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  • Counterinsurgency

    Theory and Reality

    by Daniel Whittingham, Stuart Mitchell ...
    An overview of modern Western militaries' response to armed rebellion, from Indochina to Northern Ireland to Iraq.Counterinsurgency—or efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority—has become a buzzword in recent times, but the term is as old as society itself. This concise history covers the development of modern counterinsurgency over the last two hundred years, from ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare

    by Daniel Whittingham ...
    Series series Cambridge Military Histories
    Daniel Whittingham presents the first full-length study of one of Britain's most important military thinkers, Major-General Sir Charles E. Callwell (1859–1928). It tells the story of his life, which included service in military intelligence, the South African War, and on the General Staff before and during the First World War. It also presents the first comprehensive analysis of his writing: from ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

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  • The Iraq War

    by John Keegan ...
    The Iraq War remains highly controversial, but in all the uncertainty about weapons of mass destruction, the use and misuse of intelligence, it remains an awesome military and political event and a formidable exercise in American power aided by the British army. Throughout the war and beyond it, John Keegan's analysis proved more accurate than any other commentator's, and now he brings his ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • 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

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Direction of War

    Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective

    by Hew Strachan ...
    The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction, of effective communication, and of governmental coordination. In this important ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • 2020

    World of War

    by Paul Cornish, Kingsley Donaldson ...
    'A timely and cogent reminder that history never ends and is about to be made' - Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of GeographyWith the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen.As former soldiers now working in defence strategy and conflict ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Web Of Deceit

    Britain's Real Foreign Policy

    by Mark Curtis ...
    In his explosive new book, Mark Curtis reveals a new picture of Britain's role in the world since 1945 and in the 'war against terrorism' by offering a comprehensive critique of the Blair government's foreign policy. Curtis argues that Britain is an 'outlaw state', often a violator of international law and ally of many repressive regimes. He reasons not only that Britain's foreign policies are ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare

    Edited by Daniel Marston, Carter Malkasian ...
    A fascinating discussion of the development of counterinsurgency by experts in the field.Throughout history armies of occupation and civil power have been faced with the challenges of insurgency. British and American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world.Armies have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the problems of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Wrong Turn

    America's Deadly Embrace of Counter-Insurgency

    by Gian Gentile ...
    A searing indictment of US strategy in Afghanistan from a distinguished military leader and West Point military historian—"A remarkable book" ( National Review).In 2008, Col. Gian Gentile exposed a growing rift among military intellectuals with an article titled "Misreading the Surge Threatens U.S. Army's Conventional Capabilities," that appeared in World Politics Review. While the years of US ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Edge

    Is the Military Dominance of the West Coming to an End?

    by Mark Urban ...
    The size of western armed forces, their stocks of weaponry and their readiness for combat are declining. Meanwhile, growing nationalism is hampering international cooperation and fuelling conflict everywhere. The west's will - as well as its capability - to shape the world is ebbing away.Beset by economic woes, western countries are continuing the post-Cold War process of disarmament at the very ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Unpeople

    Britain's Secret Human Rights Abuses

    by Mark Curtis ...
    Britain is complicit in the deaths of ten million people.These are Unpeople - those whose lives are seen as expendable in the pursuit of Britain's economic and political goals.In Unpeople, Mark Curtis shows that the Blair government is deepening its support for many states promoting terrorism and, using evidence unearthed from formerly secret documents, reveals for the first time the hidden ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • 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

    $35.99 CAD