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This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.

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While many people are aware that women are actively serving in the US armed forces, few understand what exactly is expected of women in the military, the duties they perform, and the limitations and restrictions placed on them, especially in a combat zone. This book reveals much about its subjects.

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Terrorism cannot be treated as a monolithic threat. This book contains cases that shed some light on how we should understand, characterise, and categorise terrorism, and they provide insights into the concepts of political legitimacy, liberal democracy, political culture, and political community.

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This thought-provoking work analyzes the major debates surrounding counterinsurgency campaigns and uncovers the internal security problems derailing effective strategies for restoring stability.

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An overview of the global problem of gun violence. Just as guns know no borders, gun violence has become a global epidemic, killing many people each year and injuring many more. Virtually every illegal gun begins as a legal gun. This book documents the global gun trade, its threat to public health, and efforts to remedy the situation.

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Fascinating case studies on hackers who have been caught and convicted of their crimes, as well as those betrayed by their peers, offer a unique, credible understanding of what makes hackers tick.

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Argues that the future of the United States' influence abroad lies in whether non-Americans keep believing in the American dream. This book shows what the essence of America is to non-Americans, and why their opinions matter.

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Current trends suggest that the fog of war continues to make strategy an opaque enterprise notwithstanding enormous U.S. investments in high-tech weapons, intelligence capabilities, and homeland defense.

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For the first time, a military expert on both Russia and insurgency offers the definitive guide on activities in Southern Russia, explaining why the Russian approach to counter terrorism is failing and why terrorist and insurgent attacks in Russia have sharply increased over the past three years.

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If the Intifada was a struggle for recognition that a peace had to be reached that was just for both sides, the Israeli-Palestinian War has polarized both sides away from peace, convincing them of the justice of their own cause and tactics and the fundamental injustice of the other side's tactics and goals.

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The Whittle-Gloster relationship continued and produced the only Allied combat jet aircraft during the war, the Meteor, which was relegated to Home Defense in Britain.

In America, General Electric copied the Whittle designs, and Bell Aircraft contracted to build the first American jet plane.

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How should we confront hate This book argues that, as a close look at the history of applying law to incidents of hate and violence illustrates, the courtroom proves to be an excellent place to demonstrate the virtues of applying the tools of reason to the grave injustices of the world.

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In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Conservative journalists and politicians seized the occasion to denounce the pair as communist sympathizers and spies for the Soviet Union.

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This volume reviews the debates surrounding the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense systems and their deployment by George W. Bush, allowing readers to assess for themselves the significance of Bush's decisions.

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A noted conflict expert shows how accelerating globalization is causing dangerous global insecurity that must be met by new security models and policies.

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Since his election, President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad of Iran has reversed the more moderate and pluralistic policies of his predecessor. This book documents Ahmadenijad's background and rise to power. It explains the structure of the Iranian revolutionary government - the competing centers of power and the major players.

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As shocking as the attacks of 9/11 were, we have been too quick to view the post-9/11 struggle against terrorism as entirely new and unprecedented. Even seemingly novel characteristics of terrorist methods may be more the outcome of earlier developments than a truly new phenomenon.