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Ed. The author provides an overview of the Armada campaign of 1588, arguing that the fundamental flexibility of mission command can be seen in England’s early modern fleet leadership. A 10 minute read.

Ed. The author takes a closer look at the radical implications for RN personnel branches in the Hybrid Navy model. A 10 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing an account of the Sinai campaign in the First World War, to defend the Suez Canal from Ottoman/German attack.

Ed. Written in 1991, the author explored the stark implications of peak oil in the aftermath of the First Gulf War. A 30 minute read.

Ed. The author reviews the defence and foreign policy background of Operation FORTIS, HMS Queen Elizabeth’s 2021 Indo-Pacific deployment, considering the operation a watershed in post-Cold War British foreign policy. A 10 minute read.

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.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book which “presents a careful, methodologically restrained study of how Britain thought about, prepared for, and practised amphibious operations in the three decades before the First World War.”

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book exploring the battles of Coronel and the Falklands in the First World War

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.