War Against the Man – Missed Chances (Part 2)
Sorry it is a bit late. We all know how the battle plays out, Napoleon is sent packing to a small island and Europe is at peace (or so) until 1914. But how much of a close run thing the battle…
Technoelite
British and European Historian focusing mainly on pre 1900.
Has contributed to a book on the Napoleonic era and Head of History Guys.
A proud member of the London regiment
EU Defence Policy – Part Two
Part 2 of a series on the EU's defence policy
The Darkest Day – How Not to Besiege a Fortified Town ?
I apologize about my long absence but I have been doing some research and work on my upcoming paper on the social side of the British army during the Napoleonic era. I though I would share this first part of…
A Very Quick Look at Cold War UK Civil Defence
This post have a quick look at the United Kingdoms recent historical Civil Defence arrangements. With the papers of the so called War Book finally coming to public eye, it really makes a sense of how serious the threat was…
The Great Power Chess Game
I thought i would lighten the tone of all this Syria stuff with a piece of work produced a few years ago, one of my first bits of academic writing. Ironically its about another crisis which threatened military action in…