Public policies and attitudes toward war are examined to determine why, despite unprecedented arms stockpiles, major war as a policy option among developed nations has been ...

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force. What it should do, what doctrine it holds, what ships it deploys, and how it fights are determined by practical political ...

In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll reveal the true face of ...

Domestic, military, and diplomatic history interconnect in a survey of the bureaucratic mistakes--including poor weapons and strategic blunders--that marked America's entry ...

In the twentieth century alone, military deaths totaled over 35 million, including 29,700,000 slain in international wars and almost 6 million killed in civil wars. This ...

Looks at important naval battles of the past, including the Falklands War, analyzes naval strategy, and tells how to plan effective fleet operations.

When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate ...

Documenting the history of the submarine from its origins in the sixteenth century through the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a world authority examines its importance in ...

The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of ...