Bruce Hoffman, the director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, has written a clear summary of some of the major historical trends in international terrorism. He makes careful distinctions between the motivations that drive political (or ethno-nationalist) terrorism and religious terrorism, and he also shows why the rise of religious terrorism, coupled with the...

The end of the Cold War brought an end to the bipolar world order. This accelerated the processes of globalization and the formation of a multipolar world, which is manifested in the widespread exacerbation of ethnic, religious, and socio-economic contradictions at various levels, and in the emergence of numerous ‘small wars’ and low-intensity conflicts. All of this contributes to the emergence...

Voenno-Istoricheskaia Biblioteka. Cherno-belye fotografii. Alfavitnyi ukazatel' imen (po stranam).

Originally published in 1911, the author later became the leader of the Kadet Party in Russia, after the Soviet Revolution, he emigrated to and settled in New York City.

Artilleriia: marshaly SSSR protiv Rossii - Adol'f Gitler protiv Germanii.

The short guidebook to the State Military-Historical Archives includes information on all materials (as of 1 Jan 2001) held by the archives. There is also information on the organization of the materials and how to search for documents. The guidebooks is essential for those wishing to work in the archives. Includes information on armies, corps and smaller units and formations (including...

A review of the Czech arms industry.