The Theory and Practice of War is a collection of important essays examining the thinking and development of war theory from various perspectives. Edited by renowned military historian Michael Howard, the book features writings by a number of academics and strategists discussing the ideas of Jomini, Clausewitz, and Liddell Hart, as well as the development of war theory and practice from the 18t…
A comprehensive overview of India’s scientific and technological landscape. Edited by L. K. Sharma and Sima Sharma, this publication highlights major national achievements in research, industry, biotechnology, communication, and applied sciences. Supported by contributions from leading organizations—including the Department of Biotechnology, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, Indian Oil, Relianc…
Leo Goodstadt is uniquely qualified to write an inside report on the crises which have shaken China throughout this decade. He has devoted his entire career since 1962 to research and writing on Chinese events. In this book, he brings together a fascinating account of the background to the collapse of Mao Tse-tung's entourage and of respect for his immediate family within a month of his death i…
This book concerns politics, both domestic and international. It focuses on institutional arrangements for handling public issues, on the rules and processes for handling them, and on related ideologies, principles, policies, and arguments. It pays special attention to the kinds of values that are significant to political action. such as those prescribed for gov ernments in the American Constit…
The ASEAN Documents Series is a compilation of Documents emanating from the Association of South East Asian Nations during the period 8 August 1967 to May 1985, beginning with the ASEAN DECLARATION in Bangkok, 8 August 1967, which established the Association
The focus of this book is on the interaction between the European Community and national policy-making. Traditionally policy- making has been analysed within a national or a comparative framework in which the EC has mainly been regarded as an external factor. Here the European political system itself becomes the unit of analysis.
The book provides an acute and sustained analysis of the very idea of fear of the role of fear as an instrument of political rule and of its unac knowledged prevalence within our liberal democratic institutions. He makes a powerful case against those who defend a liberalism of fear and who contend that fear can be a source of moral and political regeneration
Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power - the ability to coerce - grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiv…
The G30S/PKI, also known as the 30th September Movement of the Indonesian Communist Party, was a failed coup attempt that occurred in Indonesia in 1965. This event had a significant impact on Indonesian history and led to a series of government policies and actions in response
The author provided a workable, and severely critical, analysis of the Bush administration's overreaching, militaristic foreign policy. Soros believes that this administration's plans abroad come from the same sort of "bubble" psychology that afflicted our markets in the late 1990s. They have used military supremacy to create a deluded worldview, that might makes right and that "you're either w…