Why not preempt? : security, law, norms and anticipatory military activities

Anticipatory military activities, both preemptive and preventive, are at the centre of American strategic doctrine. Rachel Bzostek puts forward a full understanding of why states have or have not undertaken such activities in the past in order to comprehend why states have rarely used this method.

Weapons of choice : the development of precision guided munitions

“A significant addition to the field, for there are not many books specifically devoted to PGMs and still fewer that attempt to relate that technology to military and national security strategy.”—David R. Mets, author of The Long Search for a Surgical Strike: Precision Munitions and the Revolution in Military Affairs

The ghost of Napoleon

B. H. Liddell Hart believes that "thought working on thought is the most influential process in history. Yet, being intangible, it is less perceptible than the effects of action, and has always received far less attention than it deserves." In THE GHOST OF NAPOLEON, Liddell Hart concentrates on two of these intellections, each of which vitally affected the course of history in the last two c…

Striking first : preemption and prevention in international conflict

Tackling one of the most controversial policy issues of the post-September 11 world, this title argues that neither the Bush Doctrine nor customary international law is capable of adequately responding to the pressing security threats of our times.

Striking first : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security p…

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in US defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future US national security policy.

Strategy for chaos : revolutions in military affairs and the evidence of history

"In Strategy for Chaos, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'." "This is a brilliantly researched and thought-provoking book by one of the key thinkers in the field, and will be essential reading for all scholars…

Strategy and the social sciences : issues in defence policy

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ISBN/ISSN

0714631574

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1 online resource (100 p.)

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[POL-SSS-56]

Security first : for a muscular, moral foreign policy

What should American policies be toward liberated countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, or rogue states like North Korea and Iran? What must be done to protect America from nuclear terrorism? The author asserts that providing basic security must be the first priority in all foreign policy considerations, even ahead of efforts to democratize.

The action research dissertation: a guide for students and faculty

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0761929908

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xvii, 155 p. ; 24 cm.

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[KOM-LIB-108]

Participatory action research

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ISBN/ISSN

9781412953665

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xviii, 79 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series Title

Qualitative research methods ; v. 52

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[KOM-LIB-107]