Warriors and Politicians

US Civil-Military Relations under Stress

By Charles A. Stevenson

With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77008-8 (Routledge)

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Military Honour and the Conduct of War

From Ancient Greece to Iraq

By Paul Robinson

This study presents the first examination of the influence of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct and ending of wars from Ancient Greece to...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39201-3 (Routledge)

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The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917

By Alex Marshall

This new book examines the role of the Tsarist General Staff in studying and administering Russia’s Asian borderlands. It considers the nature of the Imperial...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35561-2 (Routledge)

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Strategic Culture and Ways of War

By Lawrence Sondhaus

A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war.

It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to a...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70214-0 (Routledge)

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British and Japanese Military Leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-45

Edited by Brian Bond

Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative new collection brings together five distinguished UK-based scholars and five from Japan to reappraise...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8555-7 (Routledge)

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Global Geostrategy

Mackinder and the Defence of the West

Edited by Brian Blouet

This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder’s seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8575-5 (Routledge)

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British Generalship on the Western Front 1914–1918

Defeat into Victory

By Simon Robbins

This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40778-6 (Routledge)

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Leaders in War

West Point Remembers the 1991 Gulf War

Edited by Frederick W. Kagan, Christian Kubik

Leaders in War present unique first-person perspectives across the spectrum of American combat operations during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

From division commanders to platoon...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40784-7 (Routledge)

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The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945

'August Storm'

By David M. Glantz

This critical examination of the final Soviet strategic offensive operation during World War II seeks to chip away at two generally inaccurate pictures many Westerners...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40861-5 (Routledge)

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Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945

'August Storm'

By David M. Glantz

At the request of the other Allies, on 9th August 1945, a force of over 1.5 million Red Army soldiers unleashed a massive attack against...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40863-9 (Routledge)

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