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This book develops a theoretical understanding of foreign intervention on the warfare in civil wars.

Warfare in civil wars is far more dynamic than in international wars. To date there is a paucity of research on the nature of warfare in civil wars. Within a single civil war, the predominant type of warfare may change over time or between regions. This book fills this gap. It establishes how the military balance of power between the contending sides in a civil war shapes the type of warfare that develops. It shows that this warfare is often highly fluid, with belligerents adapting...

How would we know a good defence strategy if we saw one? The Asian Century is challenging many of the traditional assumptions at the heart of Australian defence policy and strategy. Defence scholars have risen to the challenge of these transformational times and have collectively produced a smorgasbord of alternatives for policy-makers. The problem is that these recommendations all point in very different directions. How should we evaluate these options? Adam Lockyer tackles this question and develops a novel conceptual framework for evaluating defence strategies. By doing so, this book...