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Chilcot and the politics of Britain’s military history

by Matthew Ford on July 19, 2016

Military history sells. The British public alone spends around £60 million a year on it. The public spend around £60 million a year for books on military history. Market data provided in private correspondence with

Learning the lessons of Waterloo

by Wilfred Jack Rhoden on July 6, 2015

The bi-centennial of the Battle of Waterloo has been greeted by a deluge of media commentaries and official 'commemorations' loosely

Your Country Needs You? The British Army and the Challenges of Recruitment

by Meghan Fitzpatrick on February 26, 2015

‘History doesn’t repeat itself but it sure does rhyme.’ -Mark Twain The British Army has recently launched a recruitment