Peter Caddick-Adams

Dr Peter Caddick-Adams is a professional defence analyst and military historian, and lectured at the UK Defence Academy on war and security issues, working in 58 countries. He has worked for the British army, and was the official NATO Historian in Bosnia, and the UK Historian during the Iraq War. His latest book, Winston Churchill, was published by Swift Press in 2024. Follow him at @militaryhistori

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