Thinking like Sun Tzu – Part 1
This is the first in a 2-part series that aims to help people better understand and use a number of Sun Tzu’s aphorisms....
Category : Military History
#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 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 ‘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"...
Influencing the mind of an adversary
Executive summary This article considers how UK Defence might influence the mind of an adversary, learning from and using techniques employed in the past. Examples...
Israel’s Way of War: A strategic and operational analysis 1948-2014. By Ehud Eilam
Available here from McFarland & Co Ehud Eilam sets out in this book to explore the linkages between high and low intensity wars through the...
The ‘Warrior Culture’ is more than a Badge
When an individual adopts the warrior ethos, do they understand it? Looking 'ally' is one thing but understanding warriors takes far longer....
Featured On the Toxicity of the ‘Warrior’ Ethos
Do you remember how successful Zack Snyder’s 2006 film, 300, was? It enjoyed a popular, if not cult, following amongst military personnel. Its popularity generated...
The Viability of Jungle Operations at Night
This article explores the experience of the British Army in preparing for jungle night operations. It concludes that they are possible, but not recommended....
How the “Gibraltar of the East” fell: A Historical Analysis of the Singapore Strategy up to WWII.
Origins Singapore was an important British colonial outpost situated at the tip of the Malayan Peninsula. Founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles, by 1919...