Collection: Professional Readings

¿́¿A comprehensive treatise that covers case studies of command from Napoleonic Wars to UN PSOs. This book concentrates wholly on the all important role of the commanding officer. There are many books which study the art of high command in war, and almost as many on individual acts of heroism. Th...

¿́¿Army Magazine describes this as the best book on military training from platoon to division level that has been published in any army. Parameters, Journal of the Army War College commented that this is ¿́¿Invaluable for anyone of any rank responsible for the training of American troops in thes...

¿́¿This book focuses on legal issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, with an emphasis on the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The main themes considered are lawful and unlawful combatants, war crimes including command responsibility and defences, prohibited weap...

¿́¿Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard Betts¿́¿ Conflict After the Cold War assembles classic and contemporary readings that argue about the shape of international conflict in this post-Cold War and post-9/11 era. Contextualised within a broader philosophical and his...

¿́¿Armies are invariably accused of preparing to fight the last war. Nagl examines how armies learn during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared in organisation, training, and mindset. He compares the development of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice in the Malayan ...

¿́¿In recent decades, the US economy has increased its reliance on its service and high-technology sectors and has become increasingly dependent on computers, electronic data storage and integrated communications networks. The result is the development of a new critical infrastructure that is exc...

¿́¿Defeat Into Victory is Field Marshal William Slim¿́¿s account of the war in World War II Burma. Slim commanded the Fourteenth Army in the campaign and is regarded by many to be the greatest British general of World War II. In contrast to many World War II memoirs, Slim¿́¿s account was modest a...