Warfare & defence
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Warfare & defence
Hardcover. In this concise introduction to the complexities of contemporary western intelligence and its dynamics during an era of globalization, Adam Svendsen discusses intelligence cooperation in the early 21st century, with a sharp focus on counter-terrorism and WMD counter-proliferation during the 'War on Terror.' Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 3. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360716
- ISBN
- 9780230360716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardcover. Butler sheds light on how American political leaders sell the decision to intervene with military force to the public and how a just war frame is employed in US foreign policy. He provides three post-Cold War examples of foreign policy crises: the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Kosovo (1999), and Afghanistan (2001). Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360648
- ISBN
- 9780230360648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardcover. A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914). Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; HBW; JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354852
- ISBN
- 9780230354852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Hardcover. Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called defense intellectuals such as the RAND Corporation. Translator(s): George, Renuka. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340923
- ISBN
- 9780230340923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. This book recounts the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema and examines its after effects. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, SS officers were charged with destroying anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi partisans. Paolo Pezzino not only reconstructs the events, but deals with the "forgetting" of the massacre. Translator(s): Giovanni Mazhar, Noor. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 209 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340787
- ISBN
- 9780230340787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Paperback. Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of the military and economics, power and money is central to the modern world.This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of organized force, with a wide range of historical and current examples. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JWA; JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337176
- ISBN
- 9780230337176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British, French and German crisis decision-making in FYROM, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo. While transatlantic relations remain important, crisis management under the EU label is increasingly accepted in national capitals. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPQB; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230309135
- ISBN
- 9780230309135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. What links the interviews with Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on British and American TV, the chase of journalists following mega-terrorists, and the new status conferred on ordinary people at war? Transforming Media Coverage of Violent Conflicts offers a timely and original discussion on the shift in war journalism in recent years. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JWL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298705
- ISBN
- 9780230298705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardcover. The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JPSL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294271
- ISBN
- 9780230294271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. 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 implications for the EU's effectiveness as an international security actor. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292017
- ISBN
- 9780230292017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Series: Rethinking Political Violence. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290990
- ISBN
- 9780230290990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Foucault on Politics, Society and War interrogates Foucault's controversial genealogy of modern biopolitics. These essays situate Foucault's arguments, clarify the correlation of sovereign and bio-power and examine the relation of bios, nomos and race in relation to modern war. Editor(s): Dillon, Michael; Neal, Andrew W. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285378
- ISBN
- 9780230285378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282261
- ISBN
- 9780230282261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; JWK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280120
- ISBN
- 9780230280120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.01
€ 65.01
Paperback. Drawing on critical social and political thought, this book argues that late modern wars, often referred to as 'liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating forms of exclusion and domination that render war a tool of control in global terms. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251816
- ISBN
- 9780230251816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.98
€ 110.98
Hardcover. Dyson explains the convergence and divergence between British, French and German defence reforms in the post-Cold War era. He engages with cultural and realist theories and develops a neoclassical realist approach to change and stasis in defence policy, bringing new material to bear on the factors which have affected defence reforms. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246232
- ISBN
- 9780230246232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07
€ 65.07
Hardcover. An exploration of Immanuel Kant's account of war and the controversies that have arisen from its interpretation. This book brings the ideas of Kant's critical philosophy to bear on one of the leading political and legal questions of our age: under what circumstances, if any, is recourse to war legally and morally justifiable? Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244207
- ISBN
- 9780230244207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241961
- ISBN
- 9780230241961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Hardcover. As one of South Asia's oldest democracies Sri Lanka is a critical case to examine the limits of a liberal peace, peacebuilding and external engagement in the settlement of civil wars. Based on nine years of research, and more than 100 interviews with those affected by the war, NGOs, and local and international elites engaged in the peace process. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTJ; HBJF; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240278
- ISBN
- 9780230240278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Television and Terror: Conflicting Times and the Crisis of News Discou...
Hoskins, Andrew, O'loughlin, Ben
Paperback. The advent of the twenty-first century was marked by a succession of conflicts and catastrophes that demanded unrestrained journalism. Hoskins and O'Loughlin demonstrate that television, tarnished by its economy of liveness and its impositions of immediacy, and brevity, fails to deliver critical and consistent expositions of our conflicting times. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229020
- ISBN
- 9780230229020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Italian Military Operations Abroad: Just Don't Call it War
Ignazi, Piero, Giacomello, Giampiero, Coticch...
Hardcover. Peace support operations are one of the most important tools in the foreign policy of Western democracies. This book is a study of Italian military operations in the last twenty years. Italy's operations are examined through an analysis of parliamentary debates and interviews with leading policy-makers. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; GTJ; JPQB; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228917
- ISBN
- 9780230228917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Hardcover. Military power needs to be financed and economic development is often shaped by military conflict, thus the interaction of military and economy, power and money is central to the modern world. This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of the use of organized force, with a wide range of historical and current examples. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JWJ; JWK; JWLP; JWXF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228535
- ISBN
- 9780230228535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. The Globalization of Security is an important rethinking of the connections between globalization and security, focusing on a conceptual examination of the role of the state combined with key case studies. The book provides a novel historical sociological approach, advancing both the understanding of security and the theory of state power. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JPS; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224001
- ISBN
- 9780230224001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices (New Security Chal...
Katsuhisa Furukawa, James Revill, Malcolm Dan...
Hardcover. This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term 'biosecurity'. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by the potential of the products of the life sciences to be used for destructive purposes. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPWL; JWMC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223561
- ISBN
- 9780230223561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.19
€ 123.19