Sam Willis, The Glorious First of June: Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror. London: Quercus, 2011. 434 pp. Reviewed by Andrew Limm, PhD Candidate, Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham The current naval historiography of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, is undergoing something of a renaissance, with a new inter-disciplinary approach being [...]
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Book Review – The Glorious First of June
Posted in 18th Century, Book Review, Naval History, War Studies, tagged Fighting Temeraire, French Navy, Glorious First of June, Napoleonic Wars, Quercus Publishing, Reign of Terror, Royal Navy, Sam Willis on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Professor Bruce Collins
Posted in 18th Century, Military History, Napoleonic Wars, War Studies, tagged Ancien Regime, Centre for War Studies, French Revolutionary Wars, Sheffield Hallam University, Siege Warfare, University of Birmingham, War Studies Seminar on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham is as follows: Professor Bruce Collins (Sheffield Hallam University) ‘The British Experience of Siege Warfare, 1779-99’ The event will be on 7 February. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 1, 1st Floor, Arts Building.
British Commission for Military History’s New Research in Military History Conference – Registration Details
Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Air Power, Conferences, Events, First World War, Historiography, Military History, Naval History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged British Commission for Military History, Conferences, King's College London, Military History, Spenser Wilkinson, University of Birmingham, World War I, World War II on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
New Research in Military History: A Conference for Postgraduate and Early-career Historians 18 November 2011 This conference, organised by the British Commission for Military History in association with the History of Warfare Research Group at King’s College London, intends to highlight the breadth and depth of research being undertaken by postgraduate and early career historians [...]
Birmingham Centre for the Study of War Autumn Day School
Posted in 18th Century, Events, Military History, War Studies, tagged 1745, British Army, Derby, Jacobite Rebellion, University of Birmingham on November 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In Collaboration with the Birmingham Branch of the Historical Association A DAY SCHOOL Sunday, 5 December 2010 Decision at Derby: The Jacobite Invasion of England and the Fate of the ‘Forty-five The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-6 was the greatest crisis faced by the British state in the eighteenth century; had it succeeded, the course of [...]
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