#WavellReviews “The Changing of the Guard. The British Army since 9/11” by Simon Akam
"The cultural issues the British Army has at the moment are significant. No other organisation would have reacted to two decades of failure in its
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Culture: addressing Apathy and Dishonesty within the British Army.
Last year I wrote a Wavell Room article titled ‘A Culture of apathy and dishonesty within the British Army’. It was met with mixed reviews, whilst it
The Good, Bad and Ugly – The British Army and the Integrated Review
The primary objective of the Integrated Review was to reconfigure UK defence commitments around a more realistic and achievable set of foreign policy goals. This
#WavellReviews “Vicarious Warfare: American Strategy and the Illusion of War on the Cheap” by Thomas Waldman
Available here from Bristol University Press Having recently read Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard, I rushed straight to The Wavell Room asking if
Turkey-NATO-Russia
The debate over NATO’s relationship with Turkey crested in 2019 with the decision to buy a Russian air defence system, the S400. The purchase was
From Trafalgar to Jutland: The Atrophy of a Great Naval Power
The embarrassing failure of the Royal Navy to destroy the smaller and less-experienced Imperial German Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 was caused
#WavellReviews “A History of the Artists Rifles 1859-1947” by Barry Gregory
Available here from Pen and Sword There are many reasons to read A History of the Artists Rifles. The winged dagger of the SAS might
The Integrated Operating Concept Isn’t Very Good
The Integrated Operating Concept 2025 (IOpC 25) is supposed to guide the UK armed forces for the years ahead starting in 2025. As a concept, however,
Size does not matter: the UK’s continuing great power status
Recent analysis by a respected defence and security blog — Thin Pinstriped Line — has led me to ponder the real issue at the heart
#WavellReviews “War: How Conflict Shaped us” by Margaret MacMillan
The book has no strict narrative but instead, using vivid examples, tales and anecdotes, gives a highly readable, thought-provoking look across history, in an attempt