Black’s History Week

A short history of war

Professor Jeremy Black offers Graham Stewart a crash course in the history of war

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The long view: Britain’s armed force

Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black on how the British military has been shaped over the last two hundred years

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What now for Britain’s armed forces?

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the future role of Britain’s armed forces

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Fighting for the new world order

How Britain’s armed forces adapted to new challenges following the end of the Cold War

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Were British forces a match for the Warsaw Pact?

Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the role Britain’s nuclear deterrent played in facing the Warsaw Pact

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How the British Army fought the IRA

Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British army’s thirty year deployment in Northern Ireland during The Troubles

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Allies at war

Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the British contribution to the Allied victory

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A contemptible little army?

How successfully did Britain’s armed forces adapt to the reality of the First World War?

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Land and sea: the global reach of Britain’s armed forces in the nineteenth century

Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the reach and organisation of Britain’s armed forces in protecting and expanding the British empire

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How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?

Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history

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