Military & Strategic Studies

This book explores whether the new capabilities made possible by precision-strike technologies are reshaping approaches to international intervention...

This book explores whether the new capabilities made possible by precision-strike technologies are reshaping approaches to international intervention...

This volume provides an overview of intervention and management strategies for dealing with terrorist and extremist offenders in prisons, focusing not only on current threats but also drawing critical lessons from historical case studies...

This volume provides an overview of intervention and management strategies for dealing with terrorist and extremist offenders in prisons, focusing not only on current threats but also drawing critical lessons from historical case studies...

This paper seeks to step back from the moral arguments surrounding private military intervention in civil conflicts, arguing that the view that "military companies" are merely "modern-day mercenaries" obscures the strategic implications of their activities for current conflict-resolution thinking...

There is an urgent need to recast the debate on military companies (MCs). Shearer suggests the influence and activities of modern-day mercenary outfits are set to increase as Western military retrenchment continues. This paper – the first detailed analysis of the private military sector – argues tha..

Drawing on extensive empirica data, this book explores the use of deadly force by private security companies during the Iraq War, and offers a general explanation for the level of tactical violence employed by such armed personnel in conflict zones...

This book offers a comprehensive moral theory of privatization in war - asks whether, and to what extent, the privatization of combat and other military services is morally justifiable...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book offers the first account of the foundation, organisation and activities of the NATO Information Service (NATIS) during the Cold War and the first sustained study of the history of NATIS throughout the Cold War...

This volume brings together a range of viewpoints and approaches to the question of what International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s legacy will and should be...

This volume brings together a range of viewpoints and approaches to the question of what International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s legacy will and should be...