By the Editor: Too often people equate war to the competition between two main levers of power – military and diplomatic. The lesson of all lessons is that both are for nought if a third lever, competition of economies (resources, industrial capacity and logistical constraints), is not properly addressed – in the Second World War ultimately victory was assured by the Allies overwhelming the Axis powers economically. The import of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous campaign of the Second World War, is too often underplayed (some historians almost referring to it as something of…
