Warfare & defence (487)

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This volume is a collection of contributions by world-leading experts in the nuclear field who participated in the educational activities of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO). It features some of most promin...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:This book puts the widely-held view that 'arms control in space is not possible' to the test and aims to explore how, and under what conditions, arms control could become a reality. Drawing upon international regimes and IR theory, Mutschler examines...

publisher: Springer
year: 2012
description:Drawing on the fields of political economy and historical sociology, Jones dispels the overwhelming consensus among scholars that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) never interfere in the internal affairs of other states, a...

publisher: Springer
year: 2009
description:Katsumata demonstrates that something interesting is taking place inside the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). He shows that an association of minor powers in Southeast Asia is promoting its cooperative security norm, and influencing the policies of its ex...

publisher: Springer
year: 2008
description:This book examines the intersections between international law and national policies, and nuclear proliferation and disarmament, offering a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move away from the n...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description:This book is a historical and strategic analysis of the nuclear dimension of the US alliance with Australia, Australia's relationship with nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, and US extended nuclear deterrence.

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Drawing from military geography’s  spatial roots, its embrace of dynamic systems, and integration of human and biophysical environments, this book helps in understanding  the value of analyzing patterns, processes and systems, and cross-scale and mul...

publisher: Springer
year: 2007
description:Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. These include: The ongoing _war on terrorism_; NATO enlargement to Russian borders; US intervention...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Dieses Werk bietet eine umfassende Darstellung der Ballistik mit engem Bezug zur Praxis. Es beschreibt kaliberunabhängig die Grundlagen und Rechenmodelle in den vier Haupt­gebieten der Ballistik mit vielen Fakten, Hinweisen und Beispielen aus der jah...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book gives a comprehensive overview of all relevant elements in topography and their practical application. It elaborates on the classical representation of terrain on maps such as cartographic projections, together with their classification, sc...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book explores the natures of recent stabilisation efforts and global upstream threats. As prevention is always cheaper than the crisis of state collapse or civil war, the future character of conflict will increasingly involve upstream stabilisat...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Combining both legal and empirical research, this book explores the statutory aspects and practice of Gacaca Courts (inkiko gacaca), the centrepiece of Rwanda's post-genocide transitional justice system, assessing their contribution to truth, justice...