Subverting The Superpowers
Efraim Karsh's book on the creation of the modern Middle East is timely but overstates his case
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Let’s Make Putin’s London Cronies Sweat
Our failure to face up to the Russian ruler could have dire consequences
The Return Of War
In the era of Putin and Islamic State, we shall have to dust off Clausewitz and confront reality
Laureate of the Trenches
David Jones’s service at the front inspired an epic poem about World War I, “In Parenthesis”. Long neglected, it is ripe for rediscovery
Boffins and other Backroom Boys
Highlighting the importance of scientists and engineers in defeating Germany is the noble aim of Paul Kennedy's new book, but ultimately he goes too far
Master and Commander
Churchill and Sea Power by Christopher M Bell exonerates the wartime Prime Minister of his alleged military mistakes
The Artistic Legacy of the Great War
The global impact of World War I changed the arts forever. Its effects are still felt a century later
Blind Ambition
In the wake of the Paralympics, a new biography celebrates the life of our greatest disabled serviceman: Horatio Nelson
Scotland’s Bravest and Britain’s Best
Two books, by Sarah Fraser and Victoria Schofield, provide an invaluable and accessible insight into Scottish military history
Melancholy Monuments of Chivalry
From Cyprus and Anatolia to Rhodes, the Levant’s castles bear witness to the struggle for supremacy between East and West
The Surge is Working — So Far
Official voices are unwilling to claim victory, but Nato forces in southern Afghanistan are defeating the Taliban
Buried History
The war efforts of thousands of allied Muslim soldiers in the two World Wars points to our shared heritage