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Political Science: Conflict, Military & Security

Conflict, Military & Security Reference Works

Additional reference works with historical data and context.

The Military Balance by The International The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS)
ISBN: 9781857437669

TRAC: Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium
TRAC provides detailed profiles of terrorist groups and vulnerable regions. Also includes articles on ideologies, targets, tactics, and current chatter.

Resort to War: a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007 by Frank Wayman; Meredieth Reid Sarkees
ISBN: 9780872894341
Publication Date: 2010-02-16
Handbook of International Rivalries: 1494-2010 by William R. Thompson; David Dreyer
ISBN: 9780872894877
Publication Date: 2011-09-02
International Military Alliances, 1648-2008 by Douglas M. Gibler; University of Alabama Staff
ISBN: 1568028245
Publication Date: 2008-10-15
Separatist Movements by Brian Beary
ISBN: 9781604265699
Publication Date: 2011-02-17

Small Arms Survey
The Small Arms Survey is a global centre of excellence whose mandate is to generate evidence-based, impartial, and policy-relevant knowledge on all aspects of small arms and armed violence.

SIPRI Yearbook by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Staff
Call Number: Reference, Geisel Floor2 West UA10 .S5 Most recent years available from Oxford University Press. Archive available from SIPRI.
ISBN: 9780198712596
Mercenaries: a guide to private armies and private military companies by Alan Axelrod (Editor)
ISBN: 1608712486
Publication Date: 2014-01-09
Warfare and Armed Conflicts by Micheal Clodfelter
ISBN: 9780786474707
Publication Date: 2017-05-09

Index of U.S. Military Strength - Heritage Foundation
Annual assessment of U.S. Military Strength, including appendix with statistics on the current state of its combat equipment.