Command and Cohesion

M A Ramsay, Michael Ramsay

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• This study brings together military history and intellectual history to provide a better understanding of the factors that influence military thinking... Lees meer

The Development of RAF Strategic Bombing Doctrine, 1919-1939

Scot Robertson

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• The history of strategic bombing is inextricably intertwined with the history of the Royal Air Force. This book explores the question of doctrinal dev... Lees meer

Defending the Free World

Orrin Schwab

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Schwab examines America's decision to stand in Vietnam with a fresh perspective provided by new archival materials and the intellectual synthesis of i... Lees meer

Strategy in Vietnam

Michael A Hennessy, Hennessy

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Grand strategy, strategy, and tactics--the three layers of policy and action inherent to all military efforts--are the focus of this historical analys... Lees meer

Alternative to Appeasement

Michael L Roi

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• The years from 1934 to 1937 were a time during which the British Empire was confronted with the emergence of the triple threat of Nazi Germany, Imperi... Lees meer

War in the Twentieth Century

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• War proved a seminal influence on the shape of the 20th century. This collection provides various essays addressing the phenomenon of war as viewed th... Lees meer

Paths Not Taken

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• In America's foreign affairs there has been a delicate balance between often conflicting imperatives of interests, ideals, and power. How these impera... Lees meer

British and American Naval Power

Phillips Payson O'Brien

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• U.S. and British naval power developed in quite different ways in the early 20th century before the Second World War. This study compares, contrasts, ... Lees meer

The Evolution of Special Forces in Counter-Terrorism

J Paul de B Taillon

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• The threat of terrorism knows no borders, and, given the complexities of today's global system, no nation can afford to stand alone. This study consid... Lees meer

From Confrontation to Cooperation

Frederick Zilian

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• At midnight on October 2, 1990, the West German armed forces took over the approximately 90,000 men comprising the National People's (East German) Arm... Lees meer

Money for Ireland

Francis M Carroll

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Raising money was one of the great successes of the Irish government, as the funds provided the sinews of war with which to fight Britain. This book d... Lees meer

Strategy for Victory

David Ian Hall

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Strategy for Victory: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1919-1943 examines the nature of the inter-Service crisis between the British Arm... Lees meer

Witness to Revolution

J Butler Wright, William Thomas Allison

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• J. Butler Wright brought his young bride and son to Russia in the fall of 1916 to take up duties as counselor to the American Embassy in Petrograd. He... Lees meer

Incidents and International Relations

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Historians often ignore, treat cursorily, or relegate to footnotes specific incidents in international relations in order to facilitate the constructi... Lees meer

Double-Edged Sword

Appu Kuttan Soman

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• An examination of the political and diplomatic role of American nuclear weapons in conflicts with a non-nuclear China in the Korean War and the Taiwan... Lees meer

American Diplomats in Russia

William Allison

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• A unique look at how the American diplomatic corps operated in Russia during this pivotal period in world history. Lees meer

The Outbreak of the First World War

John H Maurer

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• This study examines what led the leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany to launch major military offensives at the beginning of the First World War. T... Lees meer

American National Security and Economic Relations with Canada, 1945-1954

Lawrence Robert Aronsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Aronsen draws on recently declassified documents in Ottawa and Washington to provide a reassessment of Canada's special relationship with the U.S. Tow... Lees meer

Hijacking and Hostages

J Paul de B Taillon

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought
• Terrorism and its manifestations continue to evolve, becoming deadlier and more menacing. This study considers the evolution of terrorism since 1968 a... Lees meer