This latest incisive work from Christopher Coker is a prescient analysis of the likelihood of a US-China conflict and how it might be avoided.
As their roles become more demanding, specialised and far removed from their own inborn predispositions, will the military require ever more years of 'programming'?
The first scholarly book to look at the role of the 'warrior' in modern war, and in the War on Terror in particular.
This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. It explains why it is of crucial importance that western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices, even when engaging with terrorist groups.
This highly controversial and cutting-edge book asks whether the attempts to make war 'virtual' or 'virtuous' can succeed and whether the West is deluding itself (not its enemies) in thinking that war can ever be made more humane.
Highlights the importance of seeing globalisation in political terms, while providing a new security perspective on globalisation and discussing NATO as a risk community.