#WavellReviews “Forgotten Warriors” by Sarah Percy
“Forgotten Warriors: A History of Women on the Front Line” is available from John Murray Press. Forgotten Warriors makes a simple argument: battlefields have always...
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Women in Ground Close Combat: An opportunity
Recently an essay was published on this forum titled “Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat“. The central argument seems to be that women are physically...
Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat
This article argues that the decision to open all branches of the military to women has failed to address several important issues regarding how the...
Let’s talk about sex.
There is a saying that ‘behind every great man is an even greater woman’, but who is behind every great woman? Recently, whilst researching Field...
The 3rd Sex: Gender and Contemporary Conflict
MARCH 2010, U.S media headlines heralded the introduction of Female Engagement Teams (FET) to Afghanistan and a new chapter in the ’War on Terror’. Military focus...
The Socio-Cultural World of 2020-2050: What might it mean for militaries?
Defence Futurists focus upon technological trajectories, like artificial intelligence or cyber-warfare, while analysis of the human dimension considers population growth; urbanisation; mega-cities and economic inequality....
Failure to Embrace Diversity and Inclusion will be Your Downfall
Tim Collins’ recent article in the Telegraph discusses what he sees as the pointless quest for a diverse British Army and why such an approach...