Comments for Birmingham "On War" http://warstudies.wordpress.com Welcome to the blog of the postgraduate students at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Third Dimension of Warfare and Tactical Stability in the Senkaku Islands by JAPAN AND THE 1982 FALKLANDS WAR I: PM SUZUKI’S 12 APRIL LETTER TO PM THATCHER | Birmingham War Studies http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/the-third-dimension-of-warfare-and-tactical-stability-in-the-senkaku-islands/#comment-1597 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:34:38 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-1597 [...] [8] “It is precisely to avoid such an scenario that Governor Sir Rex Hunt made sure the invading forces landing on South Georgia and the Falklands were met with force, so that Buenos Aires could not achieve its ideal outcome, a bloodless invasion. This would have made it much more difficult for the British Government to overcome both domestic and allied and international reluctance to the deployment of a task force. While careful to avoid prolonged combats which would have endangered both the limited forces at his disposal and the civilian population entrusted to him, Sir Rex Hunt started preparing the ground for the liberation of the Falklands right since the opening salvos of the war. He knew that if the Junta managed to grab them in a seemingly peaceful manner, it would be much more difficult for Great Britain to make her case in fora like the United Nations and before friends and allies. This was precisely the Argentine plan” A. Calvo,    “The third dimension of warfare and tactical stability in the Senkaku Islands”, Birmingham “on War”: The blog of the postgraduate students at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham,  09 January 2013, Birmingham University, available at http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/the-third-dimension-of-warfare-and-tactical-stability-in-… [...]

]]> Comment on Call for Papers – 1944: Seventy Years On by Ross http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/call-for-papers-1944-seventy-years-on/#comment-1553 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:34:49 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-1553 Will,

The CfP has been extended to June. See here:
http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/call-for-papers-1944-seventy-years-on/

]]> Comment on Call for Papers – 1944: Seventy Years On by Will http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/call-for-papers-1944-seventy-years-on/#comment-1552 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:32:08 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-1552 Can anyone confirm that this CFP deadline has been pushed back to 15 June 2013? Looking to form a panel on Canadian forces in 1944, or the Italian campaign.

]]> Comment on War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr John Bourne by Ross http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/war-studies-seminar-at-the-university-of-birmingham-dr-john-bourne/#comment-1506 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:44:12 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1506 Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances Dr John Bourne will not be presenting his talk. Daniel Whittingham (KCL) will be talking on ‘Charles Callwell and the Planning, Execution and Aftermath of the Gallipoli Campaign’ – http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/war-studies-seminar-at-the-university-of-birmingham-daniel-whittingham/

]]> Comment on Joint American and Canadian Studies and War Studies Seminar – Dr Peter MacLeod by pilgrimmaster http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/joint-american-and-canadian-studies-and-war-studies-seminar-dr-peter-macleod/#comment-1500 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:58:01 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=937#comment-1500 My mistake, lost a day.

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]]> Comment on Joint American and Canadian Studies and War Studies Seminar – Dr Peter MacLeod by pilgrimmaster http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/joint-american-and-canadian-studies-and-war-studies-seminar-dr-peter-macleod/#comment-1499 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:51:53 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=937#comment-1499 Am I the only one to see a slight conflict here?

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]]> Comment on A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF US MILITARY BASES: THE CASES OF AUSTRALIA AND THE PHILIPPINES by Robert http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/a-more-flexible-approach-to-the-issue-of-us-military-bases-the-cases-of-australia-and-the-philippines/#comment-1480 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:31:37 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=925#comment-1480 Time to bring back SEATO? Ha, half joking of course.

]]> Comment on Book Review – Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000 by William Young http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/book-review-red-coat-green-machine-continuity-in-change-in-the-british-army-1700-2000/#comment-1301 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:58:15 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=903#comment-1301 Reblogged this on Military History.

]]> Comment on Book Review – Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare by Robert JR Graham » The Military And Hand to Hand Combat http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/book-review-reinventing-warfare-1914-18-novel-munitions-and-tactics-of-trench-warfare/#comment-1203 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:16:02 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=872#comment-1203 [...] Book Review – Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare [...]

]]> Comment on The Third Dimension of Warfare and Tactical Stability in the Senkaku Islands by Robert http://warstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/the-third-dimension-of-warfare-and-tactical-stability-in-the-senkaku-islands/#comment-1201 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:04:43 +0000 http://warstudies.wordpress.com/?p=863#comment-1201 No problem, Alex. Smith’s Britain and the Origins of the Vietnam War is a quick yet highly informative read.

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