China's energy strategy : the impact on Beijing's maritime policies by Gabriel B Collins

"A variety of viewpoints is offered in this timely analysis of China's economy and the future shape of Beijing's energy consumption. The authors, all noted authorities in the fields of economics, diplomacy, energy, and defense, consider an unprecedented range of influences and factors to avoid the limitations of looking at the subject myopically or with political bias. They conclude that while energy insecurity could eventually lead to an arms race at sea or even a naval conflict that neither side wants, there is ample room for Sino-American energy dialogue and cooperation in the maritime domain. " - Editorial Reviews

The environmental dimension of Asian security : conflict and cooperation over energy, resources, and pollution by In-t'aek Hyŏn

"The Environmental Dimension of Asian Security examines these issues through a regional environmental security complex that explores the potential for greater intersubjective understandings of regional environmental and natural resource problems and greater institutional collaboration and management. " - Editorial Reviews

Chinese strategic culture and foreign policy decision-making : Confucianism, leadership and war by Huiyun Feng

Examining the major academic and policy debates over China’s rise and related policy issues, this book looks into the motivations and intentions of a rising China.

Dark Hope : working for peace in Israel and Palestine by David Dean Shulman

"With Dark Hope, Shulman has written a book of deep moral searching, an attempt to discover how his beloved Israel went wrong—and how, through acts of compassionate disobedience, it might still be brought back." - Editorial Reviews

Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History by Abdul Sattar

"The author, with forty years of experience in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, brings to the book knowledge gained from available records and by osmosis from senior colleagues and then as an analyst, contributor and participant in policy decisions. As Foreign Minister he was associated with the reappraisal following 9/11, as Foreign Secretary with the decision to conclude the Geneva Accords in 1988 that provided a fig leaf to the Soviet Union for honorable withdrawal from Afghanistan, and as member of the negotiating group at the Shimla Conference of 1972." - BiggerBooks

Lords of the land : the war over Israel's settlements in the occupied territories, 1967-2007 by Idith Zertal

"In this thorough and eye-opening book, Idith Zertal, a historian, and Akiva Eldar, a journalist, explain how a few tens of thousands of people bent the state to their purpose. Settlements were not on the official agenda after Israel's surprise capture of the Palestinian territories in 1967. But pressure from ardent young religious Zionists found a secular echo among military men, who came to see security benefits to having Israelis live in the West Bank." - The Economist

Iraqi force development : conditions for success, consequences of failure by Anthony H Cordesman

"Presents a detailed analysis of the entire ISF development effort and its strengths and weaknesses by force element. It covers the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior, the Iraqi Army, National Police, regular police, Department of Border Enforcement, Special Forces, Facilities Protection Force, Provincial Security Force, Air Force, and Navy. " - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Europeanization of British defence policy by Robert Dover

"This book provides a strong contemporaneous account of the process of Europeanisation. Academics, post-graduate researchers and analysts concerned with British foreign and defence policy and those interested in European defence policy more generally.." - REAL GROOVY

Alliance management and maintenance : restructuring NATO for the 21st century by John R Deni

"This book argues that the NATO alliance should be considered by policymakers to be a political organization first & a military one second." -Strand Bookstore

Winning the war of words : selling the war on terror from Afghanistan to Iraq by Wojtek Mackiewicz Wolfe

"The book shows the influencing potential of presidential spin and of risky foreign policy in the Middle East, and presents a systematic analysis of how a president effectively pursued a marketing strategy that continues to show an enduring ability to influence public support. " - Editorial Reviews

Real change : from the world that fails to the world that works by Newt Gingrich

"What will take us from the world that fails to the world that works? Real change—the kind of change that happens when politicians drop their own agendas and respond to the will of the people. Newt Gingrich shows us how we can make real change a reality. " - Publisher

The U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy : a reference handbook by Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert

"In this narrative overview, Embser-Herbert explores the history of the policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," (DADT) the federal law restricting the military service of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. She traces the policy from its origins in the early 1990s through its evolution and implementation into law in the United States military and evaluates the impact of post-9/11 events on the military, the policy, and the ongoing debate surrounding the existence of the policy itself as lawmakers consider its repeal. .." - Editorial Reviews

Prisoners of war : a reference handbook by Arnold Krammer

"...Arnold Krammer examines the fate of war prisoners from Biblical and Medieval times through the halting evolution of international law to the current reshuffling of the rules. Since biblical times, war captives have been considered property and counted as booty to be enslaved or killed. Americans were interested in generals and weapons and battles, but not the fate of prisoners of war.... The issue of prisoners of war is of more immediate concern now than ever before, and an examination of the history of their treatment and current status may well influence foreign policy." - Editorial Reviews