A magnificent study of how the German army recovered from the First World War, succeeded in the interwar period, laid the tactical foundations of the Nazi Blitzkrieg, German military leaders created and nurtured the Reichswehr, a new military organization built on the wreckage of the old Imperial Army

Martin van Creveld has written a bold research paper on the nature of war and its radical transformation. The author argues that the overwhelming picture of conflicts in the post-1945 world is no longer amenable to rational analysis, postulates the inconsistency of our most basic ideas about who is waging wars and why, and raises the question of the inevitability of the human need to "play" war. It is one of the most important books about the war that we are likely to read in our lifetime

This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics.The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works and actually write a work of history

Theory of the Partisan analyzes a specific and significant phenomenon that ushered in a new theory of war and enmity. It contains an implicit theory of the terrorist, which in the 21st century has ushered in yet another new theory of war and enmity. Consequently, this work is not only of historical interest, but is relevant to contemporary political and military developments and concerns

Analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge, and the early Muslim state between 625 and 692

In this final volume, the author describes the second heyday of Islam: the Safavi, Timuri, and Ottoman Empires, and analyzes the widespread Islamic heritage in the modern world

The book details the history of the First World War (1914-1918), explores the mysteries of how a civilization at its peak could bring itself to such a devastating conflict, and reveals the secret negotiations between the crowned representatives of Europe, and their doomed attempts to defuse the crisis, shows how, due to a startling failure of diplomacy and communication, a bilateral dispute has grown and engulfed the entire continent

The Commanding Heights is about the most powerful economic forces at work in the world today, and about the people and the ideas that are shaping the future

The Insurgents is the inside story of the small group of soldier-scholars, led by General David Petraeus, who plotted to revolutionize one of the largest, oldest, and most hidebound institutions—the United States military. This is a story of power, politics, ideas, and personalities—and how they converged to reshape the twenty-first-century American military

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory―the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining