Falklands 40: The Question of Command
One of the great contentions during the conflict, and something that surfaced in the recent Channel 4 documentary, was the chain of command established by...
Category : Military History
#WavellReviews “Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century” by Jim Storr
Simply put, military staffs are not as capable because they have too much pointless process, work in open plan command posts, and don’t think or...
The Creation and Evolution of HQ Joint Forces New Zealand
Military organizational change is as old as warfare itself. Throughout history military forces have changed their structures to adapt to changing conditions. They often react...
#WavellReviews “Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the 20th Century” by Jim Storr
Strategists and tacticians alike should heed the multiple lessons and observations in Hall of Mirrors. It is a comprehensive work that would be suitable for...
#WavellReviews “The Blind Strategist: John Boyd and the American Art of War” by Stephen Robinson
What could be more dangerous than accepting the efficacy of our own doctrine as observed fact, when it might actually be formed of unevidenced opinion...
#WavellReviews “The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan” by David Kilcullen and Greg Mills
Available here from Hurst & Co Publishers Although the US led campaign in Afghanistan had been described as being on life support for years, its...
Democratising Doctrine – Firing on the Wrong Lane
Arguably one of the most overlooked British soldier theorists of the twentieth century, Sir Francis Tuker, begins his book, The Pattern of War (1945), with...
Sowing Darkness for Military Advantage: Deception
Countering Competitors with Deception The rise of China and resurgence of Russia suggest that an era of great power competition has returned. Diminishing technological advantage...
#WavellReviews “On Operations: Operational art and Military Disciplines” by B. A. Friedman
On Operations is a valuable work for those wanting to learn more about the discipline and those that want to challenge the status quo. Highly...
Converging Ways of War: Russian, China and America
Thinking about major war is back in fashion as forever wars shuffle off and near-peer conflicts become considered plausible. Counter-insurgency is giving way to postulated...