#WavellReviews “Israeli Strategies in the Middle East – the Case of Iran” by Ehud Eilam
Israeli Strategies is recommended for those who want to learn more about the complexities of the relationship between Israel and Iran and how these two...
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#WavellReviews “The Scientific Way of Warfare – Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity” by Antoine Bousquet
Bousquet’s belief that militaries are invariably bounded by the limits set by their own institutional frameworks does not bode well...
#WavellReviews “Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking” by Matthew Syed
If the British Army is as serious about cognitive diversity as it claims to be, it almost certainly needs to delve much deeper into what...
#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...
#WavellReviews “Trust No One: Inside The World of Deepfakes” by Michael Grothaus
Although every chapter covers a different aspect of the world of deepfakes, they all have one thing in common: the overwhelming sense that that world...
#WavellReviews “The Silk Roads: A New History of the World” by Peter Frankopan
More than just a history book, Frankopan’s work is highly relevant to modern readers due to the exposure of historically consistent themes within this important...
#WavellReviews “Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age” by Martin Moore
Democracy Hacked makes a compelling case that we are at an “inflection point, an existential crisis”...
#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...