In this book, a distinguished United States Army officer and scholar traces the rise and fall of the Soviet military, arguing that it had a far greater impact on Soviet politics and economic development than was perceived in the West.

The sustained fragmentation within the Intelligence Community since World War II is part of the story; the blurring of security and intelligence duties is another.

div The United States finds itself at the center of a historically unparalleled empire, one that is wealth-generating and voluntary rather than imperialistic, say the authors of this compelling book.

By Lt. General William E. Odom

William E. Odom combines expertise in political science and military affairs to challenge both conventional and unconventional wisdom about insurgencies and political development.

Founded in 1927, the Society of Friends of Defense and Aviation- Chemical Construction, or "Osoaviakhim," became the largest mass voluntary association in the Soviet Union before World War II. Conceived in Bolshevik rhetoric about the ...

In his speech to the Congress of Prague Vaclav Klaus, the Czech prime minister, expressed a diametrically opposite view when he spoke of 'ideas, not enemies': that now, as in the past, the West owes its identity and its strength to common ...

The volumes in the Editors' Choice series are collections of important essays that have appeared in the pages of "Foreign Affairs" in recent years.

This book explores how the newly formed countries and ethnic regions are going to react in the shadows of a much less formidable Russia.

In this book, William Odom analyzes the security strategies of each Northeast Asian nation and, specifically, their strategies toward one another within the region.