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Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06Ten years after British troops entered Afghanistan, a new book dissects the strategic decisions that took the UK to war in Helmand.
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Analysis: Our most devastating weapon is agility
25 Jan 2010 by Professor Michael ClarkeOur services must get smarter to cope with today’s threats. Their ability to adapt and maintain their high professionalism and dedication in a range of roles and with a variety of technologies is key to playing to British strengths.
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RUSI Journal: Strategic Thinking for the Age of Austerity
16 Dec 2009 The winning entry in the 2009 Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize argues that Britain's future defence policy must look beyond counter-insurgency
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RUSI Journal: Reading Insurgencies: Review Feature
16 Dec 2009 Reviews of two key new works on counter-insurgency
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RUSI Journal: The Value of Doctrine: Assessing British Officers' Perspectives
16 Dec 2009 Do British officers on the front line understand their own doctrine and the wider mission? A new study suggests a surprising lack of awareness
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Analysis: The cost of Afghanistan to UK Defence
16 Dec 2009 by Michael CodnerBring on new Chinooks. But the defence budget can't cover the needs of a long-term occupation
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Analysis: Defence Cuts: Something is going to give
16 Dec 2009 by Professor Michael ClarkeBob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, has announced deep cuts in military personnel and equipment to fund a £900 million boost for the Afghanistan campaign. However the figures may not stack up. Something is going to give and in a big way. Defence is living through a slow motion road accident while it waits for the political wheel to turn and give it some strategic direction.
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Analysis: Extracting Counterinsurgency lessons: The Malayan Emergency and Afghanistan
28 Nov 2009 British success in Malaya appeared to show how an insurgency could be defeated by Western-led forces. The campaign was plundered for ‘lessons’ – for Vietnam in particular. The latter’s failure, however, led critics to argue that Malaya was a special case which did not offer transferable ‘lessons’. An analysis of the general principles underlying British success in Malaya can nevertheless still provide important policy implications for Afghanistan.
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Analysis: Beyond the 'Learning Curve': The British Army's Military Transformation in the First World War
10 Nov 2009 Placing the British army's experience on the Western Front into the context of wider military developments in strategic and tactical thinking amongst allies and opponents alike, Dr Philpott's assessment of the often traumatic but nonetheless dynamic transformation in the conduct of war between 1914 and 1918 provides an important corrective to the existing Anglo-centric interpretation.
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RUSI Defence Systems: Air/Land Integration: A Venusian View From Mars
4 Nov 2009
Inherent differences between the UK's armed services have made Air/Land integration difficult to achieveAerospace Land Forces UK Europe Defence Policy
Inherent differences between the UK's armed services have made Air/Land integration difficult to achieve
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RUSI Journal: Changing Uniforms for Changing Conflicts?
30 Oct 2009 British units increasingly operate alongside Afghan forces in theatre. Adopting the local uniform has some compelling advantages
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