Centre for War Studies Public Programme The Summer Day School Saturday, 23 June 2012 The Military Lessons of the Great War 1918-40 The final years of the Great War saw a radical change in the conduct of warfare. This Day School will examine how well the lessons of the Western Front were learnt over the [...]
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Centre for War Studies Summer Day School – The Military Lessons of the Great War 1918-40
Posted in Events, First World War, Inter-War Period, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Basil Liddell Hart, Battle of France, British Armed Forces, British Army, Day School, Dr John Bourne, Dr Jonathan Boff, Dr Peter Lieb, First World War, J F C Fuller, Second World War, University of Birmingham, War Studies on June 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
TOC – Royal Air Force Air Power Review, Vol. 14, No. 3
Posted in Air Power History, Journals, Military History, War Studies, tagged Air Power Studies, Indian Air Force, Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Operation Market Garden, RAF Air Power Review, Royal Air Force, Second World War on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It is good to see the latest edition of Royal Air Force Air Power Review available online with its usual mix of contemporary and historically focussed articles. Here is the table of contents and abstracts: Air Commodore Stuart Evans, ‘Combat-ISTAR; A New Philosophy on the Battle for Information in the Future Operating Environment’ The article [...]
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Dr Jonathan Fennell
Posted in Events, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Centre for War Studies, Dr Jonathan Fennell, Eighth Army, King's College London, Morale and Motivation, Second World War, University of Birmingham, War Studies Seminar on February 21, 2012 | 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 and the War in North Africa, 1940-42 The event will be on 28 February 2012. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture [...]
TOC – Journal of Military History, Vol. 76, No. 1
Posted in Journals, Military History, War Studies, tagged Christine de Pizan, First World War, Journal of Military History, Peninsular War, Royal Navy, Second World War, Spanish–American War, Table of Contents, United States Navy on February 1, 2012 | 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 Livre de Bouciquaut and the Works of Christine de Pizan‘ The claim that the renowned writer on political and military affairs, Christine de Pizan (1363-1430), [...]
Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham – Ross Mahoney
Posted in Air Power, Events, Leadership and Command, Military History, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Battle of Britain, Centre for War Studies, Command, Leadership, Ross Mahoney, Second World War, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, War Studies Seminar on December 11, 2011 | 1 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: Ross Mahoney (University of Birmingham) ‘Leadership Effectivness: Understanding a Key Metric of Operational Military History – The Case of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory‘ The event will be [...]
TOC – War in History, Vol. 18, No. 4
Posted in Journals, Military History, War Studies, tagged Ancien Regime, Boer War, Cavalry, First World War, Second World War, Seven Years War, War in History, Warm Springs Apaches on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the latest Table of Contents from War in History. It is good to see a couple of articles from Lecturers at the University of Birmingham in here. Some interesting articles as usual. Hamish Scott, ‘The Seven Years War and Europe’s Ancien Régime’ Recent decades have seen a welcome revival of scholarly interest in [...]
The War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham
Posted in Events, War Studies, tagged Air Power History, First World War, Gary Sheffield, Military History, Second World War, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, War Studies, Warwick University on October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have just recieved the list of this years seminar programme. It is as follows: Autumn term 12 October: Mr Andrew Lonergan (Western Front Association), ‘The experiences of a New Army Division: the 21st Division at War, 1914-1918’ 19 October: Dr Spencer Jones (University of Wolverhampton), ‘The thin khaki line: British infantry and the dilemma [...]
War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham
Posted in Events, Second World War, War Studies, tagged Air Power History, Airborne Forces, Events, Military History, Second World War, War Studies on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Next weeks War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham is as follows: Tim Jenkins (University of Birmingham) ‘The Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment’ The event will be on 8 June. The Seminar meets on TUESDAYS at 5.30 p.m. in Lecture Room 3, 1st Floor, Arts Building.
The Joys of the Archive…
Posted in Air Power, Research, Second World War, tagged Air Power History, Air supremacy, Combined Operations, Dieppe, National Archives, Operation JUBILEE, Royal Air Force, Second World War on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[Cross-posted at The Aerodrome] One of the advantages of being a researcher is the little gems of information that crop up from time to time in the course of examining new files. Having recently completed my MPhil I was pleased to come across to extra pieces of information in the course of my PhD research [...]
The Pacific
Posted in Second World War, War Studies, tagged Eugene Sledge, Helmet for My Pillow, Military History, Robert Leckie, Second World War, Stephen Ambrose, Television and War, The Pacific, War in Pacific, War Studies on March 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
[Cross-posted at Thoughts on Military History and the Military History Blog] Here is the trailer for this mini-series from HBO; hurry up Sky and put it on Sky One. It is produced by the same team that brought us Band of Brothers. The key difference, other than being set in a different theatre of war, [...]