Collection: Professional Readings

¿́¿1,826 days is the length of time that have passed since the September 11,2001 to the date of the publication of this book. This is a clearly presented illustrated account of the security plans and programmes developed in Singapore in the fi ve years since 9/11. The multi-pronged approach to e...

¿́¿This is the first comprehensive account of the progression of the Second Lebanese War, from the border abduction of an Israeli soldier on the morning of July 12, 2006, through the hasty decision for an aggressive response; the fateful discussions in the Cabinet and the senior Israeli command; ...

¿́¿Activity-based management (ABM) has already proven extremely valuable to manufacturers in helping them cut waste, improve quality, reduce cycle times, and get their products to market faster. Now revised and expanded, this indispensable resource illustrates how ABM can be applied to all types ...

¿́¿This book is the culmination of 35 years of research work and examines how US generals in World War II and in the post World War II developed and obtained their insights on leading successfully using research and examples from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and on to today.¿́¿ -- S...

In this landmark book, Nobel laureate Thomas C. Schelling considers the ways in which military capabilities - real or imagined - are used as bargaining power. This edition contains a new preface by the author where he considers the book's relevance over forty years after its first publication. In...

Focusing on the human factors involved with information security, Mitnick explains why all the firewalls and encryption protocols in the world will never be enough to stop a savvy grifter intent on rifling a corporate database or an irate employee determined to crash a system. With the help of ma...