Military History
Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe?
Professor Jeremy Black explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe
Medieval Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the impacts on medieval warfare
Siege Warfare
Professor Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the defence and capture of walled cities and castles
Warfare in the classical world
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the nature of warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome
The myth of the plucky Brit
Notwithstanding our favourite WWII stories, derring-do doesn’t win wars
A short history of war
Professor Jeremy Black offers Graham Stewart a crash course in the history of war
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
A town called Egmont
A.S.H. Smyth yomps to the scant, wind-battered ruins of the first British colony on the Falkland Islands
What now for Britain’s armed forces?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the future role of Britain’s armed forces
Britain’s military performance in Iraq and Afghanistan
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the performance of the British forces in the war on terror
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