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  • Air Power in UN Operations

    Wings for Peace

    by A. Walter Dorn ...
    Series series Military Strategy and Operational Art
    Air power for warfighting is a story that's been told many times. Air power for peacekeeping and UN enforcement is a story that desperately needs to be told. For the first-time, this volume covers the fascinating range of aerial peace functions. In rich detail it describes: aircraft transporting vital supplies to UN peacekeepers and massive amounts of humanitarian aid to war-affected populations; ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Arms Canada

    The Deadly Business of Military Exports

    by Ernie Regehr ...
    This 1987 book begins with a scene from the American invasion of Grenada: as politicians in Ottawa argued whether Canada had been misled or merely ignored over the invasion, the fighter aircraft, helicopters, and ships used in the operation employed key Canadian components.Grenada was only too typical of Canada's involvement in the international arms trade. Drawing on a wealth of original research ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • How Obama is Transforming America's Military from Superpower to Paper Tiger

    The Truth about China in the Twenty-First Century

    by Jed Babbin ...
    Series series Encounter Broadsides
    Barack Obama has made it clear that he thinks the world would be a better and more peaceful place if the United States were too weak to affect the course of events. Obama, along with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, has slashed missile defense, dramatically reduced investment in future military technologies, and broken promises to our allies. In addition, Obama is transforming our military into ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • 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

    $17.99 CAD

  • US Special Operations Forces in Action

    The Challenge of Unconventional Warfare

    by Thomas K. Adams ...
    Armies in the 1990s are commonly involved in low-level, ill-defined, politically charged, messy situations known collectively as "unconventional warfare". Thomas Adams argues for a shift in expectations with a greater willingness to accept lengthy commitments and incremental progress. ... Read more

    $130.53 CAD

  • No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade, 2nd edition

    by Nicholas Gilby ...
    Series Book 23 - No-Nonsense Guides
    One of the few up-to-date works on the whole of the arms trade, this No-Nonsense Guide explores not just the movement of weaponry across borders, but also the problematic activities that sustain the trade, such as espionage, government corruption, and shady taxpayer subsidies.This Guide reveals that despite Western governments’ preaching of the evils of the arms trade, they are the biggest ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Small Arms Survey 2014

    Women and Guns

    by Small Arms Survey, Geneva ...
    Series series Small Arms Survey
    The Small Arms Survey 2014 considers the multiple roles of women in the context of armed violence, security, and the small arms agenda. The volume's thematic section comprises one chapter on violence against women and girls - with a focus on post-conflict Liberia and Nepal - and another on the recent convergence of the small arms agenda with that of women, peace and security. Complementing these ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • European Air Power

    Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by JOHN ANDREAS OLSEN ...
    European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic ... Read more

    $48.03 CAD

  • The China Seas Crisis

    Which Way, Australia?

    by Franz Kratschmer ...
    The China Seas Crisis: Which Way, Australia? sets the stage for understanding the issues at play in the China Seas as the United States of America reduces its naval presence, leaving open the opportunities for other powers in the region to assert themselves. In particular, the works discussion explores the ins and outs of the relationship between the Peoples Republic of China, which is increasing ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Operational Law in International Straits and Current Maritime Security Challenges

    Edited by Jörg Schildknecht, Rebecca Dickey, Martin Fink, Lisa Ferris ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book addresses a wide range of contemporary operational maritime law issues across the spectrum of operations. It provides sophisticated analyses and insights, and offers new interpretations of topics that are directly relevant for contemporary naval operations.The book examines unresolved legal issues in order to provide guidelines for conducting maritime operations, and also offers ... Read more

    $108.89 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Air Power

    Edited by John Andreas Olsen ...
    The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power.Despite its increasing significance in international relations, statecraft and war, the phenomenon of air power remains controversial and little understood beyond its tactical and technological prominence. This volume provides a comprehensive survey designed to ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Understanding Complex Military Operations

    A case study approach

    Edited by Karen Guttieri, Volker Franke, Melanne Civic ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    This volume provides materials for active learning about peacebuilding and conflict management in the context of complex stability operations.Today, America faces security challenges unlike any it has faced before, many of which requiring lengthy U.S. involvement in stability operations. These challenges are exceedingly dynamic and complex because of the ever changing mix and number of actors ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD