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Examines the hard data on arms races in East Asia by using quantitative arms race theory and by studying the role of the armaments-tension spiral and that of enduring national rivalries.

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It has been over fifteen years since the 1999 Intervention into East Timor, led by Australia with the International Force for East Timor. This collection of essays brings together a range of participants in the momentous events of 1999 and provides a timely reflection on how they see it - reflecting on the meaning, the consequences and the implications arising from the Timor intervention.

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Rapid turnover of ROTC officers, the decline in ROTC enrollment, inadequate training for the specialized techniques of modem warfare, and the quick obsolescence of technical training have created an acute problem in the development of a body of highly-trained professional career officers. This book takes a fresh view of this vital problem and provi

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The author clearly demonstrates that Eisenhower's organization of the Allied effort in Europe represented a decisive breakthrough in the conduct of war, particularly in coalition warfare.

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This book uses history in two ways: as the source of ideas about strategy and as examples to illustrate the elements by showing their application to specific campaigns and their utility in understanding the role of strategy in military operations.

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This book uses history in two ways: as the source of ideas about strategy and as examples to illustrate the elements by showing their application to specific campaigns and their utility in understanding the role of strategy in military operations.

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A collection of brilliant studies by distinguished scholars, it illuminates, through a combination of overview and case study, a historical subject that has profound implications for the development of specialized forces in the post-Cold War Era.

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This book looks into four areas of our world's international security crisis: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war.

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An insightful and valuable resource on the major conflicts between American Indian tribes and Euro-American settlers from the arrival of Columbus to the Battle of Wounded Knee.

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Although many consider Mao Tse Tung (Mao Zedong) and Che Guevara to be its inventors, guerrilla warfare was already old hat in biblical times.

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A fascinating look at the insurgencies and counterinsurgencies throughout history with a concentration on the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Peacekeeping operations now form the common response of the international community to the problem of managing armed conflict in an increasingly violent world. This work provides an account of the activity and development of the United Nations and other peacekeeping operations since World War II.

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From the Abrams M1 tank to the zeppelin, this essential reference details the invention and evolution of nearly 600 of the most important advances in military technology from prehistory to the present.

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A fully illustrated compendium of pivotal figures, battles, and political strategies of the Mexican-American War.

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This volume by reference book author Victoria Sherrow offers an account of the ways in which young people have suffered as a result of war, particularly since the seventeenth century.

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Using polling data, printed material, and interviews with Lithuanian and Ukrainian diplomats, the book convincingly shows the soundness of the Baltic and Ukrainian security goals without glossing over some difficulties, both internal and external.

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This work stresses the importance, in making any choice of strategies-including the decision to use or refrain from using nuclear weapons-of gauging the intent behind the opponent's military moves. Dr. Brodie also suggests that the use or threat of use of tactical nuclear weapons may lead to de-escalation, that is, may check rather than promote the

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This book maintains that a full understanding of the problem of European security must include the role of Christian ethics.

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Watanabe explores the American foreign policymaking process in general and the impact ethnic group activism can have on foreign policy formulation in particular in his two-part study Ethnic Groups, Congress, and American Foreign Policy.