Product Description: Since the end of the Cold War, and especially following the US decision to invade Iraq, the once strong partnership between the US, Canada, and the European allies has faced the serious possibility of significant change, or even dissolution...read more

Product Description: Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how defence policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. This period witnessed major transformations in international and domestic politics, with defence emerging from its traditional postwar position of relative insignificance to become one of the key issues at the 1983 and 1987 general elections...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: With the end of the Cold War, perceptions of the role of armed forces in the international environment changed dramatically and have led to a critical re-evaluation of defence budgets, defence bureaucracies and defence roles. The Changing Face of Military Power brings together some of the most eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The end of the Cold War has affected debates about maritime strategy, doctrine, operations and technology. This has led to an intellectual reconsideration of the theory and practice of maritime power. For the first time, this book addresses these themes in a systematic and overarching way, and brings together internationally renowned scholars in a single text...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Although the end of the Cold War cannot clearly be dated, there are certain points in recent history that constitute markers in its final stages. This book, taking the final date as 1989, offers a longer historical analysis in order to trace elements of continuity, as well as discontinuity, across the Cold War and post-cold War periods...read more

Product Description: This text discusses the pros and cons of military intervention in a variety of situations, both real and hypothetical. Military intervention remains a prominent feature of international relations, but has undergone significant changes since the ending of East-West confrontation in 1989...read more