War & Conflict Studies

The Good Drone explores the use of drones in civil and military airspace, including agriculture, border control, policing, search and rescue, warfare and wildlife protection. Drones are no longer only synonymous with the US deployment of weaponized drones in the Global War on Terror. However, while ..

This is a comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East...

Throughout human history, scholars, statesmen and military leaders have attempted to define what constitutes the legitimate use of armed force by one community against another. This volume brings together an internationally recognized team of scholars to explore the philosophical and societal founda..

An investigation of the role of the modern soldier/diplomat and the nature of military negotiation in comparison with negotiation in other contexts. An analysis of the role of the military in current operations as negotiators and liaison workers in..

The Military Covenant states that in exchange for their military service and their willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice, soldiers should receive the nation’s support. Exploring the concept’s invention by the Army in the late 1990s, its migration to the civilian sphere from 2006 and its subsequ..

The Military Covenant states that in exchange for their military service and their willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice, soldiers should receive the nation’s support. Exploring the concept’s invention by the Army in the late 1990s, its migration to the civilian sphere from 2006 and its subsequ..

This book focuses on the economic dimensions of peace processes and examines the opportunities and constraints for assisting negotiated exits out of conflict...

An in-depth study of the demobilization and reintegration exercises carried out at the end of the Nigerian civil war, assessing their implications for national politics in the West African nation. Though the central theme is Nigeria, the book compares the exercises in Nigeria with other attempts in ..

The Vietnam War is one of the longest and most controversial in US history. This book seeks to explore what lessons the US military took from that conflict as to how and when it was appropriate for the United States to use the enormous military force at its disposal and how these lessons have come t..

Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, this volume analyzes, compares and assesses diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the decision to resort to the use of armed force and the constraints..

In recent years the Indian Navy has gradually emerged as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of the nation’s naval forces in Indian strategy. There is a long tradition in India of viewing the maritime dime..

In recent years the Indian Navy has gradually emerged as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of the nation’s naval forces in Indian strategy. There is a long tradition in India of viewing the maritime dime..