Sir Lawrence Freedman, el más prestigioso representante actual de los estudios de estrategia, nos ofrece una visión distinta de la historia de la guerra desde fines del siglo xix, pasando por las dos guerras mundiales y la guerra fría...
En Estrategia, Lawrence Freedman recoge la vasta historia del pensamiento estratégico: un ensayo interesantísimo, coherente y profundo que revela hasta qué punto la estrategia impregna todos los aspectos de nuestra existencia.
Ordered in 2009 by the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, the Chilcot Report is the official verdict on Britain's conduct before, during and after the Iraq war in 2003.
The 1982 Falklands War was not only one of the most extraordinary military confrontations of recent years but also a turning point in the politics of Britain and Argentina. This unusual book makes it possible for us to follow the development of the war...
The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons produc...
These essays illuminate different aspects of military power and European security. It deals with the practicalities of planning and command within an alliance structure or the problems connected and with distinguishing between offensive and defensive oper...
The author examines in detail the organization of the U.S. intelligence community, its attempts to monitor and predict the development of Soviet forces from the early days of the cold war, and how these attempts affected American policy and weapons produc...
The 1982 Falklands War was not only one of the most extraordinary military confrontations of recent years but also a turning point in the politics of Britain and Argentina. This unusual book makes it possible for us to follow the development of the war...
After the shock of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands in April 1982, Margaret Thatcher faced the crisis that came to define her premiership as she determined to recover the islands. This book covers various aspects of the campaign - economic and dipl...
Covering the origins of the 1982 war, this book describes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the islands, and the difficulties faced by governments in finding a way to reconcile the dispute.
Follows the task force to the South Atlantic, through the battles of early May that saw the loss of the Belgrano and the Sheffield, and on to the landings at San Carlos and the eventual surrender of the Argentine garrison.
Drawing on classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is an authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. It analyses the long history of the disp...
In this work, Lawrence Freedman charts the rise and fall of the contemporary concept of deterrence, and discusses whether and how the concept still has relevance in the modern world.
The Gulf Conflict provides the most authoritative and comprehensive account to date of Iraqâs occupation of Kuwait, its expulsion by a coalition of Western and Arab forces seven months later, and the aftermath of the war. Blending compel...