The articles collected in this book cover widely divergent topics, ranging from terrorist grand strategy to terrorist finances, from the air forces capacity to intercept an aerial assault, tot he experiences of a young lieutenant during a suicide attack in Afghanistan. They also draw on a wide range …

Religie is terug van weggeweest. Pakweg twintig jaar geleden was men er in de westerse wereld van overtuigd dat de betekenis van godsdienst steeds kleiner zou worden. Sindsdien is godsdienst aan een opmerkelijke comeback begonnen. Bekend in dit verband is de constatering dat terroristische groeperingen …

In this article we analyze the ways in which the risks of military missions and the prospects for casualties have made an impact on the deployment of soldiers by the Netherlands. The question is whether the self-image of being a military nation acts as a hindrance to participation when the going gets …

De wereld globaliseert, en de militaire wereld gaat daarin mee. De aard van de problemen waarvoor militaire hulp wordt ingeroepen, het internationale karakter ervan en de noodzaak om met minder middelen steeds meer te doen, nopen tot samenwerking over nationale grenzen heen. Dit geldt zeker ook voor …

The decrease of the number of personnel employed in the western defence sector since 1990 can truly be called spectacular. But even before that year there was an unmistakably downward trend. Cooperation, therefore, is the buzz word for the military. This cooperation in the defence sector happens jointly …

In this first issue of the Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies the Bosnian Experience is dicussed. The soldiers themselves - especially the Dutch ones - take centre stage. What did they do, or what did they do not? How did they and their home front experience it all? The contributions are the …

When the Dutch contributions to the actions in the former Yugoslavia became more permanent, an increasing need arose to draw lessons from experiences gained. Several studies were set up to investigate varying subjects as leadership, family problems and stress. Most of these studies were conducted after …