A Military Transformed? A New Book from Helion and Compnay
In November 2013, a book will be published. It is my first book. Well to be honest I am one of the co-editors with two friends, Stuart Mitchell and Michael […]
Tag Archives: British Army
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr John Bourne
The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham is: Dr John Bourne University of Birmingham ‘The BEF on 29 September 1918’ The event will […]
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Paul Harris
The next War Studies Seminar at the Centre for War Studies, University of Birmingham is: Paul Harris King’s College London ‘The Men Who Planned the War: the staff of the […]
Book Review – Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000
Charles Kirke, Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000. London: Continuum, 2009. Figures. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. XVI + 240pp. Kirke has written a book that […]
Book Review – Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare
Anthony Saunders, Reinventing Warfare 1914-18: Novel Munitions and Tactics of Trench Warfare. London: Continuum, 2012. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. x, 362 pp. Drawing on his previous experience as a Patent Officer […]
Forgetting the Western Front? The Adaptation or Eradication of Military Experience
Whilst scoping out some case studies for my research, I stumbled across an interesting reference to the arrival of Indian cavalry regiments in Palestine in 1918. Part of my PhD […]
New Book – Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third Army and the Defeat of Germany in 1918
Dr Jonathan Boff, Lecturer in History, of the Centre for War Studies recently published his first book with Cambridge University Press. This is Jonathan’s first book and is based on […]
Book Review – El Alamein: The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War
Bryn Hammond, El Alamein: The Battle that Turned the Tide of the Second World War. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012. 328 pp. Maps, Photographs, Notes, Bibliography The Battle of El Alamein […]
The Greater War: Conflict Beyond Flanders’ Fields, 1914-1918
The Greater War: Conflict Beyond Flanders’ Fields, 1914-1918 19 October 2012 A Conference organised by the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College […]
Tactical Air Power Development in the Royal Air Force
The development of tactical air support doctrine within the RAF in Britain during the Second World War has been largely ignored by historians until very recently. The topic forms a […]
