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The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results

By Stephen Bungay

The Perfect Weapon: war, sabotage, and fear in the cyber age

By David E. Sanger

Hitler's Enforcers: Leaders of the German War Machine, 1939-45

By James Lucas

The American Civil War

By John Keegan

Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

By Max Hastings

International Security: Politics, Policy, Prospects

By Michael E. Smith

The Banzai Hunters: The Forgotten Armada of Little Ships That Defeated the Japanese, 1944-45

By Peter Haining

International Security: Politics, Policy, Prospects

By Michael E. Smith

Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security

By Kip Hawley, Nathan Means

Close Combat

By United States Marine Corps

I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict

By Kenneth Payne

Invasion! D-Day & Operation Overlord in One Hundred Moments

By Scott Addington

Security: A New Framework for Analysis

By Barry Buzan

Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

By Sir Lawrence Freedman

The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II

By John Mosier

Strategy: A History

By Sir Lawrence Freedman (Professor of War Studies, Professor of War Studies, King's College London, London)

The Lost Battle: Crete, 1941

By C. A. MacDonald

Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century

By Rod Thornton (King's College, London)

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War

By Simon Parkin

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War

By Paul Kennedy

A Military Atlas of the First World War

By Banks, Arthur

Defending Ireland: The Irish State and Its Enemies Since 1922

By Eunan O'Halpin (Bank of Ireland Chair of Contemporary Irish History, Bank of Ireland Chair of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin)

Life Under Fire: How to Build Inner Strength and Thrive Under Pressure

By Jason Fox

Saladin: The Sultan and His Times, 1138–1193

By Möhring, Hannes

Unnatural Alliance

By Adams, James

The Paras: 'Earth's most elite fighting unit' - Telegraph

By Arthur, Max

Eyes of the RAF: A History of Photo-reconnaissance

By Nesbit, Roy Conyers

The Royal Military Canal

By Vine, Paul

The Logic of Deterrence: Philosopher Looks at the Arguments for and Against Nuclear Disarmament

By Kenny, Anthony

Human Security Report 2009/2010: The Causes of Peace and the Shrinking Costs of War

By Report Project, Human Security