Collection: Professional Readings

¿́¿US experts present case studies and best practices of US resource management from the perspectives of all three services and defence contractors in this wide ranging study. The authors present a detailed discussion, from a multi-functional view, of the ins and outs of US military program manag...

¿́¿Abrashoff offers this fascinating tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today¿́¿s uncertain business seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, a ship armed with every cutting-edge system available, it was like a business that had all the latest technol...

¿́¿This publication provides an excellent account of the realities of war and the challenges of leading troops in the battlefield, covering many of the problems faced during military operations and examining historical situations for Australian troops.¿́¿ -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 4t...

¿́¿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...

"Notwithstanding the regional economic crisis, China continues to grow, and remains on track to becoming the world's biggest economy sometime within the first half of the next century. This, together with China's size and geographical proximity, is naturally a security concern for countries in th...

¿́¿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...

¿́¿This work gives comprehensive coverage to the most notorious American war crime of the Vietnam War and the authors have strived to research facts and present them in an unemotional manner. Throughout the US and Vietnam, the authors have tracked down and interviewed survivors of the massacre, p...

¿́¿Drawing on a wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the formidable problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, so often mentioned- but rarely explored. In doing so, he casts his net far and wide, from Gustavus Adolphus ...

¿́¿This special supplement present articles from Army leaders who teach in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point. They are all active duty officers who offer readers first-hand accounts of what Army leadership means to them. Although they make references to war, life-...