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The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become. This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence

"At a minimum, military professionals need to have a clear and working knowledge of the ethical decisions that underpin their profession in order to evaluate situations quickly. In the search for such clarity, this volume identifies 14 key virtues of the military professional and through opening commentaries and real world examples of those virtues in practice, it provides guidance for service personnel at every stage of their career."

Introduction: Military landscapes between militarization and representation / Anatole Tchikine, with John Dean Davis -- Part I. Representation: Military landscapes - landscapes of events / Antoine Picon -- The ancient regional defense system in Fenghuang, China / Zhang Jie -- "Unified, nationwide, indestructible" - command, control, and the construction of the nuclear battlefield / Daniel Volmar -- Part II. Scales of nature: Displaced persons' gardens / Kenneth I. Helphand and Henk Wildschut -- The fortifications of Uncle Toby and other peaceful uses of military landscapes / John Dixon Hunt -- Transboundary natures - from the Iron Curtain to the Green Belt / Astrid M. Eckert -- Part III. Gender and race: The home front as a military landscape - imperial Russia, 1914-17 / Christine Ruane -- Olmsted in the South, Olmsted at war / John Dean Davis -- The concept of "defense landscape" (Wehrlandschaft) in National Socialist landscape planning / Gert Gröning and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn -- Part IV. Infrastructure: The Wars of Religion and the Canal du Midi / Chandra Mukerji -- An environmental history of the Ho Chi Minh trail / Pamela McElwee -- Part V. Memorialization: Jacques Callot's siege landscapes / Peter Parshall -- Military memory maneuvers in Dublin's Phoenix Park, 1775-1820 / Finola O'Kane -- Smashed to the earth - documenting, remembering, and returning to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack site / Patrick R. Jennings.

This book explores civil–military relations in Asia. With chapters on individual countries in the region, it provides a comprehensive account of the range of contemporary Asian practices under conditions of abridged democracy, soft authoritarianism or complete totalitarianism. Through its analysis, the book argues that civil–military relations in Asia ought to be examined under the concept of 'Asian military evolutions'. It demonstrates that while Asian militaries have tried to incorporate standard, Western-derived frameworks of civil–military relations, it has been necessary to adapt such frameworks to suit local circumstances. The book reveals how this has in turn led to creative fusions and novel changes in making civil–military relations an asset to furthering national security objectives.

A history and introduction to military neuropsychology / Carrie H. Kennedy, Corwin Boake, Jeffrey L. Moore -- Ethical issues in military neuropsychology / Shane S. Bush, George M. Cuesta -- Fitness for duty / Mark P. Kelly, Kevin P. Mulligan, Mark C. Monahan -- Noncredible neuropsychological presentation in service members and veterans / Manfred F. Greiffenstein -- Blast injury and traumatic brain injury / Louis M. French ... [et al.] -- Acute battlefield assessment of concussion/mildTBI and return to duty evaluations / Jeffrey T. Barth ... [et al.] -- Head injury rehabilitation of military members / Treven C. Pickett, Mark C. Bender, Eugene Gourley -- ADHD and learning disorders / David W. Hess ... [et al.] -- HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in the military / Steven Paul Woods ... [et al.] -- The neuropsychological functioning of prisoners of war following repatriation / Jeffrey L. Moore -- Cognitive sequelae of sustained operations / Nancy J. Wesensten and Thomas J. Balkin -- Neuropsychological correlates of PTSD : a military perspective / Jennifer J. Vasterling ... [et al.] -- Cognition and decision-making in extreme environments / Jeffrey A. McNeil, C.A. Morgan, III -- The future of military neuropsychology / Robert A. Seegmiller, Robert L. Kane

Military Geographies discusses how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism. The book sets a new agenda for the study of military geography with its critical analysis of the ways in which military control over space is legitimized. Drawing on her own original research, the author explores the ways in which militarism and military activities control development, the use of space and our understanding of place. She concentrates on military lands, establishments and personnel in contemporary peacetime settings, highlighting the pervasiveness of these forces in shaping everyday lives. The geographies under scrutiny are primarily those of advanced capitalist economies, particularly in Europe, North America and Australasia. Maps, plans and other figures are used to illustrate the text where appropriate