Bücher der Reihe Cass Military Studies

Citizenship is a key concept in Western political thought for defining the individual's relations with society. This title explores the theoretical and practical implications of war and terror situations for citizenship in democratic states. It is suitable for students of military studies, political science, IR and security studies.

This book deals with the processes and theories involved in managing military organisations in both peacetime and crisis conditions.

Offers a sociological snapshot of American soldiers in Iraq, analyzing their collective narratives in relation to the military sociology tradition. This book provides the reader with both a generalized and a deep view into a major social institution in American society and its relative constituents - 'the military and soldiers' - during a war.

Provides an interdisciplinary overview of PMSCs: what they are, why they have emerged, how they operate, their military, political, social and economic impact, and the moral and legal constraints that do and should apply to their operation. This book focuses upon normative issues raised by the development of PMSCs.

Using theoretical overviews and empirical case studies, this volume explores how soldiers cope with the new forms of cultural diversity occurring within various multinational military operations, and how their organizations manage them. It is suitable for students of peace operations, military studies, international security, and business studies.

Analyses the influences of ideas of honour on the causes, conduct, and endings of wars from Ancient Greece through to the war in Iraq. This book reveals that the contradictory behaviour of soldiers during war is a product of the contradictions inherent in the concept of honour. It is for students of military ethics, military history, and more.

Leaders in War provides first-person perspectives across the spectrum of American combat operations during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

This comparative study looks at how democratic control of the military functions in practice in Europe. This is essential reading for students of civil-military relations, democratization, European politics and security studies in general.