Watch this brief video overview of the Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security series.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qE6eyOQVjE

The series is headed by general editor Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, who is the President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) as well as Senior Research Professor at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at The Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dr. Mahnken’s publications include Net Assessment and Military Strategy and The Gathering Pacific Storm: Emerging US-China Strategic Competition in Defense Technological and Industrial Development. In 2025, he received the Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Public Service from the International Security Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

The series was founded by Dr. Geoffrey R. H. Burn, a former army officer with a doctorate in organization theory and strategy as well as thirty years of experience as the chief executive of book and journal publishing companies, including as director of Stanford University Press for more than a decade. Dr. Burn served as general editor of the series for eight years and remains active on the advisory board.

Advisory Board

• Susan Bryant (Strategic Education International)
• Geoffrey R. H. Burn (Founding Editor)
• Dan Caldwell† (Pepperdine University)
• Tai Ming Cheung (University of California San Diego)
• Arnel David (US Army)
• Peter Dombrowski (US Naval War College)
• Andrew Dorman (King’s College London)
• Tracey German (King’s College London)
• Stephen M. Grenier (John Hopkins University)
• Rose Gottemoeller (Stanford University)
• T. X. Hammes (National Defense University)
• Frank Hoffman (National Defense University)
• Jeffrey Larsen (US Naval Postgraduate School)
• Anna Ohanyan (Stonehill College)
• Jay M. Parker (National Defense University)
• Rebecca Patterson (Georgetown University)
• Heidi A. Urben (Georgetown University)
• Paul R. Viotti (University of Denver)

Cambria Press will be exhibiting at the 2026 International Studies Association annual convention (ISA 2026), and we invite attendees to visit Booth 202 in the exhibit hall to explore our latest titles in international security and strategic studies.

In addition to browsing books in the series, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and engage directly with authors.

Meet the Authors at Booth 202

Sunday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m.
Dr. J. Furman Daniel III, author of Restoring Clausewitz: A Critical Companion to On War

Monday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m.
Dr. Rebecca Patterson, coauthor of Winning Without Fighting: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition in the 21st Century

Monday, March 23 at 10:30 a.m.
Dr. Jay M. Parker, coauthor of Restoring Thucydides: Testing Familiar Lessons and Deriving New Ones

We look forward to connecting with #ISA2026 attendees throughout the conference.