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Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo (Studies in Air Power #Vol. 13)
By Peter Gray, Richard Overy, Sebastian Cox. 2002
he 20th century saw air power transformed from novelists' fantasy into stark reality. From string and canvas to precision weaponry…
and stealth, air power has progressed to become not only the weapon of first political choice, but often the only conceivable option. This rapid development has given rise to considerable debate and controversy with those holding entrenched views rarely slow to shout their case. Many myths have grown over the period, ranging from the once much vaunted ability of air power to win wars alone through to its impact as a coercive tool.This volume examines the theory and practice of air power from its earliest inception. The contributors have been drawn from academia and the military and represent some of the world's leading proponents on the subject. All significant eras on air power employment are examined: some are evidently turning points, while others represent continuous development. Perhaps more importantly, the book highlights the areas that could be considered to be significant, and invites the reader to enter the debate as to whether it constitutes a continuum, a turning point, or indeed a revolution.A Don at War (Studies in Intelligence)
By Sir Hunt David. 1990
When A Don at War was published in 1966 it was hailed as the first book to be written from…
the point of view of the Intelligence staff officer in the field with critics remarking on Sir David Hunt's authoritative exposition of British as well as German strategies. Eight years later it was revealed that the British, through the Ultra' system, were able to decode even the most important German radio messages despite the fact they were sent in the supposedly unbreakable Enigma cipher'. Since 1974 the great secret has become common knowledge. As a result Sir David has specially written for this second edition a new foreword whose main purpose is to explain the use made of Ultra during four years campaigning in the Mediterranean.This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the…
Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 1939-1941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee, and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders.The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art, 1927-1991: The Documentary Basis: Volume 2 (1965-1991) (Soviet (Russian) Study of War #No. 6-7)
By Harold S. Orenstein, David M. Glantz. 1996
The Soviet military concept of operational art and the associated theories such as "war of annihilations", "deep battle", and "deep…
operations" have been observed by the West since World War II. The Soviet government hid their military-theoretical work behind a veil of secrecy. Here, the Soviet theories are revealed in the words of those who created them in peacetime and applied them in war.This is the second volume of the classified history of air defence in Great Britain. Written while World War II…
was still being fought, the account has an analysis of the defensive tactics of Fighter Command, and attempts a day-by-day analysis of the action as it took place.Studies in the Economic History of Southern Africa: Volume Two : South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
By Timothy M. Shaw, Jane L. Parpart, Z. A. Konczacki. 1990
First Published in 1990. Volume Two of Studies of Economic History of South Africa, looks at the Lesotho and Swaziland…
regions. The unfolding history and historiography of Southern Africa pose profound challenges for both analysis and praxis in the last decade of the twentieth century. These challenges are reflected in the range of investigations and contradictions, some of which are treated here, which together constitute an intellectual and political conjuncture. This collection of studies deals with the countries which were not included in the companion book on the economic history of the Front- Line States. Most of the space in the present volume is devoted to South Africa, primarily because of its importance to the region but also because contributions to the economic history of that country in English are very extensive as compared to the other states of Southern Africa.Policy Coherence in Development Co-operation (Routledge Research EADI Studies in Development #No. 22)
By Olav Stokke, Jacques Forster. 1999
In the 1990s, a shared conviction emerged among aid donors that their policies should be more coherent. The drive towards…
increased policy coherence came as a response to a state of policy incoherence. The shifting grounds of policy coherence in development co-operation are outlined in this volume.Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? (Routledge Global Security Studies)
By A. Trevor Thrall, Jane K. Cramer. 2012
This edited volume presents the foremost scholarly thinking on why the US invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in…
both modern US foreign policy and international politics. In the years since the US invasion of Iraq it has become clear that the threat of weapons of mass destruction was not as urgent as the Bush administration presented it and that Saddam Hussein was not involved with either Al Qaeda or 9/11. Many consider the war a mistake and question why Iraq was invaded. A majority of Americans now believe that the public were deliberately misled by the Bush administration in order to bolster support for the war. Public doubt has been strengthened by the growing number of critical scholarly analyses and in-depth journalistic investigations about the invasion that suggest the administration was not candid about its reasons for wanting to take action against Iraq. This volume begins with a survey of private scholarly views about the war’s origins, then assesses the current state of debate by organising the best recent thinking by foreign policy and international relations experts on why the US invaded Iraq. The book covers a broad range of approaches to explaining Iraq – the role of the uncertainty of intelligence, cognitive biases, ideas, Israel, and oil, highlighting areas of both agreement and disagreement. This book will be of much interest to students of the Iraq War, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies, Middle Eastern politics and IR/Security Studies in general.Business History: Selected Readings
By Kenneth. A. Tucker. 1977
First Published in 1977. This set of readings has been planned to demonstrate good examples of the writing of business…
history using a wide range of source material. Furthermore, the intention is to aid the development of critical perception and facilitate further analysis. The overriding criterion in selection has therefore been the framework of structure-conduct-performance for the industry, activity or firm. The emphasis is on the technical and organisational relationships between the governing factor input and output conditions and the objectives and control mechanisms of the decision-making personnel.Stability and Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Russian, Nordic and European Aspects
By Olav F. Knudsen. 1999
The book examines the security puzzles posed by the remaining legacies of dominance and conflict in the Baltic Sea region…
as governments seek to integrate the three Baltic sates in a more stable system of cooperative security.Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya 1877-1880
By Alice Moore-Harell. 2001
Command or Control?: Command, Training and Tactics in the British and German Armies, 1888-1918
By Martin Samuels, Dr Martin Samuels. 1996
This is a comparative study of the fighting systems of the British and German armies in The Great War. Taking…
issue with revisionist historians, Samuels argues that German success in battle can be explained by their superior tactical philosophy. The book provides a fascinating insight into the development of infantry tactics at a seminal point in the history of warfare.Industry and Air Power: The Expansion of British Aircraft Production, 1935-1941 (Studies in Air Power #Vol. 5)
By Sebastian Ritchie, Noel Sebastian Ritchie. 1997
The author begins with a general survey of British aircraft manufacturing in the inter-war period. Policy, production, finance and contracts…
are examined, and the final chapter is concerned with the mobilization of the aircraft industry in 1939, and the emergency measures of 1940.Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty
By Jack Kelly. 2021
The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War "Vividly…
written... In novelistic prose, Kelly conveys the starkness of close-quarter naval warfare." —The Wall Street Journal"Few know of the valor and courage of Benedict Arnold... With such a dramatic main character, the story of the Battle of Valcour is finally seen as one of the most exciting and important of the American Revolution." —Tom Clavin author of Dodge CityDuring the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off their invasion.Jack Kelly's Valcour is a story of people. The northern campaign of 1776 was led by the underrated general Philip Schuyler (Hamilton's father-in-law), the ambitious former British officer Horatio Gates, and the notorious Benedict Arnold. An experienced sea captain, Arnold devised a brilliant strategy that confounded his slow-witted opponents.America’s independence hung in the balance during 1776. Patriots endured one defeat after another. But two events turned the tide: Washington’s bold attack on Trenton and the equally audacious fight at Valcour Island. Together, they stunned the enemy and helped preserve the cause of liberty.War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History
By James J. Wirtz, Colin S. Gray. 2024
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years…
were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses and consequences of conflict. The volume provides students with a strong grounding in the contribution of war to the development of the modern world, from the pre-industrial era to the age of international terrorism and smart weapons. Covering all the major wars of the past two centuries, the third edition has been revised and updated and now includes: new introductory essays at the start of each section to help students recognize historical turning points and strategic themes; revised and updated material on the post-Cold War period, accommodating new developments and contemporary perspectives; new material on non-Western views on strategy, especially Sun Tzu; a new chapter on ‘The age of acceleration and great power competition’, starting with the death of Bin Laden and ending with the Ukraine crisis; a new Conclusion offering a synthesis between the message of earlier editions and the state of strategy today. This textbook will be essential reading for students of strategic studies, security studies, war studies, International Relations and international history.Las cien mejores anécdotas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
By Jesús Hernández. 2015
Uno de los libros de referencia de historia militar en la última década en nuestro país. Un libro repleto de…
aquellos sorprendentes detalles, de lo cotidiano del conflicto, que también fueron decisivos para definir el cambio de rumbo de la Historia. Jesús Hernández ha investigado un poco más allá de estrategias y versiones oficiales para crear este anecdotario, y arrancar así una sonrisa o alguna que otra cara de asombro.El libro aporta, además del centenar de anécdotas, otro capítulo destinado a curiosidades y un espacio destinado a pequeños récords, como la bomba más pesada o el piloto más condecoradoMapping Terrorism Research: State of the Art, Gaps and Future Direction (Political Violence)
By Magnus Ranstorp. 2006
Containing essays by an array of top international scholars, this new book provides a comprehensive analytical critique of the current…
state of research in the terrorism and counterterrorism studies field, what it has substantively achieved over the years and where it should be heading in the future. Offering an overall examination of research achievements and gaps in scholarly efforts towards understanding terrorism as a complex behavioural and social phenomenon, it also assesses various research approaches into counterterrorism studies, clearly identifying a pathway for prioritized future research agendas in the field. This future research agenda is further enhanced by the provision of an appendix containing 444 identified research topics developed by the United Nations Terrorism Prevention Branch. Mapping Terrorism Research builds a cohesive, interdisciplinary and high-quality research agenda in terrorism and counterterrorism for future generations of academic students, scholars as well as practitioners, and will appeal to students of terrorism studies, political science and international relations.Frederick the Great: A Military Life (Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History)
By Christopher Duffy. 1985
For tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was…
without equal. In this detailed life of ‘Old Fritz’, Christopher Duffy, who has written widely on the army of Frederick and on the armies of his adversaries, Austria and Russia, has produced a definitive account of his military genius.War and Progress: Britain 1914-1945 (Longman Economic and Social History of Britain)
By Peter Dewey. 1997
This is an account of how the daily lives of ordinary peoples were changed, profoundly and permanently, by these three…
momentous decades 1914-1945. Often depicted in negative terms Peter Dewey finds a much more positive pattern in the wealth of evidence he lays before us. His is a story of economic achievement, and the emergence of a new sense of social community in the nation, rather than a saga of disenchantment and decline.Confederate Privateer: The Life of John Yates Beall
By William C. Harris. 2023
Confederate Privateer is a comprehensive account of the brief life and exploits of John Yates Beall, a Confederate soldier, naval…
officer, and guerrilla in the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes region. A resident of Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), near Harpers Ferry, Beall was a member of the militia guarding the site of John Brown’s execution in 1859. Beall later signed on as a private in the Confederate army and suffered a wound in defense of Harpers Ferry early in the war. He quickly became a fanatical Confederate, ignoring the issue of slavery by focusing on a belief that he was fighting to preserve liberty against a tyrannical Republican party that had usurped the republic and its constitution.Limited by poor health but still seeking an active role in the Confederate cause, Beall traveled to the Midwest and then to Canada, where he developed an elaborate plan for Confederate operations on the Great Lakes. In Richmond, Beall laid his plan before Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory. Instead of the Great Lakes operation, Mallory authorized a small privateering action on the Chesapeake Bay. Led by “Captain” Beall, the operation damaged or destroyed several ships under the protection of the U.S. Navy. For his part in organizing the raids, Beall became known as the “Terror of the Chesapeake.”After Union forces captured Beall and his men, the War Department prepared to try them as pirates. But Secretary of War Edwin Stanton backed down, and Beall was later freed in a prisoner exchange. Organizing another privateering operation on the Great Lakes, Beall had some early successes on the water. He then hatched a plan to derail a passenger train transporting Confederate prisoners of war near Niagara, New York, but was captured before he could carry out the mission. The Union army charged Beall with conspiracy, found him guilty, and executed him.Harris’s history of Beall offers a new view of paramilitary efforts by civilians to support the Confederacy. Though little remembered today, Beall was a legendary figure in the Civil War South, so much so that his execution was on John Wilkes Booth’s list of reasons to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Based on exhaustive research in primary and secondary sources and placed in the context of more extensive Confederate guerrilla operations, Confederate Privateer is sure to be of interest to Civil War scholars and general readers interested in the conflict.