An interview with the editor of ‘Air Forces the Next Generation’ Dr Amit Gupta
You will find yourself dipping into every chapter and when you do, you will discover that air power around the world is not a fixed...
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#WavellReviews ‘Mission Improbable: The Transformation of the British Army Reserve’ by Patrick Bury
‘Mission Improbable’ has been exquisitely researched. In places, its level of detail reminded me of reading Anthony Beevor’s Stalingrad....
#WavellReviews ‘Harrier 809’ by Rowland White
Available here from Bantam Press Rowland White is a popular aviation author and Harrier 809 marks his return to the Falklands Conflict after the bestselling...
#WavellReviews An Army of Tribes: British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland by Edward Burke
There are stories which need to be told, and not forgotten; because to withhold them warps the wider narrative of the whole conflict, and influences...
#WavellReviews ‘Adopting Mission Command’ by Donald E. Vandergriff
#WavellReviews 'Adopting Mission Command' by Donald Vandergriff...
#WavellReviews ‘Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict’ edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh and Jaym Gates
"The problem with classic military texts like Clausewitz and Sun Tzu is that they’re total snooze-fests"...
#WavellReviews ‘Forewarned: Tales of a Woman at War …with the Military System. Cockups, Conspiracies & Misogyny in the British Army’ by Diane Allen
On reflection, this is actually a book that should be read by those serving; I found it both fascinating and frustrating but also strangely compelling...
#WavellReviews When The Tempest Gathers by Andrew Milburn
This book should be taken as a serious work, and added to your ‘must have’ lists, to be read alongside McFate’s Goliath and Kilcullen’s The...
#WavellReviews Toxic by Dan Kaszeta
A Wavell Room book review! Toxic is a must read. It presents an excellent blend of practical knowledge with contemporary history and security....
Book Review: War in Space by Dr Bleddyn E. Bowen
Dr Bowen begins his book with Colin Gray’s challenge – “Where is the theory of space power? Where is the Mahan of the final frontier?”. This challenge,...