This political history text uses original archival findings to explore national security lawmaking from the early 20th Century to 2008 and in doing so, clearly illustrates how partisan fighting has always shaped American foreign policy.

This is a comprehensive account of the largest naval battle of the First World War, Jutland, where the British and German battle fleets met for the first and only time during the war.

The lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, Elbridge A Colby presents a clear framework for the changes need in America’s defense in response to China’s growing power and ambition.

In this piercing and critical text, Rose scrutinises the past century of US military history to argue that despite the ability to dominate the battlefield, the USA has repeatedly demonstrated a failure to create a stable post-war environment.

Originally published in 1966, this landmark book by Nobel laureate Thomas C. Schelling concentrates on how military capabilities – real or imagined – are used as bargaining power on the global stage.

A skilful blend of strategic, operational, and tactical concepts, The Chinese Invasion Threat expertly illustrates the possible horrors of a future invasion of Taiwan.

Operational art – the ‘grey area between strategy and tactics’ – has always existed, encompassing the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations to accomplish strategic and operational objectives in a theatre of operations.

Friedman traces the developmental history of military staffs and concepts of the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to the present day, considering how military staff organisation has manifested in Prussia / Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States over time.

Spanning 700 years, this collection of essays considers a series of military revolutions that have altered the basic context of waging war.