Collection: Professional Readings

¿́¿This case study was written by the defense counsel for General Yamashita and it argued that the ¿́¿Tiger of Malaya¿́¿ was denied military justice by the American military tribunal who tried General Yamashita for war crimes relating to the Manila Massacre and sentenced him to death. This case h...

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...

¿́¿This is a unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as to...

¿́¿This is a unique, gripping account of the perilous showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as to...

¿́¿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...

¿́¿This book tells the full story of Britain¿́¿s undeclared war against Indonesia, including an operational study of the conflict and strategies utilised by the opposing parties. The Indonesian guerrilla units were led and stiffened by armed forces regulars but still performed poorly against the ...

¿́¿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...

¿́¿This book tells the full story of Britain¿́¿s undeclared war against Indonesia, including an operational study of the conflict and strategies utilised by the opposing parties. The Indonesian guerrilla units were led and stiffened by armed forces regulars but still performed poorly against the ...

¿́¿What does it take to get a job done? How do you get the men of your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How do you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other? Colonel Malone answers these questions in forthr...