The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
The Victory of Man and Machine “This is a war of engines. It is impossible to have too many of them, and the side having the largest number of engines is bound to win.” So said Joe Stalin at the Celebration Meeting of the Moscow Soviet of Working People’s Deputies and...
Angus Konstam, many congrats on the book. What inspired you to write The Convoy? Thanks! It was really enjoyable to write. A few years ago I read a short article about it written by Mal Wright, an Australian naval historian. It really piqued my interest, as I’d been...
Lawrence Freedman, what were there certain criteria you used to pick the conflicts that are in the book? The starting point was first that I was going to look at post 1945. So that was the big decision. There's lots of stuff written about command in the World Wars...
Putin and the Old-Age Dilemmas of Russian Military Reform Ever since he first ascended to power, as acting president in 1999 and then elected in 2000, Vladimir Putin has made it clear that building a powerful military was not only one of his personal priorities but...
The British Army with General Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman | RSS.com
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Khaled al–Asaad “In spite of my advanced age,” wrote the French historian Paul Veyne in 2015, “it is my duty as a former professor and as a human being to voice my stupefaction before this incomprehensible destruction, and to sketch a portrait of the past splendour of...
Mark Healy’s The Ancient Assyrians is a wonderful exploration of the ancient Assyrian Empire and its intimidating army during the crucial period between 883-612 BC. It is a must-read for those seeking an in-depth study into one of history’s most enigmatic and powerful...
