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The Future of War A History

Lawrence Freedman

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Security Dynamics in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities — Howard M. Hensel

Security Dynamics in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities

Howard M. Hensel

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

The Art of War — Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

The New Makers of Modern Strategy From the Ancient World to the Digital Age — Hal Brands

The New Makers of Modern Strategy From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

On Grand Strategy — John Lewis Gaddis

On Grand Strategy

John Lewis Gaddis

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces A Concept for Proactive Campaigning Short of Traditional War — Eric Robinson

Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces A Concept for Proactive Campaigning Short of Traditional War

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Violence and the State — Matt Killingsworth

Violence and the State

Matt Killingsworth

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea (Routledge Revivals) — Ken Booth

Law, Force and Diplomacy at Sea (Routledge Revivals)

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

NATO’s Return to Europe Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond — Rebecca R. Moore

NATO’s Return to Europe Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond

Rebecca R. Moore

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Power Shifts and New Blocs in the Global Trading System — Sanjaya Baru

Power Shifts and New Blocs in the Global Trading System

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Save Your Ammo Working Across Cultures for National Security — Louise Rasmussen

Save Your Ammo Working Across Cultures for National Security

Louise Rasmussen

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Drones and Global Order Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society — Paul Lushenko

Drones and Global Order Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

Plan Red China’s Project to Destroy America — Gordon G. Chang

Plan Red China’s Project to Destroy America

Gordon G. Chang

Themes: Diplomacy • Strategy • Military Science

War, Peace and International Relations An Introduction to Strategic History — Colin Gray

War, Peace and International Relations An Introduction to Strategic History

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

The Mantle of Command FDR at War, 1941-1942 — Nigel Hamilton

The Mantle of Command FDR at War, 1941-1942

Themes: Diplomacy • Military Science • International Relations

The Cold War and Its Origins, 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950 — D. F. Fleming

The Cold War and Its Origins, 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950

Themes: Diplomacy • Military Science • International Relations

Confronting Saddam Hussein George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq — Melvyn P. Leffler

Confronting Saddam Hussein George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

Melvyn P. Leffler

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Privatizing War A Moral Theory — William Feldman

Privatizing War A Moral Theory

William Feldman

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Behavioural Conflict Why Understanding People and Their Motivations Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict — Andrew Mackay

Behavioural Conflict Why Understanding People and Their Motivations Will Prove Decisive in Future Conflict

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

American Foreign Policy — Various

American Foreign Policy

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Europe Since the Cold War — various

Europe Since the Cold War

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine — David Howell Petraeus

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

David Howell Petraeus

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Napoleon on War — Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Napoleon on War

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza — David Petraeus

Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza

Themes: Strategy • Military Science • International Relations

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