What Makes a Good Military Coalition Partner?
The United States Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently commented that the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which existed between 2001-2014, colloquially stood for...
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Afghan Air Wars by Michael Napier
Michael Napier has come up with a bit of a gem here. This is a highly detailed and fascinating insight into how both Russian and...
#WavellReviews “The Gardener of Lashkar Gah” by Larisa Brown
“The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The True Story of the Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban” by Larisa Brown is available from Bloomsbury. ...
On Afghanistan: What Next for the UK?
On 28 April 2023, the British Government responded to the House of Commons Defence Committee, Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report....
Forgetting Afghanistan? An Enquiry into an Inquiry
A report published by the House of Commons Defence Committee in February 2023 titled, ‘Withdrawal from Afghanistan’ reminds us of the significant, costly, and lengthy...
Wars can be won by Evacuations
In August-September 2021 15,000 eligible Afghans and British nationals were evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation PITTING. With the one-year anniversary of Operation PITTING approaching, and...
Heads in the Afghanistan Sand
After the fall of Kabul last year I eagerly awaited the military leadership response. Commanding Officers took to twitter, followed by letters from some Colonel...
#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...
Nixon’s Thumbprint
Last August people across the United States sat in horror as they saw the Government of Afghanistan capitulate to the Taliban. The scenes of mass...
#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...