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The core of the guide is an extensively annotated bibliography of unclassified English language materials on military intelligence, the evolution of intelligence operations, the role of intelligence in air, ground, and naval operations, and specialized fields of espionage, counter intelligence, technical intelligence, and aerial photography.

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Cimbala analyzes military persuasionthe art of using armed force to support diplomacy, deterrence, crisis management, unconventional conflicts, peace operations, and other military activities short of major conventional war.

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Based upon research in numerous archival sources, this is a study of British military planning during a period in which long-succesful defence and military strategies had to be reappraised in the light of new technological advances.

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An examination of the problems encountered in developing and measuring combat readiness before, during and after the Cold War. It analyzes why attempts to maximize combat readiness often have counterproduction effects, and how confusions in technical concepts cause political controversy.

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The threat to use military force is a matter that commands immediate attention from many segments of government. Karsten, Howell, and Allen systematically analyze statistically significant numbers of actual cases to discover the determinants of success or failure of the threat to employ military force.

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This study examines the logic underlying the Western European reactions to Ronald Reagan's announcement of plans for the strategic defense initiative (SDI) in March 1983, and assesses the validity of European anxieties about missile defenses.

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Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the greatest military commanders in history and the central figure in the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Throughout the first decade of the 19th century he won several battles by wielding the Grande Armee decisively against the other powers of Europe - Prussia, Austria and Russia.

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A comprehensive account of Israel's doctrine of national security, this study examines to what degree security theories have proven valid and suggests an updated security doctrine for the next century.

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This superb introduction to NATO is written for the national security novice, yet is full of insights for the more seasoned hand interested in how and why NATO reached its current state.

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A treatise on moral philosophy in relation to nuclear war which examines the extremes of nuclear advocacy and nuclear abolition. Outlining a "just-defence doctrine" for the nuclear age, the author argues that the strategy of deterrence must remain conditional.

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Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But, the deadliest form is almost too scary to think about. This book offers a blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks, if we are willing to face the issue squarely.

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This text is an analysis of President Bush's regional defence strategy first unveiled in Aspen, Colorado, on August 2 1990. This strategy involves a mix of active, reserve and reconstitutable forces, and General Colin Powell's Base Force.

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Australia has found it difficult to effectively influence Pacific Island states in pursuit of its strategic interests. Informed by interviews with key decision makers, Pacific Power analyses why Australia has had difficulty exercising influence in the Pacific Islands and identifies how Australia can more effectively influence Pacific Island states in pursuit of its strategic interests.

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Students, professionals, and scholars in military and media studies will benefit from this top-level appraisal of the defense posture needed for the nation's security in the 1990s.

This dialogue with top-level authorities answers fundamental questions about U.S. defense needs in the near future.

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Demonstrating that none of the various perspectives under review has emerged as the clear winner in the struggle for theoretical hegemony in security studies, this book shows that eclectic perspectives, like democratic realist institutionalism, can better explain peace and security in the Asian Pacific.

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Based upon consideration of United Nation missions to the Congo, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia and examination of counterinsurgency campaigns, Mockaitis develops a new model for intervening in intrastate conflicts and commends the British approach to civil strife as the basis for a new approach to peace operations.

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Radical changes in Eastern Europe, the withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, and significant force reductions by the Soviet army signal a new era in U.

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Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving various major powers. This was hence a key period in the development of 'modern' infantry tactics. This title covers the Dutch-Spanish wars of independence, The Thirty Years' War and the English Civil Wars.

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The author shows that although combat strategy and tactics receive high profile attention, it is "lift" capability and capacity, as a prerequisite, that is fundamental to attaining military objectives. He uses the US forces' six-month build-up to Desert Storm to demonstrate his arguments.

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William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter, two of the world's foremost defense authorities, draw on their experience as leaders of the U.S. Defense Department to propose a new American security strategy for the twenty-first century.

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