Ballistics examines the analytical and computational tools for predicting a weapons behavior in terms of pressure, stress, and velocity, demonstrating their applications in ammunition and weapons design. It includes updated and revised equations, en...Loe edasi...
This book reviews whether the current regime or legal apparatus in place can effectively address breaches in Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS) and analyses the responsibility of global players. The work endeavors to map out the main gaps and some pos...Loe edasi...
This book investigates how the war in Afghanistan was sold to the British public and how Britains transnational foreign and defence policy impacted on the unfolding of UK strategy in Afghanistan and the way it was communicated. This kind of strategi...Loe edasi...
This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third. It will be an essential reference f...Loe edasi...
This volume demonstrates the development of Roman military bureaucracy during the Middle Republic, expanding on recent research to examine these administrative systems that made possible Romes expansion in this period....Loe edasi...
The book examines the challenges related to civil-military interaction in international interventions by taking a closer look at the social role of those soldiers who engage in it the most....Loe edasi...
This book examines how internal and external security are blurring at the EU level, and the implications this has for EU security governance and the EU as a security actor....Loe edasi...
This volume aims to operationalize General John R. Galvins call for a new paradigm to fight the most prevalent form of conflict in the world today-insurgency. It contributes to the understanding needed to formulate and implement efforts in the cont...Loe edasi...
This book provides an introduction to important socio-political issues and selected demographic data underlying recurrent debates concerning both the mythic and actual social composition and quality of U.S. enlisted forces...Loe edasi...
First published in 1986. Based on the theme that defense procurement serves as an instrument of alliance and domestic politics, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of post-war West German approaches to and experience with procurement...Loe edasi...
With the end of the Cold War and the visibility of U.S. Patriot missile defenses during the 1991 Gulf War, the cost and benefits of ballistic missile defense systems (BMD) need to be re-evaluated. In this detailed and balanced study, David Denoon as...Loe edasi...
This overview of world affairs provides a comprehensive assessment of the important trends and events during 1986 and the first half of 1987 that will have a decisive impact on U.S. security....Loe edasi...
As China is poised to become a global economic force, its leadership is on the brink of imminent and potentially sweeping change This comprehensive volume brings specialists from East and West together to assess the key issue of regionalism and its...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1988, this volume outlines the need for a series of organisational reforms, new studies and committees to focus attention on mobilization issues and to provide an administrative framework for enhancing the mobilization base....Loe edasi...
