We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Moral Fog of War
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
Bomb Scares
'We can cope with nuclear terrorism. But the government must level with people about how it can be treated'
A Military Solution for Afghanistan
Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job
Entrenched Enemies
The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
Ripping Yarns
The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Do we really need another history of the Second World War? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind on picking up Andrew Roberts’s weighty
A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
Arms and the Man
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black
D-Day’s Divided Divisions
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil
A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national
Blown Up in Bin Laden Country
Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the
The Terrorist Threat to Business
Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson