Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion
Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion

Author: Edward Rhodes

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780739107263

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Can great powers ensure the political outcomes they want and prevent political developments they oppose, by stationing their military forces in distant regions during peacetime? If so, what kinds of military capabilities yield this sort of peacetime political leverage? And what kinds of political goals can-and, just as importantly, cannot-be achieved through "forward military presence?" In the post-9/11 world, as the United States seeks to use its unrivalled global military predominance to build a safer, better world by preventing terrorism and encouraging societies around the world to embrace democracy, these questions take on enormous importance. Presence, Prevention, and Persuasion addresses these issues by looking at British, French, and American experiences in the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean basin, and Africa over the last two centuries. The authors' findings will have a significant impact on scholarship but, more importantly, on American decision-making communities. An essential volume for anyone working in the field of international relations whether it is policy making, diplomacy, military planning or the private sector.

A Guide to the Sources of British Military History
A Guide to the Sources of British Military History

Author: Robin HIgham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 1317390210

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Designed to fill an overlooked gap, this book, originally published in 1972, provides a single unified introduction to bibliographical sources of British military history. Moreover it includes guidance in a number of fields in which no similar source is available at all, giving information on how to obtain acess to special collections and private archives, and links military history, especially during peacetime, with the development of science and technology.

Soldier Heroes
Soldier Heroes

Author: Graham Dawson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1135089515

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Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis, it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in the era of nineteenth-century popular imperialism, traces their subsequent transformations and examines the way these identities are internalized and lived by men and boys.

The History of the Green Howards
The History of the Green Howards

Author: Geoffrey Powell

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2015-10-30

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1473857996

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Regimental histories abound, but few can be as stirring as this story of the fortunes of the famous Yorkshire-based Green Howards. Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over the past 300 years winning many superb battle honours. Their history reflects that of the British Army as there is hardly a major campaign that this Regiment has not been involved in; the French Wars of 1697-1793, the American War of Independence, Crimean War, First and Second World Wars, service in Suez, Malaya, Northern Ireland, peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and the war in the Gulf. This fine book brings the story of one of Britain's finest regiments right up to date.

The New Bonapartist Generals in the Crimean War
The New Bonapartist Generals in the Crimean War

Author: Brison D. Gooch

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 9401510016

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This book is based on published correspondence. Thus it stands in debt to the scores of persons who have edited and selected the material referred to in the notes as well as to the authors of the letters themselves. Literal translation from the French has been this writer's responsibility. The research was done in library collections at the University of Wisconsin, Yale University, and Harvard University. Personal thanks are due to Professor Emeritus Chester Penn Higby at Wisconsin who encouraged my early interest in the Crimean War and to Professor Chester V. Easum, also of Wisconsin, for under standing and assistance at a time when both were sorely needed. The typing of various stages of the manuscript was done by the secretarial staff of the Humanities Department at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, and also by my wife, Dorothy, whose patient efforts in this project have been considerable. While this book has something to say to the professional historian, I hope that the general reader may also find interest in these ambitious officers and their emperor.

The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964
The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964

Author: Michael Roper

Publisher: Public Record Office Publications

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781873162453

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This guide covers the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in 1964. It includes the records of the Board of Ordnance, military intelligence and military aviation.