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Analysis: The Anglo-French Crimean War Coalition, 1854–1856
16 Mar 2010 The Anglo-French coalition that fought Russia was an unlikely combination. After 1815 relations had often been hostile, and yet they managed to concert policy and strategy to invade and defeat Russia – the continental superpower of the age.
History
Analysis: The Challenges of Coalition-Building: The Vietnam Experience, 1964-1969
15 Mar 2010 The difficulties confronting US policymakers forging a coalition during the 1960s are wholly recognisable today: to encourage political and military support for a conflict that proved deeply divisive.
History
Analysis: Anglo-American Co-Belligerency, 1917-1918
15 Mar 2010 The relationship between Britain and American during the final years of the First World War demonstrates that a common enemy does not necessarily ensure a seamless alliance.
History
Analysis: The Boxer Uprising and the Problems of Expeditionary Warfare
15 Mar 2010 The military intervention of eight powers in China during the ‘Boxer Uprising’ of 1900-01 proved a major test in coalition warfare. Early political and naval unity when faced with potential disaster proved more difficult to replicate on land due to the absence of inter-Allied control mechanisms.
History
Analysis: Coalition Diplomacy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Great Leap Forward?
15 Mar 2010 Coalition warfare was an inherent feature of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. While national histories tend to overlook this aspect, coalition diplomacy formed a crucial part of Britain’s war experience and the most important factor in the eventual victory at Waterloo.
History
Analysis: Not with a bang but a whimper: Europe’s pending denuclearisation
12 Mar 2010 by Professor Malcolm ChalmersWithin the next decade, European aircraft capable of delivering US nuclear weapons are due to be withdrawn from service. What are the options available to NATO in the debate over the continuance of its tactical nuclear capability?
NATO International Institutions Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Defence Policy United States Americas
Analysis: Queen and Country: Ordinary people who pay an extraordinary price
4 Mar 2010 Soldiers don't talk very much about the dead, or the disfigured, or the battle stressed; except quietly to each other, not to the rest of us who will never really understand. Exhibitions like the work by the artist Steve McQueen go some way to redressing the balance between those who protect, and the rest of us.
UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Lean Thinking In An Uncertain Environment
4 Mar 2010 Lean thinking even in an uncertain environment can lead to a doubling of efficiency and a significant reduction in resources
Technology Defence Management UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Sustainment Moves to the Next Level: Rethinking Our Life-Cycle Focus
4 Mar 2010 The US Army has renewed its focus on the whole life cycle from research and development through in-service support to disposal, asset visibility, ramping up and scaling down as necessary, and investing wisely in logistic facilities
Land Forces United States Americas Defence Management
RUSI Defence Systems: Maritime Domain Awareness: To Know and To Act
4 Mar 2010 Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is al about building a better picture - and then using the picture better
Maritime Forces Defence Management
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