![The Use of Force for State Power]( "The Use of Force for State Power")
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Warner, M., Childress, J. (2020)
This book studies force, the coercive application of power against resistance, building from Thomas Hobbes’ observation that all self-contained political orders have some ultimate …
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![Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations]( "Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations")
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Bolton, M. B. (2020)
This book explores the global politics of disarmament through emerging international relations (IR) theories of discourse and imagination. Each chapter reflects on an aspect of …
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![How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions]( "How and Why States Defect from Contemporary Military Coalitions")
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McInnis, K. J. (2020)
This book identifies contemporary military coalition defections, builds a theoretical framework for understanding why coalition defection occurs and assesses its utility for both …
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![The Aftermath of Defeats in War]( "The Aftermath of Defeats in War")
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Zabad, I. M. (2019)
This book sets out to explain the variation in nations’ reactions to their defeats in war. Typically, we observe two broad reactions to defeat: an inward-oriented response that …
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![Insecurity and Emerging Biotechnology]( "Insecurity and Emerging Biotechnology")
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Edwards, B. (2019)
This book examines how emergent trends in innovation and its governance are raising new and old questions about how to control technology. It develops a new framework for …
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![Regulating US Private Security Contractors]( "Regulating US Private Security Contractors")
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Jezdimirovic Ranito, J. (2019)
This book explores different aspects of the regulation of private security contractors working for governments. The author specifically examines the US, identifying the obstacles …
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![The United Kingdom’s Defence After Brexit]( "The United Kingdom’s Defence After Brexit")
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Johnson, R. (Ed), Matlary, J. H. (Ed) (2019)
This new work examines how the European states, the United Kingdom and the United States will approach the defence and Security of Europe in the medium and long-term. It is often …
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![Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment]( "Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment")
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Ratuva, S. (Ed), Compel, R. (Ed), Aguilar, S. (Ed) (2019)
This edited volume provides a critical and comparative discussion of the changing synergy between the military and society in the dramatically transforming global security …
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![Before Military Intervention]( "Before Military Intervention")
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Clack, T. (Ed), Johnson, R. (Ed) (2019)
This book explores the natures of recent stabilisation efforts and global upstream threats. As prevention is always cheaper than the crisis of state collapse or civil war, the …
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![The Modernisation of the Republic of Korea Navy]( "The Modernisation of the Republic of Korea Navy")
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Bowers, I. (2019)
This book sheds light on one of the most under-studied but powerful navies in the world. Using a multifaceted approach, it examines how the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has …
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![Coping with Caveats in Coalition Warfare]( "Coping with Caveats in Coalition Warfare")
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Fermann, G. (2019)
This book develops a framework for analysis, and a set of research strategies, to better understand the conditions and mechanisms involved in the considerable use of caveats by …
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![Why Counterinsurgency Fails]( "Why Counterinsurgency Fails")
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de Tray, D. (2019)
This book examines why the U.S. counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed and presents a solution for future counterinsurgency campaigns that was developed …
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![Disobedience in the Military]( "Disobedience in the Military")
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Caron, J. (2019)
We often think of the army as an institution whose members are required to blindly obey all orders they receive. However, this perception is inaccurate. Disobedience is a …
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![Why Paramilitary Operations Fail]( "Why Paramilitary Operations Fail")
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Krishnan, A. (2018)
This book analyzes U.S. pro-insurgency paramilitary operations (PMOs) or U.S. proxy warfare from the beginning of the Cold War to the present and explains why many of these …
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![The US-China Military and Defense Relationship during the Obama Presidency]( "The US-China Military and Defense Relationship during the Obama Presidency")
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Johnson, J. (2018)
This book offers a timely and compelling explanation for the deterioration of U.S.-China security relations during the Obama Presidency. The U.S.-China relationship has become one …
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![Private Military and Security Companies and States]( "Private Military and Security Companies and States")
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Spearin, C. (2017)
This book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding …
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![The Palgrave Handbook of Security, Risk and Intelligence]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Security, Risk and Intelligence")
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Dover, R. (Ed), Dylan, H. (Ed), Goodman, M. S. (Ed) (2017)
This handbook provides a detailed analysis of threats and risk in the international system and of how governments and their intelligence services must adapt and function in order …
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![Special Operations from a Small State Perspective]( "Special Operations from a Small State Perspective")
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Eriksson, G. (Ed), Pettersson, U. (Ed) (2017)
“Over the past dozen years special operations forces (SOF) have been one of the few areas of growth and expansion in a number of militaries. This growth and expansion, however, …
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