ilość książek w kategorii: 11520
Casualties of the New World Order: The Causes of Failure of Un Missions to Civil Wars
ISBN: 9780333682449 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Casualties of the New World Order contends that the high rate of failure among post-Cold War UN missions are attributable to common weaknesses which are vulnerable to civil war dynamics. These mission weaknesses derive from the high level of control over the missions' mandates and operations wielded by combinations of self-interested and distracted UN member-states. The effects of these weaknesses are examined in the failed missions in Bosnia, Somalia, and Angola, while their absence is observed in the successful missions to El Salvador, Mozambique, and Cambodia.
Casualties of the New World Order contends that the high rate of failure among post-Cold War UN missions are attributable to common weaknesses which a...
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384,63 zł |
The Military Orders from the Twelfth to the Early Fourteenth Centuries
ISBN: 9780333462355 / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive survey of the military orders is based on a wide range of primary sources. Besides giving a clear account of the emergence of the orders, it investigates their military significance and the ways in which they obtained necessary funds and manpower. Their governmental structure and daily life are examined, together with the increasing criticisms they faced in the thirteenth century. The book ends with a discussion of the fall of the Templars and the changing roles of other orders in the early fourteenth century.
This comprehensive survey of the military orders is based on a wide range of primary sources. Besides giving a clear account of the emergence of the o...
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186,33 zł |
Radar at Sea: The Royal Navy in World War 2
ISBN: 9780333584491 / Angielski / Twarda / 383 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells in non-technical language how the British Navy contributed to the development of naval radar in World War 2. Addressed to the general reader, it tells not only the technical story in simple terms, but also of the operational use of shipborne radar at sea - for warning, for fire control, for fighter direction, for navigation, in all theatres of war - and particularly about the people who designed and fitted the equipment, and those who used it at sea.
This book tells in non-technical language how the British Navy contributed to the development of naval radar in World War 2. Addressed to the general ...
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384,63 zł |
Land, Sea or Air?: Military Priorities- Historical Choices
ISBN: 9780333536384 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout history many nations have had to make hard choices between a land and a maritime strategy. This study covers the history of such choices, beginning with the Persian invasion of Greece in 490BC and ending with the many and various choices facing the Western world in the aftermath of the Cold War. If many wars of the past are now seen as the outcome of maritime/land strategies, the lessons learned from them and discussed in this book can provide some answers to those who have to consider wars of the future.
Throughout history many nations have had to make hard choices between a land and a maritime strategy. This study covers the history of such choices, b...
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500,03 zł |
Foreign Policy of the United States: Volume 5
ISBN: 9781608769421 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of this book examine some of the actions already taken by Congress to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba and educational travel. Background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship is provided as well, including economic and political framework of the relationship.
The authors of this book examine some of the actions already taken by Congress to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba and educational travel. Backgrou...
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871,42 zł |
Securing Peace in Europe, 1945-62: Thoughts for the Post-Cold War Era
ISBN: 9780333550021 / Angielski / Twarda / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As European security structures are undergoing transformation in the 1990s it is crucial to examine their origins and rationale: NATO secured peace and facilitated economic and political co-operation, while also becoming the vehicle of national rivalry. This book examines why and how NATO came into existence, and what its strengths and weaknesses were during its formative years. It draws conclusions from these experiences relevant to the reforms of Western security structures in the 1990s.
As European security structures are undergoing transformation in the 1990s it is crucial to examine their origins and rationale: NATO secured peace an...
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576,96 zł |
The European Union, Counter Terrorism and Police Co-Operation, 1991-2007: Unsteady Foundations?
ISBN: 9780719074646 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the underlying foundations on which the European Union's counter-terrorism and police co-operation policies have been built since the inception of the Treaty on European Union, questioning both the effectiveness and legitimacy of the EU's efforts in these two critically important security areas. Given the importance of such developments to the wider credibility of the EU as a security actor, this volume adopts a more structured analysis of key stages of the implementation process. These include the establishment of objectives, both at the wider level of internal security...
This volume examines the underlying foundations on which the European Union's counter-terrorism and police co-operation policies have been built since...
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450,71 zł |
Naval Power and Expeditionary Warfare: Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare
ISBN: 9780415546089 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such campaigns to the achievement of strategic victory. Naval powers, which can lack the massive ground forces to win in the main theatre, often choose a secondary theatre accessible to them by sea and difficult for their enemies to reach by land, giving the sea power and its expeditionary forces the advantage. The technical term for these theatres is 'peripheral operations.' The subject of peripheral campaigns in naval expeditionary... This book examines the nature and character of naval expeditionary warfare, in particular in peripheral campaigns, and the contribution of such cam... |
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680,04 zł |
Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation
ISBN: 9780415598330 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers valuable insights into the causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation. Through the development of new datasets and the application of cutting edge research methods, contributors to this volume significantly advance the frontiers of research on nuclear weapons. Essays in this volume address why states acquire nuclear weapons, why they engage in nuclear cooperation, and also explore the relationship between nuclear weapons possession and a variety of security and diplomatic consequences. In addition to accelerating the development of an empirical... This book offers valuable insights into the causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation. Through the development of new dataset... |
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478,50 zł |
International Law, Security and Ethics: Policy Challenges in the Post-9/11 World
ISBN: 9780415607421 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scrutiny and contestation since the initiation of the war on terror. Since the end of the Cold War, the nature of security challenges has changed radically and this change has been recognised by the UN, governments and academics around the world. The 911 attacks and the subsequent launch of the 'war on terror' added a new dimension to this debate on the nature and utility of international law due to the demands from some quarters for a... This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scruti... |
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191,37 zł |
Political Conflict and Economic Interdependence Across the Taiwan Strait and Beyond
ISBN: 9780804762038 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why is it that political conflict between countries sometimes undermines commerce between those states, and yet at other times it seems to have little or no effect on cross-border economic flows? The question is an important one, yet, while numerous studies have considered how and to what extent international political conflict affects trade, few consider how and when economic linkages can develop despite hostile political relations. This book addresses that gap, and demonstrates that the impact of international political conflict on commerce will be muted when national leaders are...
Why is it that political conflict between countries sometimes undermines commerce between those states, and yet at other times it seems to have little...
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544,04 zł |
America and Iraq : Policy-making, Intervention and Regional Politics
ISBN: 9780415609364 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict. Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy, ideology and culture, the book provides a broad set of reflections on past, present and future implications of US-Iraqi relations, and especially the strategic implications for US policy-making. In doing so, it examines several key aspects of relationship such as: the 1958 Iraqi Revolution; the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; the impact of the Nixon Doctrine...
This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the curren...
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271,97 zł |
US-Israeli Relations in a New Era : Issues and Challenges after 9/11
ISBN: 9780415609487 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines in depth the fundamental problems, factors and issues in current US-Israeli relations, which will have implications both for the Middle East and for world peace and prosperity. The US and Israel have established an exceptional relationship, which has significant effects on events and processes in the entire Middle East. Israel depends on the US for military hardware, for support against hostile international organizations, and for economic and financial aid. In turn, it is viewed by the US as a strong and reliable ally, and the US has adopted strategic concepts that for...
This book examines in depth the fundamental problems, factors and issues in current US-Israeli relations, which will have implications both for the Mi...
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221,59 zł |
Managing the China Challenge: Global Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415609470 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume addresses one of the most significant issues in international strategic studies today: how to meet the challenge of a rising China? The contributors take a global view of the topic, offering unique and often controversial perspectives on the nature of the China challenge.
This volume addresses one of the most significant issues in international strategic studies today: how to meet the challenge of a rising China? The co...
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221,59 zł |
Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems
ISBN: 9781907521546 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its development and implementation in a post-Cold War, post-9/11 environment. The authors note that making and implementing national strategy centers on risk management and present a model for assessing strategic risks and the process for allocating limited resources to reduce them. The major threats facing the United States now come from its unique status as "the sole remaining superpower" against which no nation-state or other entity can hope to...
This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its deve...
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131,38 zł |
The Securitization of Migration: A Study of Movement and Order
ISBN: 9780415594516 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing an overview of the integration of migration into international security frameworks, this book places the emphasis on policing and defence. The book examines the movement of people and the system of order underpinning that movement.
Providing an overview of the integration of migration into international security frameworks, this book places the emphasis on policing and defence. T...
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730,42 zł |
Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement
ISBN: 9780313391453 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How should the United States deal with the jihadist challenge and other religious imperatives that permeate today's geopolitical landscape? Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement argues that what is required is a longer-term strategy of cultural engagement, backed by a deeper understanding of how others view the world and what is important to them. The means by which that can be accomplished are the subject of this book. This work achieves three important goals. It shows how religious considerations can be incorporated... How should the United States deal with the jihadist challenge and other religious imperatives that permeate today's geopolitical landscape? Reli... |
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363,18 zł |
Cyber-Security and Threat Politics: US Efforts to Secure the Information Age
ISBN: 9780415429818 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US. Myriam Dunn Cavelty posits that cyber-threats are definable by their unsubstantiated nature. Despite this, they have been propelled to the forefront of the political agenda. Using an innovative theoretical approach, this book examines how, under what conditions, by whom, for what reasons, and with what impact cyber-threats have been moved on to the political agenda. In particular, it analyses how governments have used threat... This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in ... |
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730,42 zł |
Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition
ISBN: 9780309114752 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ability of U.S. military forces to field new weapons systems quickly and to contain their cost growth has declined significantly over the past few decades. There are many causes including increased complexity, funding instability, bureaucracy, and more diverse user demands, but a view that is gaining more acceptance is that better systems engineering (SE) could help shorten development time. To investigate this assertion in more detail, the US Air Force asked the NRC to examine the role that SE can play during the acquisition life cycle to address root causes of program failure... The ability of U.S. military forces to field new weapons systems quickly and to contain their cost growth has declined significantly over the past ... |
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217,40 zł |
Rethinking Terrorism: Terrorism, Violence and the State
ISBN: 9780230573772 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major new text on terrorism in the contemporary world. Terrorism, Colin Wight argues, is not only a form of political violence but also a form of political communication and can only be understood - and countered effectively - in the context of its relationship to the state.
A major new text on terrorism in the contemporary world. Terrorism, Colin Wight argues, is not only a form of political violence but also a form of po...
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196,40 zł |