathan Klenk, and Kate Giglio
Review of Army Total Force Policy Implementation
by Ellen M. Pint, Christopher M Schnaubelt, Stephen Dalzell, Jaime L Hastings, Penelope Speed, and Michael G Shanley
The Creation of the Pla Strategic Support Force and Its Implications for Chinese Military Space Operations
by Kevin L Pollpeter, Michael S Chase, and Dr Eric Heginbotham
Army Field Manual FM 3-25.26 (U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook)
by The United States Army
At once a grand tour of the battlefields of North America and an unabashedly personal tribute to the military prowess of an essentially unwarlike people, Fields of Battle spans more than two centuries and the expanse of a continent to show how the immense spaces of North America shaped the wars that were fought on its soil. of photos.
As people increasingly define themselves by ethnicity or religion, the West will find itself more and more at odds with non-western civilizations that reject its ideals of democracy, human rights, liberty, the rule of law, and the separation of the church and the state. Huntington feels that the fundamental source of conflict in the post-Cold War period will not be primarily ideological or economic, but cultural. Picturing a future of accelerated conflict and increasingly "de-westernized" intern...
New Dimensions in International Security. Part II (Adelphi Papers)
The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance
by Gregory Pedlow and Donald Welzenbach
The CIA's 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954 1974 is a fascinating and important historical document. It contains a significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and Oxcart programs, including names of pilots; codenames and cryptonyms; locations, funding, and cover arrangements; electronic countermeasures equipment; cooperation with foreign governments; and overflights of the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, and other c...
This volume brings together views of some of the most eminent scholars and security analysts from South Asia on the challenges and prospects of a cooperative security framework (CSF) in the region. The objective of the volume is to generate debate on CSF and forge a consensus on the issue at the Track-II level. The contributions critically analyses such frameworks in different regions and explore whether it is possible and practicable in the South Asian region. Despite strong historical and cult...
Greek Fortifications of Asia Minor 500-130 BC (Fortress, #90)
by Konstantin Nossov and Konstantin S Nossov
Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world. Fought over repeatedly in the 5th century BC, their conquest by the Persians provided a casus belli for Alexander the Great to cross the Hellespont in 334 BC and launch the battle of Granicus and the sieges of Miletus and Halicarnassus. A blend of Greek and Asian styles of military architecture, these fort...
The central problem discussed in this timely volume is the continuing question of how to incorporate nuclear weapons into NATO strategy in such a way that the military defense posture possesses sufficient credibility to deter the Soviet Union and reassure the allies. The evolution and differences in the strategic concepts of the major nations in the Alliance are analyzed by examining the character of the opposing military capabilities and some of the practical problems of fighting a local nuclea...
When civilians suffer in war, it is often a deliberate act. Massacres, rape, displacement, famine, and disease are the strategic decisions of political and military leaders who make civilians their targets in order to gain the upper hand in battle. Yet there still exists the precious and fragile belief-ingrained in modern international law-that unarmed and innocent people should be protected in war, even if, in practice, the principle of civil immunity is often ignored or rejected. Hoping to re...
U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Casualty Policies and Procedures
by Michael J McNerney
The Diffusion of Power. Part I (Adelphi Papers)
This book is an overview of the U.S. nuclear stockpile and the issues relating to maintenance and replacement of warheads. Nuclear weapons will continue to play a key role in U.S. security policy for many decades. At issue for Congress is how best to maintain the nuclear stockpile so that it will retain, for many decades, capabilities that political and military leaders deem necessary. Three main options are discussed in this book: (1) extending the service lives of current warheads without nucl...