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A History of the RUSI Journal
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Archives now available As part of RUSI's 180 Year celebrations, RUSI's flasghip publication will be archived and be available for access to RUSI members.
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In 1857, RUSI started to produce a periodical, the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, which published both the transcripts of lectures given, including the discussions which followed, and articles submitted for publication. Colonel Bowlder, a later editor, summed up the aim of the journal as to publish ‘...articles, whether original, compiled, or translated, which seem likely to be of interest to the Service at large, and are of sufficient importance to be worthy of insertion in its limited pages.’ The Journal thus sought to be responsive to the interests of its readership, rather than promoting any particular views of RUSI itself (indeed every issue carried the caveat that ‘Authors alone are responsible for the contents of their respective papers’). The Journal has rightly been described as the most important military periodical of Victorian Britain.
RUSI Journal continues to provide an outlet for forward thinking on military affairs. Back issues of the journal provide an invaluable source on the evolution of military thought. Summaries of important articles by leading military thinkers with links to the articles in pdf format are accessible below.
Developing Military Doctrine
1920s-1930s: Mechanisation and the 'British way in warfare'
1900-1914: The nature of industrial war
1860s-1890s: Lessons from European, American and Colonial wars
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