Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.

History & Warfare

Reviewing the colonial policies that ignited Kenya's Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s.

Britain's Forgotten Wars with Tony Robinson

Mau Mau

Studying the part Britain played in Cold War brinkmanship during the Korean War.

Korea: The First Cold War

Pondering the British contributions to a decade of guerrilla warfare in Malaya.

Malaya: Rumbles in the Jungle

Assessing Britain's role in the 35-nation force that joined Operation Desert Storm.

Suez: The Line in the Sand

Teasing out the threads of nationalism that led to war in the former Yugoslavia.

Bloodshed in Bosnia

Exploring the fiscal motives for Britain's 1956 military action in the Suez Canal.

Gulf: A Storm in the Desert

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