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  • Amphibious Assault

    Strategy and tactics from Gallipoli to Iraq

    by Dr Ian Speller, Dr Christopher Tuck ...
    Series series Strategy & Tactics
    Landing on a hostile beach is one of the most ancient forms and still most difficult forms of warfare. It requires unparalleled levels of planning, organisation, coordination and cooperation between the services. After the disasters of Gallipoli and Zeebrugge in the World War I, amphibious operations reached their maturity in World War II, and were essential in the defeat of Japan, while the D-Day ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Naval Warfare

    by Ian Speller ...
    This updated new edition of Understanding Naval Warfare offers the reader an accessible introduction to the study of modern naval warfare, providing a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates, set within the context of relevant history.The third edition explains traditional concepts and explores current and emerging ideas concerning the theory and practice of naval ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Understanding Modern Warfare

    by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale, Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck, C. Dale Walton ...
    Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as a leading text in professional military education and undergraduate teaching. This third edition has been revised throughout to reflect dramatic changes during the past decade. Introducing three brand new chapters, this updated volume provides in-depth analysis of the most pertinent issues of the 2020s and beyond, including cyber warfare, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Understanding Modern Warfare

    by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale, Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck, C. Dale Walton ...
    Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military professionals and students of military history. Key features include: incisive coverage of the debates surrounding contemporary and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Europe, Small Navies and Maritime Security

    Balancing Traditional Roles and Emergent Threats in the 21st Century

    Edited by Robert McCabe, Deborah Sanders, Ian Speller ...
    Series series Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series
    This book seeks to identify and address gaps in our understanding of maritime security and the role of small navies in Europe.The majority of Europe’s navies are small, yet they are often called upon to address a complex array of traditional and non-traditional threats. This volume examines the role of small navies within the European security architecture, by discussing areas of commonality and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Small Navies

    Strategy and Policy for Small Navies in War and Peace

    by Michael Mulqueen, Deborah Sanders, Ian Speller ...
    Series series Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series
    Whilst maritime studies tend to reflect the dominance of large navies, history shows how relatively small naval forces can have a disproportionately large impact on global events. From Confederate commerce raiders in the nineteenth century, to Somali pirates today, even the most minor of maritime forces can become a key player on a global stage. Examining a broad range of examples, this volume ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Modern Military Strategy

    An Introduction

    by Elinor C. Sloan ...
    This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to post-Cold War military theory for students of strategic studies.This second edition has been fully revised and updated, including a new chapter on peacekeeping, and examines contemporary strategic thought on the conduct of war in the sea, land, air, nuclear, space and cyber domains, as well as irregular warfare. Each chapter identifies ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Casting Light on the Shadows

    Canadian Perspectives on Special Operations Forces

    Edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, Tony Balasevicius ...
    Special Operations Forces (SOF) have never been an integral element of Canada's military capability. Although units have existed periodically throughout the country's history, they have always been in the shadows. However, the terrorist attack in the United States on September 11, 2001, changed that. In the aftermath of 9/11, SOF became the force of choice. Casting Light on the Shadows consists of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anti-Access Warfare

    Countering A2/AD Strategies

    by Sam J Tangredi USN (Ret.) ...
    This is the first book to examine the concept of anti-access and area denial warfare, providing a definitive introduction to both conceptual theories and historical examples of this strategy. Also referred to by the acronym "A2/AD," anti-access warfare has been identified in American strategic planning as the most likely strategy to be employed by the People's Republic of China or by the Islamic ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • How to Fight a War

    by Mike Martin ...
    Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from over-ambitious goals to disregarding intelligence, terrain, or enemy capabilities. This not only wastes the lives of civilians, the enemy and one's own soldiers, but also fails to achieve geopolitical objectives, and usually lays the seeds for more ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Pacific War

    From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima

    Edited by Daniel Marston ...
    The Pacific War brings together the perspectives and insights of world-renowned military historians.From the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor through the release of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the conflict in the Pacific was marked by amazing tactical innovations, such as those in amphibious warfare, and horrific battles that raged in the unforgiving climate of the island jungles ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Future War and the Defence of Europe

    by John R. Allen, Frederick Ben Hodges, Julian Lindley-French ...
    Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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