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  • Into the Void

    Special Operations Forces after the War on Terror

    Edited by James D. Kiras, Martijn Kitzen ...
    The moment in the sun for special operations sometimes appears to have passed, seemingly eclipsed by preparations for potential conflict under the guise of "great power" competition, combined with failure in Afghanistan. Yet the war in Ukraine serves as a reminder that special operations play an even greater role today?before, during and presumably after conflict. The challenge remains dealing ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Conduct of War in the 21st Century

    Kinetic, Connected and Synthetic

    Edited by Rob Johnson, Martijn Kitzen, Tim Sweijs ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Defence Studies
    This book examines the key dimensions of 21st century war, and shows that orthodox thinking about war, particularly what it is and how it is fought, needs to be updated.Accelerating societal, economic, political and technological change affects how we prepare, equip and organise for war, as well as how we conduct war – both in its low-tech and high-tech forms, and whether it is with high intensity ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

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  • Counterinsurgency

    by David Kilcullen ...
    David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas "are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west" (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States' decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the Surge," now recognized as a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Diffusion of Military Power

    Causes and Consequences for International Politics

    by Michael C. Horowitz ...
    The Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. Michael Horowitz argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation must possess both the financial resources to buy or build the technology and the internal organizational capacity to accommodate any ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Solferino 21

    Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty-First Century

    by Hugo Slim ...
    Warfare is at a tipping point today as it passes from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerized warfare and a renewed risk of "big war" between global powers. Humanitarian response is also developing fast as "big aid" demands more and more money and tries to digitalize and prepare for new needs in long wars and escalating climate crisis. This book starts with the founding moment ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020

    Deterrence in the 21st Century—Insights from Theory and Practice

    Edited by Frans Osinga, Tim Sweijs ...
    Series series NL ARMS
    This open access volume surveys the state of the field to examine whether a fifth wave of deterrence theory is emerging. Bringing together insights from world-leading experts from three continents, the volume identifies the most pressing strategic challenges, frames theoretical concepts, and describes new strategies.The use and utility of deterrence in today’s strategic environment is a topic of ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of War

    Edited by Julian Lindley-French, Yves Boyer ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of War is the definitive analysis of war in the twenty-first century. With over forty senior authors from academia, government and the armed forces world-wide the Handbook explores the history, theory, ethics and practice of war. The Handbook first considers the fundamental causes of war, before reflecting on the moral and legal aspects of war. Theories on the practice of war ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Social Science Goes to War

    The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan

    Edited by Montgomery McFate, Janice H. Laurence ...
    The Human Terrain System (HTS) was catapulted into existence in 2006 by the US military's urgent need for knowledge of the human dimension of the battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its centrepiece was embedded groups of mixed military and civilian personnel, known as Human Terrain Teams (HTTs), whose mission was to conduct social science research and analysis and to advise military commanders ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Solving the People Puzzle

    Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces

    by Dr. Emily Spencer ...
    The twenty-first century has brought the perfect storm of conditions to create substantive global instability. This contemporary operating environment (COE) is characterized by complexity, ambiguity, volatility, and constant danger. It is a human invention that requires a human solution.Special operations forces (SOF), a group comprised of highly trained personnel with the ability to deploy ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Information Warfare: The Lost Tradecraft

    by Howard Gambrill Clark, Ph.D. ...
    Do you want to dissolve the effects of fake news on you and your loved ones? Want to be safe against cybercrime and attacks? Want to stop Russian meddling in elections? Want to shield your community from gangs and terrorists' ability to recruit? Want to better the world through social awakening? Want to do this morally, ethically, and legally?Are you sick of slickness and style winning over sober ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Difficult War

    Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces

    Edited by Dr. Emily Spencer ...
    The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to insurgency as well as to the practice of irregular warfare. Since special operations forces are such an integral element to counter-insurgency, this volume also contains a large SOF component. Importantly, this book will assist the practitioner of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • At War with Women

    Military Humanitarianism and Imperial Feminism in an Era of Permanent War

    by Jennifer Greenburg ...
    At War with Women reveals how post-9/11 politics of gender and development have transformed US military power. In the mid-2000s, the US military used development as a weapon as it revived counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military assembled all-female teams to reach households and wage war through development projects in the battle for "hearts and minds." Despite women technically ... Read more

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