Cass Military Studies
Private Military and Security Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker, Marina Caparini
November 26, 2009
Over the past twenty years, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have become significant elements of national security arrangements, assuming many of the functions that have traditionally been undertaken by state armies. Given the centrality of control over the use of coercive force to ...
Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror: Warfare By Other Means
1st Edition
By Alastair Finlan
November 16, 2009
This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the relationship between Special Forces and contemporary strategy, explaining the resurgence of interest in Special Forces, particularly in the West, by exploring their appeal over traditional conventional force options in the current ‘War on Terror’....
Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War
1st Edition
By Felix Patrikeeff, Harry Shukman
July 24, 2009
This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological ...
American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?
1st Edition
By Morten G. Ender
March 26, 2009
American Soldiers in Iraq offers a unique snapshot of American soldiers in Iraq, analyzing their collective narratives in relation to the military sociology tradition. Grounded in a century-long tradition of sociology offering a window into the world of American soldiers, this volume serves as a ...
The Military and Domestic Politics: A Concordance Theory of Civil-Military Relations
1st Edition
By Rebecca L. Schiff
February 05, 2009
The intervention of the military in national politics and the everyday lives of citizens is a key question in civil-military relations. This book explains how concordance theory can provide a model for predicting such domestic intervention. Models dealing with the relationship between the military...
Civil-Military Relations in Europe: Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change
1st Edition
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By Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl Haltiner, Jürgen Kuhlmann
January 30, 2009
This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions, and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place. The contributors show how contemporary European states manage ...
Cultural Diversity in the Armed Forces: An International Comparison
1st Edition
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By Joseph L. Soeters, Jan Van der Meulen
January 30, 2009
This volume explores ethnicity and gender developments in relation to the military. In some countries, the armed forces have a long history in responding to ethnic diversity, while elsewhere it has come up only recently as a policy issue. An even-handed representation of ethnic minorities in the ...
Military Honour and the Conduct of War: From Ancient Greece to Iraq
1st Edition
By Paul Robinson
January 30, 2009
This study presents the first examination of the influence of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct and ending of wars from Ancient Greece to the present day. Paul Robinson begins with a theoretical examination of the concept of honour, to clearly explain the many contradictions and tensions ...
Social Sciences and the Military: An Interdisciplinary Overview
1st Edition
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By Giuseppe Caforio
January 30, 2009
This innovative book presents the reader with a clear international view of interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary approaches to military and conflict-resolution studies. In this first title on its subject, leading expert Giuseppe Caforio offers a thorough analysis of the new aspects and trends of...
Strategic Culture and Ways of War
1st Edition
By Lawrence Sondhaus
January 30, 2009
A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war. It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to a significant extent, culturally determined. The concept of national ‘ways of war’ dates from the 1930s, when Basil H. Liddell Hart ...
Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy: India, Iraq and Israel
1st Edition
By Timothy D. Hoyt
October 30, 2006
Military Industry and Regional Defense Policy re-examines military industrialization in the developing world, focusing on policy-making in producer states and the impact of security perceptions on such policy-making. Timothy D. Hoyt reassesses the role of regional state sub-systems in ...
Warriors and Politicians: US Civil-Military Relations under Stress
1st Edition
By Charles A. Stevenson
July 07, 2006
With historical case studies ranging from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq, this new book shows how and why the US military is caught between two civilian masters – the President and Congress – in responding to the challenges of warfighting, rearmament, and transformation. Charles ...