In 1916 Alfred Wright enlisted in the AIF. After training at the Engineer Officer Training School in Moore Park and at Roseville NSW he embarked aboard HMAT A14 Euripides, headed for Britain. On the way, he bought an autograph book, and over the next four years, more than 100 of the people he met signed it.
World affairs are constantly in flux, so students need to be prepared not just to know what's happening in the headlines but how to make sense of those events. Hastedt's American Foreign Policy helps students develop the critical thinking skills needed to participate in debates about foreign relations-today and throughout their lives. Rather than ......
This final installment of a trilogy details the U.S. Army's battles in France following the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. It is based on interviews with more than 200 veterans and has contextual narrative chronicling the war in Europe after D-Day.
As U.S. Arctic policy remains stagnant, Russia and China are expanding their economic and military presence in the Arctic. In a battleground for great power competition, the United States must restore its presence and leadership in this increasingly strategic region.
Patterns of Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq
This pioneering book explains the causes of war through a sustained combination of theoretical insights and detailed case studies from WWI to the Iraq War. Cashman and Robinson find that while all wars have multiple causes, specific factors typically combine in identifiable "dangerous patterns" that lead to bloody conflicts between countries.
Patterns of Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq
This pioneering book explains the causes of war through a sustained combination of theoretical insights and detailed case studies from WWI to the Iraq War. Cashman and Robinson find that while all wars have multiple causes, specific factors typically combine in identifiable "dangerous patterns" that lead to bloody conflicts between countries.
Analysis of the FY 2021 Defense Budget from the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides an in-depth assessment of the Trump administration's request for national defense funding in FY 2021.
Funding Trends and Issues for the Next National Defense Strategy
This CSIS report assesses the Biden administration's FY 2022 defense budget request. It outlines the priorities and potential effects of ongoing strategic reviews, tracks current congressional action on FY 2022 defense appropriations, and identifies key issues for FY 2023.
Armed Groups is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today's security arena-terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations-and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, ......
