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Armed Forces, British Army, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Doctrine, France, General, Germany, Institutions, Law, Maritime Security, Merchant Navy, Ministry of Defence, National Security, Organisational Theory, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Reserve, Service Culture, Shaping The Future, Uncategorized, United States of America
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MACA and Maritime Readiness: The Royal Navy Under Growing Domestic Pressure

By Deckhand Scholar,
02 Apr 26

Ed. The author considers RN readiness from the perspective of Military Aid to Civilian Authorities (MACA). As crises accumulate, the temptation to employ the RN to respond where civilian institutions lack support can erode warfighting capacity. A 15 minute read.

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Biography, Book Reviews, First World War, Germany, Military History, Naval History
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Latest Book Review, 20 February 2026

20 Feb 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book recounting the history of a German family in the First World War, from which three sons served and died.

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Baltic, Book Reviews, Finland, Geopolitics, Germany, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval History, Russia, Seapower, Soviet Union
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Latest Book Review, 27 January 2026

27 Jan 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Andrew Lambert considers the proceedings of a 2022 conference on the navies of the Baltic Sea region during the interwar period.

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Addressing Current Reality, Admiralty, Air Power, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Campaigns, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Economics, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Force Structure, France, Geostrategy, Germany, Hybrid Warfare, Industry, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Procurement, Readiness, Red Sea, Risk Management, Russia, Sanctions, Sea Power, Strategy, Technology, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
31 minutes, 53 seconds

Living with the Ukraine War and its Consequences

By Prof Geoffrey Till,
06 Jan 26

Ed. The expert author continues his ongoing survey [113/1, p. 61] of the Ukraine War, providing updates on the conflict’s military, economic, and geopolitical developments, with the resulting implications for the Royal Navy. A 30 minute read.

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Book Reviews, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Germany, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Second World War, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 16 December 2025

16 Dec 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a short book examining Germany’s naval operations in the North Sea during the first part of the Second World War.

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Air Power, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Biography, Book Reviews, Fleet Air Arm, Germany, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval History, People, Royal Canadian Air Force, Second World War, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 2 December 2025

02 Dec 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers Paul Beaver’s biography of Eric Brown.

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Book Reviews, First World War, Germany, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Seapower
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Latest Book Review, 28 November 2025

28 Nov 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing an account of Imperial German Navy cruiser operations in the First World War.

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Air Power, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Battle of the Atlantic, Book Reviews, Convoy Operations, Fleet Air Arm, France, Germany, Italy, Joint Operations, Maritime Strategy, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Seapower, Second World War, Submarines, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 25 November 2025

25 Nov 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a forthcoming book examining the roles and contribution of Force H in the Second World War.

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Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Convoy Operations, Fleet Air Arm, Germany, Maritime Strategy, Merchant Navy, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Norway, Sea Power, Second World War, Soviet Union, Submarines, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 21 November 2025

21 Nov 25

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It consider Hugh Sebag-Montefiore’s new study of the Arctic campaign in the Second World War.

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