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A detailed analysis of the strategy undertaken by the British Army during WWI.

An examination of the strategic leadership and legitimacy of the RAF bombing offensive against Germany in the Second World War. It offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's strategic bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign.

Calls for, and suggests, a fresh way of considering war and warfare. This book explores military thought. It argues that military thought should be based on an approach which reflects the nature of conflict and, in particular, combat.

How different were the men who fought at Blenheim and at Goose Green? Is there a human thread that connects the redcoat of 300 years ago with the British soldier today? This book focuses on the people who make up the British Army and the very human interactions between them in their daily lives.

In 1918 the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a critical role in defeating the German army and thus winning the First World War. This 'Hundred Days' campaign (August to November 1918) was the greatest series of land victories in British military history. This title provides an examination of the series.

The fates of nations, and even continents, often rests on the outcome of war and thus on how its practitioners consider war. Why are some tank commanders, snipers, fighter pilots or submarine commanders far more effective than others? Why are many generals sacked at the outbreak of war? This title suggests, a way of considering war and warfare.