Militärteori & krigsvetenskap

Despite being written so long ago, the theories expressed within The Art of War are still considered shrewd and penetrating, and are used today as a source of insight into office politics, business management and corporate strategy. The lessons in...

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Tidlös asiatisk klassiker i nyreviderad översättning För 2500 år sedan skrev den kinesiske generalen Sun Tzu vad som kom att bli en av de mest inflytelserika krigsstrategiska texterna någonsin. Krigets konst föregrep vad Platon skulle formulera i ...

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Medias rapporter om samtida krig spänner från anonyma cyberangrepp till machetebeväpnade miliser. I Konflikt ( Conflict , 2023) ger den amerikanske generalen David Petraeus, tidigare överbefälhavare i Afghanistan och Irak, och den brittiske histor...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Opportunities multiply as they are seized. Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzus The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that is still revered today as the ...

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Under 2500 år har detta ansetts som den bästa boken om ledarskap. Från början var den avsedd som lärobok i krigsfilosofi men idag anses den som en oöverträffad text om ledarskap och problemlösning. Vad du än sysselsätter dig med kan denna gamla bo...

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A richly absorbing book... Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians - The Daily Telegraph Why has warfare always been part of the human story? From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict? What light...

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Why do human beings fight one another? In this exhilarating and bracing book, we learn the common logic driving vainglorious monarchs, dictators, mobs, pilots, football hooligans, ancient peoples and fanatics. Distilling decades of economics, poli...

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När du har bemästrat strategins väg undgår inget din blick. Miyamoto Musashi. Strax före sin död 1645 drog sig den obesegrade svärdsmästaren Miyamoto Musashi tillbaka till en grotta för att leva som eremit. På fem pergamentrullar nedtecknade han d...

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Under 2500 år har detta ansetts som den bästa boken om ledarskap. Från början var den avsedd som lärobok i krigsfilosofi men idag anses den som en oöverträffad text om ledarskap och problemlösning. Vad du än sysselsätter dig med kan denna gamla bo...

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'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists, and political activists' The New York Times Book Review Society Must Be Defended is Michel Foucault's devastating critique of the systems of power and control inherent...

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'Outstanding...Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times The Allied victory in 1945 though comprehensive was far from inevitable. B...

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The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. *Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize f...

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Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that 'War is the continuation of politics by other means'. But what does Clausewitz mean to a world where economic, political and cultural conflicts are increasingly framed as wars? Written after...

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Security Studies: An Introduction, 4th edition, is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with in-depth coverage of traditional and critical approaches and an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks, an...

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Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable t...

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Why did Napoleon succeed in 1805 but fail in 1812? Could the European half of World War II have been ended in 1944? These are only two of the many questions that form the subject-matter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Drawing on a ve...

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Weaponizing Civilian Protection exposes how coalition efforts to minimize and mitigate civilian casualties during the recent conflict in Afghanistan also worked to rationalize the harm inflicted upon Afghan civilians. Drawing on declassified docum...

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In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long¿relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist¿and "the world's best¿science communicator" ( Times Literary Supplement )¿Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-research...

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This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early yea...

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As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine emperor Maurice (582-602) compiled a unique and influential handbook intended for the field commander. In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early By...

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Sun Tzu better watch his back' New York Magazine 'An Art of War-style book of tough guy maxims to live by' Evening Standard Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thous...

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The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping. Using new data sources and drawing on discussions with Soviet shipping managers, the book provides a valuable insight into the workings of...

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For centuries, the world has witnessed the development and use of increasingly complex and powerful military systems and technologies. In the process, the ""art of war"" has truly become the art of combined arms warfare, in whi...

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Hybrid Warfare refers to a military strategy that blends conventional warfare, so-called irregular warfare and cy...

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The current global conflicts, terrorism, humanitarian missions, peace keeping efforts and the change of workforce demographics have drastically changed the conditions in which the U.S military operates. As a result, a mindset exists based on flexi...

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The nature of war is constant change. We live in an era of exponential technological acceleration which is transforming how wars are waged. Today, the battlespace is transparent; multi-domain sensors can see anything, and long-range precision fire...

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What are the causes of war? How might the world be made more peaceful? In this landmark work of international relations theory, first published in 1959, the eminent realist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz offers a foundational analysis of the nature of c...

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The Russia Scare assesses the scope, character and extent of Russian interference in the affairs of liberal democratic states. This book examines the Russia scare in a dynamic manner, stressing the interaction between threat perception, responses ...

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