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  • Maritime Operations Law in Practice

    Key Cases and Incidents

    Edited by David Letts, Rob Mclaughlin ...
    Series series Routledge Research on the Law of the Sea
    The law that applies to maritime operations at sea is complex and comprises two distinct elements: treaty law (1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), and the cases and incidents that occur at sea in both peacetime and during armed conflict which result in the creation of customary international law applicable to maritime operations at sea. Covering sovereignty and vessel status, ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Law of the Sea in South East Asia

    Environmental, Navigational and Security Challenges

    Edited by Donald R Rothwell, David Letts ...
    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era. The convention has 168 States parties, and most non-signatory States recognise nearly all of its key provisions as binding under customary international law, including the United States. Nevertheless, there remain significant differences in ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea

    by Natalie Klein ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a broad spectrum of maritime security threats. It provides comprehensive coverage of the different dimensions of maritime security in order to assess how responses to maritime security concerns are and should be shaping the law of the sea. The discussion sets out the rules regulating passage of military ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Counterinsurgency

    Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War

    by Douglas Porch ...
    Counterinsurgency has staked its claim in the new century as the new American way of war. Yet, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have revived a historical debate about the costs - monetary, political and moral - of operations designed to eliminate insurgents and build nations. Today's counterinsurgency proponents point to 'small wars' past to support their view that the enemy is 'biddable' if the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Mau Mau

    The Kenyan Emergency 1952–60

    by Peter Baxter ...
    Series Book 7 - Africa at War
    "[An] informative and readable account of the growth of the politically motivated and extremely violent Mau Mau in Kenya." — Military Historical SocietyThe Second World War forever altered the complexion of the British Empire. From Cyprus to Malaya, from Borneo to Suez, the dominoes began to fall within a decade of peace in Europe. Africa in the late 1940s and 1950s was energized by the grant of ... Read more

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  • While America Slept

    Restoring American Leadership to a World in Crisis

    by Robert C. O'Brien ...
    Robert C. O'Brien's collection of essays on U.S. national security and foreign policy, with a forward by Hugh Hewitt, is a wake up call to the American people. The world has become steadily more dangerous under President Obama's "lead from behind" foreign policy. The Obama Administration's foreign policy has emboldened our adversaries and disheartened our allies. Indeed, Obama's nuclear deal with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • International Humanitarian Law

    Cases, Materials and Commentary

    by Nicholas Tsagourias, Alasdair Morrison ...
    Drawing together key documents, case law, reports and other essential materials, International Humanitarian Law offers students, lecturers and practitioners an accessible and critically informed account of the theory, law and practice of international humanitarian law. Providing comprehensive, thematic and targeted coverage of national and international cases and materials, this book successfully ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Canada: the Case for Staying out of Other People’S Wars

    by William S. Geimer ...
    Canada did not come of age at Vimy, and in all of Canadas wars both soldiers and civilians have died in vain. So why do people continue to support war in general, despite its poor record of benefits? And why, in particular, does Canada involve herself in other peoples wars? Why does Canada, never under any realistic threat of invasion, continue to fight? In Canada: The Case for Staying Out of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Poseidon Project

    The Struggle to Govern the World's Oceans

    by David Bosco ...
    A vibrant exploration of past and present controversies surrounding control of the world's oceans. In 1609, the Dutch lawyer Hugo Grotius rejected the idea that even powerful rulers could own the oceans. "A ship sailing through the sea," he wrote, "leaves behind it no more legal right than it does a track." A philosophical and legal battle ensued, but Grotius's view ultimately prevailed. To this ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Devil's Gardens

    The Story of Landmines

    by Lydia Monin ...
    'The image I have is a kid on a country lane on a Saturday afternoon herding his family cattle, meaning no harm to anybody and putting one step wrong. It's one thing to die in combat, it's one thing to die defending land, but it's another thing to die tending cattle on a Saturday afternoon and we want a world where that doesn't happen' - Michael IgnatieffDuring the twentieth century a landmine ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Striking Power

    How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War

    by Jeremy Rabkin, John Yoo ...
    Threats to international peace and security include the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions, rogue nations, and international terrorism. The United States must respond to these challenges to its national security and to world stability by embracing new military technologies such as drones, autonomous robots, and cyber weapons. These weapons can provide more precise, less destructive ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law

    Essays in Honour of Tim McCormack

    Edited by Jadranka Petrovic ...
    Series series Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict
    International criminal adjudication, together with the prosecution and appropriate punishment of offenders at a national level, remains the most effective means of enforcing International Humanitarian Law. This book considers the various issues emanating from present-day breaches of norms of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the question of how impunity for such breaches can be tackled ... Read more

    $72.99 USD