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Castro's Secrets
The CIA and Cuba's Intelligence Machine

Palgrave Macmillan
In CASTRO'S SECRETS, highly acclaimed author and intelligence expert Brian Latell offers a strikingly original view of Fidel Castro in his role as Cuba's...
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Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
The British Army and Small War Strategy Since World War II

I.B. Tauris
Between 1948 and 1960, the British army conducted three important counterinsurgency operations in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus. During that time, military leaders...
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The Wartime Journals

I.B. Tauris
As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential...
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New Labour and the New World Order
Britain's Role in the War on Terror

Manchester University Press
The war on terror has shaped and defined the first decade of the twenty-first century, yet analyses of Britain's involvement remain limited and fragmentary....
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al-Qaeda
From Global Network to Local Franchise
Rebels

Zed Books
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Laden's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terrorism,...
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Innovation and Empire in Turkey
Sultan Selim III and the Modernisation of the Ottoman Navy

I.B. Tauris
Ottoman naval technology underwent a transformation under the rule of Sultan Selim III. New types of sailing warships such as two- and three-decked galleons,...
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Fighting for Darfur
Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide

Palgrave Macmillan
Around the world, millions of people have added their voices to protest marches and demonstrations because they believe that, together, they can make a...
  
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Economic Instruments of Security Policy
Influencing Choices of Leaders

Palgrave Macmillan
A much-needed new look at National Security post-2005 and the economic factors that influence it
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Liberia and the United States during the Cold War
Limits of Reciprocity

Palgrave Macmillan
Exploring the dynamics and limitations of reciprocity in Liberia-US relations, the book offers a perspective on security and economic assistance as instruments...
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Enduring Military Boredom
From 1750 to the Present

Palgrave Macmillan
It is often said that war is 5% horror and 95% boredom. In this sense, military boredom is historically enduring as well as personally enduring for the...

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Causes, Course and Outcomes of World War Two
Histories and Controversies

Palgrave Macmillan
John Plowright presents the war as two distinct but overlapping conflicts (one European, the other Far Eastern), considering neither as merely a prelude to the...
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Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Third Edition

Palgrave Macmillan
First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to...
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MacArthur
Great Generals

Palgrave Macmillan
Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his ability to adapt, a quality that catalyzed his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability has become an indispensable...
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Ariel Sharon
An Intimate Portrait

Palgrave Macmillan
A groundbreaking eyewitness account of the key moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of one of its lead players, Ariel Sharon, as...
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United Nations Disarmament Process in Intra-State Conflict
Southampton Studies in International Policy

Palgrave Macmillan
Stephen Hill analyzes the factors that affected the success or failure of the UN disarmament processes during intra-state peacekeeping missions conducted...
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Economic Instruments of Security Policy
Influencing Choices of Leaders

Palgrave Macmillan
National security questions are fundamentally economic. National governments have at their disposal many economic instruments used for national security such...
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Mission Al-Jazeera
Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World

Palgrave Macmillan
Blending his riveting personal story with innovative ideas about how to win the war on terror, former marine turned Al Jazeera reporter Josh Rushing addresses...
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Betraying Our Troops
The Destructive Results of Privatizing War

Palgrave Macmillan
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Bradley
Great Generals

Palgrave Macmillan
Dubbed by the World War II press as "The G.I. General" because of his close identification with his men, Omar Bradley rose to command the largest exclusively...
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Patton
Great Generals

Palgrave Macmillan
A concise and penetrating biography of one of history’s greatest yet most controversial commanders. An atavistic warrior, Patton was a leader who defined...
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Global Politics of Defense Reform
Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies

Palgrave Macmillan
This volume analyzes the impact of key global trends on civil-military relations by examining defense reform processes since the end of the Cold War. Civil -...
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Terrorism and Tyranny
Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil

Palgrave Macmillan
"The war on terrorism is the first political growth industry of the new Millennium." So begins Jim Bovard's newest and, in some ways, most provocative book as...
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Trillions for Military Technology
How the Pentagon Innovates and Why It Costs So Much

Palgrave Macmillan
Trillions for Military Technology explains why the weapons purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense cost so much, why it takes decades to get them into...
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The Death of Feminism
What's Next in the Struggle for Women's Freedom

Palgrave Macmillan
Feminist icon and political activist Phyllis Chesler (author of the 2.5-million copy bestseller Women and Madness and the controversial The New Anti-Semitism)...