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Victory To Defeat, by Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman
Should be read by every student at the Staff College.
The British Army ended the First World War well trained, well led, well equipped and capable of engaging in all arms intensive warfare. Of all the players, on both sides, this army was unquestionably the most capable of deployment against a first class enemy anywhere...
Episode 155
Putin’s War in Ukraine
The distinguished historian writes about the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Putin's War in Ukraine The area that we now know as Ukraine has rarely been an independent entity. We first hear of it as part of Kievan Rus, a state established by Vikings who went east and, centred on Kiev (now Kyiv), gave their name to Russia. Kievan Rus was...
Episode 150
NATO: From the Cold War to Ukraine, by Sten Rynning
Essential reading for politicians and soldiers.
At a time when the UK is at war by proxy – providing intelligence, weapons and training to Ukraine – and relying on Article Five of the NATO treaty for our own security, this is a most timely book. The author, Sten Renning, is a Danish professor who has been a student...
Episode 134
Episode 128
Iron and Blood, by Peter H. Wilson
A magnificent and very readable explanation of a grand sweep of history.
For military historians the top of the academic greasy pole is the Chichele Chair of The History of War at Oxford, and so one would expect any work emanating from that source to be the definitive work of its subject. Iron and Blood by Professor Peter H. Wilson is...
Episode 124
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