Reforge Britannia’s Trident or Close the Shop?

By Dr James W E Smith

Message from the Editor

The author argues that fundamental institutional reform must coincide with sea power education to reverse Britain’s naval decline. Part three of three of the author’s uncompromising ‘Art of Admiralty’ series [112/2, p. 264 & 111/3, p. 94].
A 20 minute read.

In 1970, the classic military history movie Waterloo was released.1https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066549/ Although the movie is historically quirky in places, it communicates the main point of what happened and some of the context of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. American actor Rod Steiger’s masterful performance, worthy of Shakespearean comparison, captures the imagination of the personality of the tyrant Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821). Putting aside that the Duke of Wellington (1769–1831) understood and respected sea power compared to more modern generals, and history has proven the relatio…

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