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Monthly Archives: February 2012

War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr Matthew Bennett

February 29, 2012by Ross 2 Comments

The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is: Dr Matthew Bennett (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) ‘Crusades, Money and Mercenaries in the […]

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Events, Middle Ages, Military History, War Studies

War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr Jonathan Fennell

February 21, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is: Dr Jonathan Fennell (King’s College London) “We are ready NOW”: The Eighth Army […]

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Events, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

“The Most Resistless and Revolutionary Weapon of Naval Warfare that has Ever Been Introduced”: The Royal Navy and the Whitehead Torpedo 1870-1900

February 19, 2012by Ross 1 Comment

In 1867 Robert Whitehead, an expatriate British engineer working in Austria-Hungary wrote to the Admiralty offering to sell them the rights to his radical new locomotive torpedo. In 1871 after […]

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19th Century, Military History, Naval History, Publishing, War Studies

Innovation and Transformation in the British Army Medical Services 1854-1914: Resistance and Reform

February 8, 2012by Ross 3 Comments

The medical services often do not draw much attention from military historians except when they fail to perform adequately. However, there is great potential for an examination of an army […]

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19th Century, First World War, Military History, Publishing, War Studies

Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Air Vice Marshal (ret’d) Peter Dye

February 8, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham is an Air Power Seminar and is being given by: Air Vice Marshal (ret’d) […]

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Air Power, Events, First World War, Military History, War Studies

Centre for War Studies Spring Day School – US Civil War to First World War Learning the Lessons

February 7, 2012by Ross 1 Comment

War Studies Public Programm The Spring Day School Saturday, 3 March 2012 US Civil War to First World War: Learning the Lessons It is axiomatic in American historiography that the […]

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19th Century, American Civil War, Events, First World War, Military History, War Studies

TOC – War in History, Vol. 19, No. 1

February 5, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

Here is the latest Table of Contents from War in History. Patrik Winton, ‘Sweden and the Seven Years War, 1757–1762: War, Debt and Politics’ Sweden commenced military operations against Prussia […]

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Journals, Military History, Naval History, War Studies

Book Review – The Glorious First of June

February 4, 2012by Ross 1 Comment

Sam Willis, The Glorious First of June: Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror. London: Quercus, 2011. 434 pp. The current naval historiography of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, […]

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18th Century, Book Review, Naval History, War Studies

Book Review – Playing the Game: The British Junior Infantry Officer on the Western Front 1914-18

February 1, 2012by Ross 1 Comment

Christopher Moore-Bick, Playing the Game: The British Junior Infantry Officer on the Western Front 1914-18. Solihull: Helion & Company Ltd. 2011. viii, 327 pp. £25.00 (Cloth) Christopher Moore-Bick studied at […]

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Book Review, First World War, Military History, War Studies

TOC – Journal of Military History, Vol. 76, No. 1

February 1, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

Here is the Table of Contents for the latest issue of the Journal of Military History. Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, ‘Two Different Views of Knighthood in the Early Fifteenth Century: Le […]

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Journals, Military History, War Studies

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