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A war of attrition is usually conceptualized as a bloody slogging match, epitomized by imagery of futile frontal assaults on the Western Front of the First World War.

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The relationship of the United States and Great Britain has been the subject of numerous studies with a particular emphasis on the idea of a special relationship based on traditional common ties of language, history, and political affinity.

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Fundamental reconceptualization of security policy is a necessary step, and it is important to get on with it. Getting on with it means defining the new concept of cooperative security, identifying the trends that motivate it, outlining its implications for practical policy action, and acknowledging its constraints. These tasks are the purpose of this book.

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Though the military spending in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia are not large by the standards of Middle Eastern countries, Cordesman (strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies) says they are high enough to place an unacceptable burden on the region's fragile and poorly structure

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This hard-hitting analysis of the U.S. missile defense program explains the system's limitations and argues that it is not nearly as effective as Americans have been led to believe.

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In October 1987 on the eve of the Washington summit, the Committee on Atlantic Studies, a group of European and North American scholars established in 1964 to promote transatlantic dialogue, met in Toronto to discuss the implications of the new arms control for European security.

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The Ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the Samurai began to realize their worth. This title tells their story, drawing on Japanese sources and showing the disciplined ranks that they became.

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The Asian Century is challenging many of the assumptions at the heart of Australian defence policy and strategy. Defence scholars have collectively produced a smorgasbord of alternatives for policy-makers. How should we evaluate these options Adam Lockyer tackles this question and develops a novel conceptual framework for evaluating defence strategies.

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Almost half a century ago, the T.B. Millar penned a seminal book on Australian defence policy in the lead up to the Vietnam War. Drawing inspiration from Millar's original volume, Australia's Defence brings together leading experts to examine the domestic and international context of Australia's defence policy, Australian strategy and the size and state of the Australian armed forces.

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In this book Brent Nosworthy provides a wealth of detailed analysis of the various tactical doctrines employed by the main armies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.

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The adoption of the rule of law was widely resisted in the Soviet armed forces, and reforms in military service have come from demands by parents and relatives that the military change its lethal ways. Students and scholars involved in Soviet studies as well as contemporary military studies will find much to ponder.

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The so-called pacifist clause of the Japanese Constitution (Article 9) binds the Japanese people forever to renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes.

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And while ground forces must be equipped with the newest Institute weapons, new technology will not fulfill its promise of shaping the battlefield to American advantage if new devices are merely grafted on to old organizations that are not specifically designed to exploit them.

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And while ground forces must be equipped with the newest Institute weapons, new technology will not fulfill its promise of shaping the battlefield to American advantage if new devices are merely grafted on to old organizations that are not specifically designed to exploit them.

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In the new world disorder, U.S. forces and military doctrine are being reconfigured to deal with the threat posed by regional powers. This change in military doctrine has resulted from the perceived intentions of various regional powers to build advanced conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

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Examines deterrence theory at a structural level, which allows a focus on the similarities between the major perspectives on nuclear strategic doctrine. By examining such issues as validity standards and the evaluation of evidence, Dauber aims to assess deterrence as a theory of persuasion.

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This text presents a comparative, international study of commissions of inquiry that have been convened in response to extraordinary failures and scandals.

In recent years, commissions of inquiry have been common to the politics of the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.