Collection: Professional Readings

This monograph provides the theoretical underpinnings and rationale for leadership development in the SAF. This monograph highlights the key role of a shared vision, openness and professional mastery in order to nurture spirit of leadership and its development." -- SAF Professional Reading Progra...

War no longer exists, writes General Sir Rupert Smith, powerfully reminding us that the clash of mass national armies - the system of war since Napoleon will never occur again. Instead, he argues in this timely book, that we must be prepared to adapt tactics to each conflict, or lose the ability ...

¿́¿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...

¿́¿This is a study of Indonesia¿́¿s State Intelligence Agency (Badan Intelijen Negara or BIN in short) and examines the roles of BIN agents and their operations since its founding 50 years ago. It also includes the role of BIN in the current war against terrorism. This is one of the few books wr...

¿́¿In this book John Keegan covers the five fundamental stages in intelligence practice: acquisition, delivery, acceptance, interpretation and implementation of this intelligence. He uses case studies to illustrate various points about the collection and use of intelligence and concluded that goo...

¿́¿Written in an accessible, journalistic style, Jihad in Paradise focuses on Southeast Asia¿́¿s struggle to deal with Islamic extremists and terrorism at the hands of Jemaah Islamiyah, al Qaeda¿́¿s Southeast Asian arm. Although the book gives particular attention to Singapore¿́¿s attempts to dea...