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Military History and Policy

About the Book Series

This series publishes studies on historical and contemporary aspects of land power, spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day, and will include national, international and comparative studies. From time to time, the series will publish edited collections of essays and ‘classics’.

27 Series Titles


Gallipoli Making History

Gallipoli: Making History

1st Edition

Edited By Jenny Macleod
June 28, 2012

This new book traces the disparities in the memory of Gallipoli that are evident in the countries that participated in the campaign. It explores the way in which history is written at the personal, local, professional, and national levels. This study tackles key questions about just how the history...

Big Wars and Small Wars The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century

Big Wars and Small Wars: The British Army and the Lessons of War in the 20th Century

1st Edition

Edited By Hew Strachan
January 30, 2009

This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts. To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, some armies are defeated because they learnt the wrong lessons, fighting new conflicts in ways ...

Britain in Vietnam Prelude to Disaster, 1945–46

Britain in Vietnam: Prelude to Disaster, 1945–46

1st Edition

By Peter Neville
September 15, 2008

This book is a study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention. The first part of the work links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining British and Foreign Office attitudes towards...

The Normandy Campaign 1944 Sixty Years On

The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On

1st Edition

Edited By John Buckley
June 19, 2007

With essays from leading names in military history, this new book re-examines the crucial issues and debates of the D-Day campaign. It tackles a range of core topics, placing them in their current historiographical context, to present new and sometimes revisionist interpretations of key issues...

Caporetto 1917 Victory or Defeat?

Caporetto 1917: Victory or Defeat?

1st Edition

By Mario Morselli
June 05, 2007

This work concerns the Battle of Caporetto in October 1917, where the Austro-German Army broke through the Italian lines forcing them to retreat after losing half their force. The book examines why, having routed the Italian Army, the Central Alliance forces were not capable of forcing the ...

Training, Tactics and Leadership in the Confederate Army of Tennessee Seeds of Failure

Training, Tactics and Leadership in the Confederate Army of Tennessee: Seeds of Failure

1st Edition

By Andrew R.B. Haughton
June 05, 2007

This assessment of the performance of the southern soldiers in the American Civil War of 1861 deals with every aspect of an army from its senior officer to the lowliest private, following every process as the soldier tried to adapt to military life, train, and overcome the enemy....

Post-war Counterinsurgency and the SAS, 1945-1952 A Special Type of Warfare

Post-war Counterinsurgency and the SAS, 1945-1952: A Special Type of Warfare

1st Edition

By Tim Jones
May 31, 2007

This work details the state of British counterinsurgency knowledge by 1945, and shows how wartime special forces and unconventional warfare affected many postwar counterinsurgencies. The vital role of the Special Air Service (SAS) is revealed here for the first time....

Writing the Great War Sir James Edmonds and the Official Histories, 1915-1948

Writing the Great War: Sir James Edmonds and the Official Histories, 1915-1948

1st Edition

By Andrew Green
December 16, 2005

Begun within months of the war's outbreak, and not completed for a further 33 years, the writing of the Official Histories of World War I was a venture of unprecedented scale and complexity.Who, then, was responsible for producing such an enterprise? Did it aim to inform or did it have darker ...

British Generalship on the Western Front 1914–1918 Defeat into Victory

British Generalship on the Western Front 1914–1918: Defeat into Victory

1st Edition

By Simon Robbins
February 03, 2005

This book explores the British Army's response on the Western Front to a period of seminal change in warfare. In particular it examines the impact of the pre-war emphasis on worldwide garrison, occupation and policing duties for the Empire's defence of the mindset of the Army's leadership and its ...

Fanaticism and Conflict in the Modern Age

Fanaticism and Conflict in the Modern Age

1st Edition

Edited By MATTHEW HUGHES, Gaynor Johnson
January 20, 2005

What is fanaticism? Is the term at all useful? After all, one person's fanatic is another's freedom fighter. This new book probves these key questions of the twenty first century. It details how throughout history there have been fanatics eager to pursue their religious, political or personal ...

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

1st Edition

By John Buckley
September 01, 2004

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. Explanation of ...

Command and Control in Military Crisis Devious Decisions

Command and Control in Military Crisis: Devious Decisions

1st Edition

By Harald Hoiback
April 01, 2003

Harald Hoiback's study focuses upon two events - the 1918 Allied meeting at Doullens when the Allies ceded control to an officer, and the Norwegian decision in 1940 to leave control in the hands of a colonel which led to the Nazi invasion....

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