TOC – War in History, Vol. 18, No. 2

A few interesting articles in the latest issue of War in History. Robert Watt, ‘Apaches Without and Enemies Within: The US Army in New Mexico, 1879—1881′ When attempting to confront hostile Apache guerrillas in New Mexico between 1879 and 1881, the US Army encountered a style of warfare which took merciless advantage of its weaknesses. [...]

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How do we define ourselves?

[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] An interesting question for this historian on a Monday morning; what do you call yourself? If you look through listings of academics at a university you may well see the title Professor of…, but what does this mean? Is it accurate? We have a tendency to caveat ourselves [...]

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New Research in Military History

[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] Conference for Postgraduate and Early-career Historians University of Sussex, Friday 19th November 2010 This conference, a collaboration between the British Commission for Military History, the Centre for War, Representation and Society, University of Sussex and the History of Warfare Research Group, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, [...]

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Military Genius: Is it still possible?

I’ve been re-reading some Clausewitz lately in an effort to nail down a theoretical basis for a concept I’m currently working on, and I strolled across his chapter on military genius (pp.100-112 in H&P edition). This got me thinking, in this modern age of instant communications, images from the front line and the capacity for [...]

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Influential Historians of War

[Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] For a project at uni I have been set an interesting academic task. I have got to come up with a list of influential historians who have been critical to the development of the field. In the end I need a list of about 20 but at the [...]

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