#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....
Category : Concepts and Doctrine
LET’S TALK ABOUT HUMAN SECURITY
Whichever way you look at it, understanding and addressing human security is a challenging problem. It isn’t just complicated, it’s highly complex. In principle, human...
The Importance of Nuance in Strategic Thinking
British military theorist J.F.C. Fuller contends that the primary causes of military shortsightedness are, “The worship of traditions, and the second is our incapacity to...
Intellectual Discipline: The missing Core Value
“Learning organisations defeat insurgencies, hierarchical bureaucracies do not” Gen D Petraeus, 2006. A Learning Culture The British military needs a Learning Culture. This statement...
COVID-19 and Mao (Masters of War Part 4)
Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a four part series which uses military theorists to draw lessons learned from and provide insight on...
R2P and the Integrated Review
Executive Summary This article argues that the Integrated Review and merger of the FCO and DFID offers an opportunity for Defence to reinvigorate and deepen...
Sun Tzu and COVID-19 (Masters of War Part 3)
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a four part series which uses military theorists to draw lessons learned from and provide insight on...
Where to Mission Command?
Executive Summary Based on John Lauren’s review of Andrew Milburn’s book When the Tempest Gathers, the article focusses on Milburn’s lamenting of the disconnect between...
COVID-19 and Clausewitz (Masters of War Part 2)
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a four part series which uses military theorists to draw lessons learned from and provide insight on...
It’s time to stop “rethinking” women in Ground Close Combat
This article is a rebuttal to an opinion piece the Wavell Room previously published on women in Ground Close Combat Since 2016 the United Kingdom...