Kategoria BISAC: History >> Military - Strategy

This book explores the theoretical foundations and applications of military operationallogistics (OpLog). OpLog theory has two facets: qualitative and quantitative.The qualitativefacet is imbedded in the theory of operational level of war or operational art. Itincludes principles, imperatives and tenets, which are stated and analyzed in the firstfew chapters. The quantitative facet relates to the scientific aspects of OpLog. It is manifestedby formal network models representing structural and operational features of anOpLog system. The book examines the two facets and integrates them into...

This edited Adelphi volume brings together senior scholars as well as rising analysts of Egypt to examine the turbulent period from the January 2011 uprising to the consolidation of power of President Abdelfattah el-Sisi in 2014-15.

The nine authors provide a sober, in-depth look at the country's contested politics, institutional and political players, struggling economy, constant foreign policy and evolving security challenges. The book analyses the complex calculations of the various political and social forces that emerged from or surfed on the revolutionary fervor that...

Popular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor. Edward Drea looks well past those stereotypes to unfold the more complex story of how that army came to power and extended its influence at home and abroad to become one of the world's dominant fighting forces.

This first comprehensive English-language history of the Japanese army traces its origins, evolution, and impact as an engine of the country's regional and...

This book is the first comprehensive examination of North Africa's political, security, and economic developments since the 2011 Arab Uprisings shook the Middle East.

North Africa in Transition examines how the people and governments of North Africa have responded to the Arab uprisings that shook the region's politics in 2011. With individual chapters detailing key developments in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, the authors bring together a wide range of expertise to assess how a previously under-explored and politically static region underwent bursts or...

If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America's democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants?　 Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all have robust civilian nuclear energy programmes that make them 'virtual nuclear powers' according to many analysts. All three once pursued nuclear weapons and all face growing security threats from nuclear-armed adversaries. But will they - or rather, under what circumstances might they?

This book analyses these past nuclear pursuits and current proliferation drivers. In explaining the nuclear technology that the...