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How Far is Modern Russia a Prisoner of its Past?

How Far is Modern Russia a Prisoner of its Past?

The author of a new book on Russia’s military past provides the historical echoes that we’ve seen played out on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Mark Galeotti

Vladimir Putin clearly fancies himself something of a historian – even if, as a professional historian, I feel much of his ‘work’ would struggle to get a passing grade, laden as it is with factual inaccuracies and the careful cherry picking of evidence to fit his...

Mark Galeotti on Forged in War

Mark Galeotti on Forged in War

Political analyst and author Mark Galeotti discusses Russia's military history, from Crimea to Ukraine.
Mark Galeotti

Mark, many congratulations on the new book. There is a lot of myth surrounding Russia’s history, not least from Vladimir Putin. How much of its military past is in the average Russian’s consciousness? More, honestly, than we might anticipate from a Western standpoint....

Extract from Hero City

Extract from Hero City

Prit Buttar examines the Soviet forces in an extract from chapter one of his new book Hero City.
Prit Buttar

In many respects, it seemed as if the year of 1943 commenced with the war in Eastern Europe finely poised. The German Sixth Army was surrounded in Stalingrad and much of the southern sector of the long front line was highly fluid, with Soviet units attempting to push...

Crete ’41: Hill 107

Crete ’41: Hill 107

Vicious fighting between Kiwi troops and German paratroopers centered on one hill in Crete.
Robert Kershaw

Individuals in conflict can decisively influence the outcome of a battle. Examples abound. Leonidas and his lonely Spartan defence of the narrow pass at Thermopylae in 480 BC against the might of the invading Persian army; an unknown standard bearer from Caesar’s...

Robert Kershaw on The Hill

Robert Kershaw on The Hill

The historian discusses his latest book on the battle for Crete.
Robert Kershaw

Robert Kershaw, many congratulations on The Hill. Why was Crete so important for the Germans to capture? In hindsight one could argue Crete was not so important to capture as it subsequently tied up two fortress infantry divisions and Luftwaffe and shipping assets for...

The Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad

Prit Buttar looks at the city in the context of the birth of the Soviet Union in the years running up to the Second World War.
Prit Buttar

Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina commences with one of the best-known opening sentences of literature in any language: ‘Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.’ In a similar manner, the relatively few nations that enter conflicts...

The Pirate Menace, by Angus Konstam

The Pirate Menace, by Angus Konstam

Good, bloody, myth-busting history packed with colourful personalities.

Few other outlaw groups in history have left such an enduring legacy as the seafaring pirates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In The Pirate Menace, Angus Konstam explores how, when, why, and where the world’s most infamous (and many lesser known) pirates...

Angus Konstam on The Pirate Menace

Angus Konstam on The Pirate Menace

The naval historian discusses the Golden Age of Piracy, and the fiction it inspired.
Angus Konstam

Angus Konstam, many congratulations on the new book. Before the prologue we see wonderful maps that evoke the romantic locations of the period: the Caribbean, West Africa, the eastern seaboard of the American colonies, the Florida keys and of course the Bahamas. What...

Graham Turner on The Wars of the Roses

Graham Turner on The Wars of the Roses

The artist discusses his new book and the paintings within.
Graham Turner

Graham Turner, many congratulations on a quite stunning collection of paintings for the book. What is it about the Wars of the Roses that make such an attractive subject for your art? Thank you. As a child my imagination was captured by seeing armour in places like...

The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner

The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner

The renowned artist has produced a book of his paintings that are a perfect fit for those interested in the period.

The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, well-known for his illustration of the medieval era and his work for Osprey Publishing. As the title suggests, this latest Osprey volume is a compendium of his...