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Theory of warfare & military science

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Theory of warfare & military science

This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; 1KBB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769518
ISBN
9780804769518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.23

paperback. Fisher examines how China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) remains critical to the existence of the Chinese Communist government and looks at China's political and military actions designed to protect its expanded strategic interests in both the Asia-Pacific and Central to Near-Asian regions. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771955
ISBN
9780804771955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.33

This book analyzes conceptually and empirically this ongoing global shift in security governance from public to private hands and specifically evaluates the role of armed non-state groups in stability promotion. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784979
ISBN
9780804784979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.35

The contributors to this provocative collection scrutinize the relations between anthropology and contemporary global war, contending that modern high-tech warfare is analogous to rituals of magic and sorcery, and examining the U.S. military's exploitation of ethnographic research. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L.; Finnstrom, Sverker. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354352
ISBN
9780822354352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.68

Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 figures, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700309
ISBN
9781501700309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 figures, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704468
ISBN
9781501704468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

A selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers an overview of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change. It presents studies that move beyond the very concept of globalization. Editor(s): Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848558908
ISBN
9781848558908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.85

Hardcover. Christopher Lynch offers a substantial interpretive essay alongside Machiavelli's text that covers its historical and political contexts. He also discusses the military, political, and philosophical aspects of the work, as well as maps, an index of names, and a glossary. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500409
ISBN
9780226500409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.77

A selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers an overview of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change. It presents studies that move beyond the very concept of globalization. Editor(s): Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 83. Weight in Grams: 1838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
900
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848558946
ISBN
9781848558946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.07

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; JPS; JWA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653594
ISBN
9780691653594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.54
€ 144.76

paperback. A guide to the strategies of war. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, it features the subtle social game of everyday life. It contains examples of the genius and folly of those from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher and Hannibal to Ulysses S Grant. Series: The Robert Greene Collection. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JWA; KJC; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 117 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Profile Books; edition (2008-06-05)
Condition
New
SKU
9781861979988
ISBN
9781861979988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.45

Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783603558
ISBN
9781783603558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.84

Hardcover. A modern, comprehensive, easy to read and understand theory of war for the 21st century - from guerrilla war to nuclear war, war underwater to war in (cyber) space Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JWA; JWF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788171
ISBN
9780198788171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.89

Since the Cold War, humanitarian interventions have transitioned through a range of stages. These 12 essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions, conflict and attendant human rights violations, unmitigated and systematic violence, state re-building, and issues associated with human mobility and dislocation. Editor(s): Warren, Aiden; Grenfell, Damian. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JKSR; JPS; JWA; LBBS; LBBV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474423816
ISBN
9781474423816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.48

Paperback. Offers an examination of modern warfare in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JWA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844675784
ISBN
9781844675784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.10

This book considers how the way we think about law affects the way we make war and how the way we think about war affects the way we make law. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JWA; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849460934
ISBN
9781849460934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.99

Hardcover. This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactic Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBW; JWA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated,Hardcover with Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804847834
ISBN
9780804847834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.22

As their roles become more demanding, specialised and far removed from their own inborn predispositions, will the military require ever more years of 'programming'? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JWA; JWM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042543
ISBN
9781849042543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833042002
ISBN
9780833042002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.01

Paperback. In this translation, the author presents the core text in two formats: first, the unadorned ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu, the author of "The Art of War"; then, the same text with a running commentary from the canon of traditional Chinese commentators. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439199
ISBN
9780140439199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.25

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