Military Strategy: A Global History – a Q&A with Jeremy Black
In this Q&A, Jeremy Black, emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter and author of Military Strategy: A Global History, is interviewed…
War
The Road Before Me Weeps by Nick Thorpe – An Extract
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have spurred several million refugees and migrants…
‘War: An Enquiry’ by A. C. Grayling – an extract
For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost inconceivable. In War: An Enquiry, renowned philosopher, A. C….
The Mongols and the Islamic World from Conquest to Conversion
The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Chinggis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated…
Civil Wars by David Armitage – An Extract
For much of recorded history, the most frequent, horrific, destructive and yet strangely overshadowed form of collective human violence has been civil war. It…
The South China Sea: A Review by Lyric Hughes Hale
The South China Sea is a marginal sea in geographical terms, but due both to its history and present role in trade and commerce,…
VE Day Anniversary: A WW2 Round-Up
Friday 8 May is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the date that marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. To…
The Siege of Bastogne: Up Close and Personal
In the harsh winter of 1944-45, the month-long battle for Bastogne, a town with a peacetime population of 4,000 and seven roads, claimed 23,000…
Author Article by Charles Carlton: How War Shaped the British Isles
This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 by history professor Charles Carlton is an innovative and moving new book which explores the glorious…
Afghanistan: Can we learn from our mistakes?
As the conflict in Afghanistan approaches its tenth anniversary this October, we take a look at Yale’s forthcoming book Afghanistan: How the West Lost…