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Gambling on War: Confidence, Fear, and the Tragedy of the First World War is available now. This episode is also available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Spotify.
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Innovation is big business. Whether we’re talking about blue chip companies like Apple, multinationals like Google, or the Defence community, the ability to innovate is associated with greater competitive advantage and versatility. Yet, for the military, in an era marked by tightening budgets, constant confrontation, and the blurred distinction between war and peace, armed forces […]
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One hundred years after the United States’ entry into the 1914–18 world war, what aspects of this vast global conflict, and of America’s role in it, are worthy of commemoration? First and foremost, we remember the ten million men all over the world who lost their lives in the war. Indeed, remembering this “Lost Generation” is […]
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In her new book, Captives of War, published this week, Clare Makepeace uses war-time diaries, letters and logbooks written by British POWs in the Second World War to throw fresh light on their experiences in captivity. In this exclusive article for fifteeneightyfour, Clare tells how her grandfather's reluctance to talk about his own experiences as a POW in Poland during World War Two inspired her to write the book.
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Mark Connelly discusses the Third Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele, as it is so regularly called.
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Waller R. Newell compares and contrasts Donald Trump with the infamous fascists discussed in his book TYRANTS.
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To mark the centenary of, The Battle of Jutland, one of the most important and controversial naval battles in history, author and military historian John Brooks reflects on the devastating consequences of tactical failure by British commanders.
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Naval Architect and Aerospace Engineer Peter J. Mantle discusses the unique principles and challenges in the design of high-speed marine craft.
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