Gavrilo Princip and the Great War for Peace
On the morning of 28 June, one hundred years ago, Archduke Franz Ferdinand disembarked from his train at…
Military History
The Battle of Bannockburn: a decisive moment for Scottish independence
Today marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a decisive moment for Scottish national identity, and…
Monty’s Men: Commemorating the D-Day Landings
Written by Professor of Military History John Buckley, Monty’s Men offers a radical reappraisal of the role played…
Monty’s Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
In Monty’s Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe, John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great…
The Nine Lives of Bayes’ Rule
While a staple in modern-day statistics classes, Bayes’ rule, as immortalized in our statistics textbooks, has been killed…
A Video Introduction to the Groundbreaking ‘War / Photography’ Exhibition
War/Photography surveys both iconic and newly discovered photographs of war and conflict, from daguerreotypes documenting the Crimean and…
‘Becoming’ Reinhard Heydrich: Extract from ‘Hitler’s Hangman’ by Robert Gerwarth
Hitler’s Hangman: The Life of Heydrich (out now in paperback) is a chilling biography of the head of Nazi Germany’s terror…
The truth about the aftermath of the Six Day War: Extract from ‘The Bride and the Dowry’
The Bride and the Dowry by Avi Raz is a penetrating new book that explores newly opened archives to…
New book on Syria by David Lesch charts the Fall of the House of Assad
In his new book Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad, David Lesch, one of the only Westerners…
Hidden History, the expulsion of the Germans after WWII: Extract from ‘Orderly and Humane’
More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of WWII,…
History, Observed: Victoria Schofield on John Wheeler-Bennett – historian, royal biographer and ‘witness to history’
John Wheeler-Bennett is not a household name but, in the mid-twentieth century, he knew virtually everyone who was….
Punching Below our Weight: Frank Ledwidge takes aim at military leaders with his new ebook short
Frank Ledwidge, author of the bestselling and controversial book on British military policy Losing Small Wars, returns with…
Why British military leaders lack strategy, leadership and moral courage: Author article by Frank Ledwidge
Losing Small Wars by former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge was published last year to acclaim and controversy in equal measures….
Capital Punishment: Extract from ‘Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City’ by Thomas Friedrich
In Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City, Thomas Friedrich explores how the German capital captivated Hitler’s imagination and how he sought…
The Forever Wars: Author David Keen discusses how global conflicts are deliberately sustained
David Keen is the author of the controversial new book Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars is More Important Than…