Military History

This book examines the new and ongoing dilemmas and challenges to world public order in an environment in which international law is more restrictive but state practice is more permissive. The chapters use criteria from the just war tradition to attempt to resolve the tensions posed by the challenges of anticipatory self-defense, human

Racializing the Soldier offers an international history of the impact of racial beliefs on the formation and development of modern armed forces. Focusing mostly on colonial and post-colonial armies, it considers how the idea of race shaped military conflict in the modern world. This book was originally published as a special issu

This edited collection examines the British Army's history of counter-insurgency. It brings together and consolidates new scholarship on the counter-insurgency associated with the end of empire, stretching from the nineteenth century to the final collapse of the British Empire in the 1960s.This book was published as a special issue of

In countries worldwide, the Cold War dominated politics, society and culture during the second half of the twentieth century. Global Cold War Literatures offers a unique look at the multiple ways in which writers from Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America addressed the military conflicts, revolutions, propaganda wars and ideo

Beginning in the late 1930s, the National Socialism government of Germany began a program of killing individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Six "killing centres" were established. By August 1941, knowledge of the killings had spread to the general public and Hitler called for the program to end. This, however, did not end the killings

Why do some insurgencies escalate to become regional or international conflicts while others remain localized, and why have some insurgencies been resolved while others continue? This project examines the impact of democratization and the involvement of outside actors to answer these questions.This book was origianlly published as a speci

This volume looks at current and emerging technologies of war and some of the ethical issues surrounding their use. It discusses current thought on ethics and emerging technologies from internationally-recognized scholars addressing the full spectrum of issues in present warfare technology.This book was originally published in v

This is the first book to analyse the mass violence that occurred during the earliest episode of postwar colonial violence-the decolonization struggle of Indonesia between 1945 and 1950. Taking a multi-perspectival approach, nineteen authors examine the origins of the conflict as well as its representations and effects.This book is based

Hot Art, Cold War - Southern and Eastern European Writing on American Art 1945-1990 is one of two text anthologies that trace the reception of American art in Europe during the Cold War era through primary sources.