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This book seeks to chart and evaluate the impact of social research on the military itself.By "impact", the authors in this volume simply mean that which has a marked effect or influence on changing military policy, practices, knowledge, skills, behaviour, or living conditions. The book comprises a series of reflective contributions from scholars who have conducted research on the military as external scholars with no formal ties to the armed forces, as "native" researchers formally linked to them, as well as various kinds of contracted social scientists enabled by the military to carry out their investigations. The authors were asked to make the question of the impact of social scientific research on the armed forces an object of study in itself and to situate their reflections in terms of wider analytical questions. As a result, the chapters can be divided, broadly speaking, into two types of orientation: some are centered on theoretical and analytical issues, while others focus on the researchers' lived experiences.This book will be of interest to students of military studies, sociology, organisational studies, psychology and political science.

Examines the idea of military integration in Europe by elaborating on the possible size and composition of a 'European army' and assessing in detail how it can be achieved. This book is suitable for students of military studies, European Politics and Strategic Studies.

This book examines the methodology of qualitative research in military studies.

This volume of case studies examines the rise in violent extremism, terrorism, and insurgency in South and South East Asia, and subsequent state responses.

This book offers an examination of the effectiveness of Western military interventions in the post-Cold War era.

The first complete study of Cuban involvement in the Angolan War, from the first contacts in the 1960s to the full-scale military occupation of the 1980s

This collection of essays provides a comprehensive guide to British Imperial Defence in the century up to the 1956 Suez crisis.

Shows how national strategies to warfare are culturally determined. These ideas have gained acceptance among historians but remain controversial for political scientists, as political scientists have focused on strategic culture and historians on ways of war. This work helps both audiences and provides them with each others ideas.

Explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the various methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars. This volume is suitable for students of Military History, Strategic Studies, Strategic History and European History.

Examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context. This book is suitable for students of strategic studies, American history, Military History and political science.

Re-examines the challenges faced by the military profession in the aftermath of the international terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. This book shows that the military must respond effectively to the twenty-first century strategic landscape, while undergoing the revolution in military affairs and transformation.

This book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the Russian armed forces.

Intended for students of military studies, sociology, gender and political science, this volume explores ethnicity and gender developments in relation to the military. It features chapters which cover 14 countries around the world whose armed forces offer a mix of similarities and differences in the ways they try to manage cultural diversity.

Five major groups fought one another in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Second World War: The German and Italian occupiers, the Serbian Chetniks, the Ustasha of the Independent State of Croatia, the Bosnian Muslims, and the Tito-led Partisans. The aims, policies, and actions of each group are examined in light of their own documents and those of rival groups. This work shows how the Partisans prevailed over other groups because of their ideological appeal, superior discipline, and success in winning the support of large numbers of uncommitted Bosnians, particularly the Bosnian Muslims.

This book explores Adolf Hitler's career as a soldier in World War I and looks at the influences that led to his fanatical nationalism as a political leader.

Examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making. This book reassesses the role of regional state sub-systems in international relations, and historical studies of international technology and arms transfers.

Explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), in which the railways played a key part. This book also examines some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia's war effort interleaved in the course of the conflict.

Although each state is unique, it is possible to identify certain common problems and issues with respect to defence governance and management. Intended for students of armed forces and defence management, politics and strategic and military studies, this work introduces the basic principles of governance and defence management.

Presents the reader with an international view of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches to military and conflict-resolution studies. This book offers an analysis of the aspects and trends of the social sciences in studying the military. It contains essays by some of the most highly regarded scholars on the subject.

Although each state is unique, it is possible to identify certain common problems and issues with respect to defence governance and management. Intended for students of armed forces and defence management, politics and strategic and military studies, this work introduces the basic principles of governance and defence management.