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#WavellReviews ‘Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime’ by Lt. General (Ret’d) David Barno and Nora Bensahel.

The Wavell Room TeamJanuary 14, 2021February 23, 2025

by The Wavell Room TeamJanuary 14, 2021February 23, 202504027

This book offers significant context and substance to our collective understanding of military change and how we conceptualise adaptability. Its clarity and purpose is refreshing

Military History Short Read

Thinking like Sun Tzu – part 2, a series of 6 maxims

Wayne HallJanuary 13, 2021January 5, 2021

by Wayne HallJanuary 13, 2021January 5, 202105610

Part 1 introduced a number of Sun Tzu’s aphorisms. On their own, they can seem somewhat abstract. In Part 2, we will take these ideas

Concepts and Doctrine International Relations International Relations (Long Read)Long Read Opinion

Decolonising Professional Military Education

Malte Riemann and Norma RossiJanuary 9, 2021January 9, 2021

by Malte Riemann and Norma RossiJanuary 9, 2021January 9, 202107936

Decolonizing as a project and practice has generated renewed attention since the global Black Lives Matter protests’ demands for a far-reaching engagement with the structural

Automation and Technology Land People and Leadership

Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy

John PetchJanuary 8, 2021January 5, 2021

by John PetchJanuary 8, 2021January 5, 202106447

Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the power of the British Public to volunteer their

Concepts and Doctrine Long Read Military History People and Leadership

Thinking like Sun Tzu – Part 1

Wayne HallJanuary 6, 2021January 5, 2021

by Wayne HallJanuary 6, 2021January 5, 202106301

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.

Air Land Opinion Short Read

Into the Grey Zone. British Airborne Forces in Ukraine

James Athow-FrostJanuary 1, 2021December 28, 2020

by James Athow-FrostJanuary 1, 2021December 28, 202009514

16 Air Assault Brigade made headline news in September 2020 by parachuting into Ukraine to partner with the 80thSeparate Airborne Assault Brigade on Exercise Joint

Opinion Short Read

What might 2021 bring the British military?

The Wavell Room TeamDecember 31, 2020December 27, 2020

by The Wavell Room TeamDecember 31, 2020December 27, 202004604

With hindsight, 2020 was not a good year for those spending the weeks before Christmas making year ahead predictions. Covid-19 was only identified officially by

Opinion People and Leadership

Neurodiversity in defence and a chaotic world

Gordon JDecember 30, 2020December 27, 2020

by Gordon JDecember 30, 2020December 27, 202006912

Defence has a reputation for recruiting from the same groups of people to achieve the same missions and has a blanket prohibition on the recruitment

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Building an Effective Indigenous Counter-Insurgency Force – Part 2

Jeffrey GreenhutDecember 29, 2020December 28, 2020

by Jeffrey GreenhutDecember 29, 2020December 28, 202004120

During their occupation of India, the British built one of the most effective indigenous military forces in history, the British Indian Army. This is not to

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Building an Effective Indigenous Counter-Insurgency Force – Part 1.

Jeffrey GreenhutDecember 22, 2020December 21, 2020

by Jeffrey GreenhutDecember 22, 2020December 21, 202005053

I’ve studied Counter insurgency for decades. When I served in the 6th Special Forces Group over fifty years ago, I was assigned to edit a