Tag: Defence

Edgar Wind and Modern Art In Defence of Marginal Anarchy


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English | ISBN: 1501341758 | 2021 | 272 pages | PDF | 16 MB
This book presents the first comprehensive study of the philosopher and art historian Edgar Wind’s critique of modern art. The first student of Erwin Panofsky, and a close associate of Aby Warburg, Edgar Wind was unusual among the ‘Warburgians’ for his sustained interest in modern art, together with his support for contemporary artists. This culminated in his respected and influential book Art and Anarchy (1963), which seemed like a departure from his usual scholarly work on the iconography of Renaissance art.

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Tornado F3 25 Years of Air Defence


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Squadron Prints Ltd. | 2011 | ISBN: 0951265652 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 162.98 MB
The definitive book on the Tornado F3. The books covers all the history of the type from the early development of the type right through to the disposal of the airframes.

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Defence Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems


Free Download Defence Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems By Alex Healing, Robert Ghanea-Hercock (auth.), Michal Pěchouček, Simon G. Thompson, Holger Voos (eds.)
2008 | 166 Pages | ISBN: 3764385707 | PDF | 7 MB
Defense and security related applications are increasingly being tackled by researchers and practioners using technologies developed in the field of Intelligent Agent research. This book is a collection of recent refereed papers drawn from workshops and other colloquia held in various venues around the world in the last two years. The contributions in this book describe work in the development of command and control systems, military communications systems, information systems, surveillance systems, autonomous vehicles, simulators and Human Computer Interactions. The broad nature of the application domain is matched by the diversity of techniques used in the papers that are included in the collection which provides, for the first time, an overview of the most significant work being performed by the leading workers in this area. It provides a single reference point for the state of the art in the field at the moment and will be of interest to Computer Science professionals working in the defense sector, and academics and students investigating the technology of Intelligent Agents that are curious to see how the technology is applied in practice.

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Collective Self-defence in International Law


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009406388 | 387 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Collective self-defence can be defined as the use of military force by one or more states to aid another state that is an innocent victim of armed attack. However, it is a legal justification that is open to abuse and its exercise risks escalating conflict. Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of collective self-defence claims. It has been the main basis for US-led action in Syria (2014-) and was advanced by Russia in relation to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022-). Yet there still has been little analysis of collective self-defence in international law. This book crucially progresses the debate on various fundamental and under-explored questions about the conceptual nature of collective self-defence and the requirements for its operation. Green provides the most detailed and extensive account of collective self-defence to date, at a time when it is being invoked more than ever before.

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Cyber Resilience – Defence-in-depth principles [Audiobook]


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Author: Alan Calder
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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781787784987 | MP3@64 kbps | Duration: 3h 20m | 231 MB
This book will give you a good understanding of the fundamentals of cyber security and resilience, without tying them to specific standards, frameworks or solutions, and provide an excellent starting point for any cyber resilience implementation project.

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Mill on Liberty A Defence


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English | 1996 | pages: 188 | ISBN: 0415124743, 1138834122 | PDF | 1,7 mb
Mill on Liberty was first published in 1983 and has become a classic of Mill commentary. The second edition reproduces the text of the first in full, and in paperback for the first time. To this, John Gray adds an extensive postscript which defends the interpretation of Mill set out in the first edition, but develops radical criticisms of the substance of Millian and other liberalism.

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