#WavellReviews “A History of Artillery” by Jeremy Black
Whilst the wars and battles that define the story of artillery are used throughout - crucially explaining that so often these events are the catalyst...
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Alanbrooke vs Gerasimov: Morale Crisis Redux
Introduction Recent studies of wartime morale focus on the intersection of combat effectiveness, and morale. This is important, considering the large role that conscription played...
The Strategic Utility of Raiding
What role does amphibious raiding play in British defence strategy? What historical precedents can we draw upon for today’s Commando forces? The strategic utility of...
The War in Ukraine, one year on. What to read?
This combined book review seeks to cover some of the more impactful and useful of the recent releases...
#WavellReviews “Battle: A History Of Combat And Culture”
Through this extensive and deeply intellectual work, Lynn offers an ambitious and often persuasive range of arguments as to the essential truths behind the nature...
#WavellReviews “Command: How the Allies learned to win the Second World War” by Al Murray
The world is divided in many ways, and now there is another criterion for division worth talking about. One, surprisingly, that pertains to Al Murray....
#WavellReviews “The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way” by Anthony Seldon
Antony Seldon is a prolific author and The Path for Peace may well be his best and most enduring book. It was not just the...
#WavellReviews “Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the 20th Century” by Jim Storr
Strategists and tacticians alike should heed the multiple lessons and observations in Hall of Mirrors. It is a comprehensive work that would be suitable for...
#WavellReviews “How the Army made Britain a Global Power: 1688-1815” by Jeremy Black
'Military history should not be understood as a continuous logical development but rather, as unsatisfactory, temporary and incomplete attempts to address specific circumstances'...
#WavellReviews “Air Power’s Lost Cause – The American Air Wars of Vietnam” by Brian D. Laslie
Air forces have a relationship with technology that is on a par with that of moths and flames, and the Vietnam air war was no...