RUSI History Feed http://www.rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2010 The Anglo-French Crimean War Coalition, 1854–1856 http://www.rusi.orgC4B9F6D33553C3/ 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. 2010-03-16 11:36:46 The Challenges of Coalition-Building: The Vietnam Experience, 1964-1969 http://www.rusi.orgC4B9E799C4B5FF/ 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. 2010-03-15 18:21:34 Anglo-American Co-Belligerency, 1917-1918 http://www.rusi.orgC4B9E789452403/ 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. 2010-03-15 18:16:40 The Boxer Uprising and the Problems of Expeditionary Warfare http://www.rusi.orgC4B9E77BC6E04B/ 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. 2010-03-15 18:12:03 Coalition Diplomacy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Great Leap Forward? http://www.rusi.orgC4B9E761DAB980/ 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. 2010-03-15 18:06:38 Douglas Haig and Veterans http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B866D67C7A13/ Haig worked tirelessly after the Great War for the men he had once commanded. Far from being a callous 'butcher', his reputation should be revisited 2010-02-25 12:35:08 Strategy Before the Word: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B86613C2687A/ The concept of strategy has been the subject of much debate since antiquity. One abiding lesson is the recognition that military victory must always serve a political purpose 2010-02-25 11:38:38 The Bomber Offensive that Never Took Off: Italy's Regia Aeronautica in 1940 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B28F7A0B3697/ Despite in 1940 being one of the most powerful air forces in the world, the Regia Aeronautica ended up a wasted asset 2009-12-16 15:08:51 The Origins of the American Civil War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B28F6B7BF02F/ The coming 150th anniversary of the American Civil War offers an opportunity to review the relationship between history and war 2009-12-16 15:04:34 Revisiting the Wall http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B28F5A6C4F34/ With the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is time to revisit some of the myths in the commonly held narrative of the fall of Communism 2009-12-16 14:58:56 Extracting Counterinsurgency lessons: The Malayan Emergency and Afghanistan http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4B14E068758F1/ 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. 2009-11-28 09:00:00 Beyond the 'Learning Curve': The British Army's Military Transformation in the First World War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4AF97CF94AC8B/ 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. 2009-11-10 14:47:30 The reluctant pupil? Britain’s army and learning in counter-insurgency http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4AD22F8DF284C/ The operational errors of counter-insurgency campaigns are too often blamed on the inability of armed forces to absorb the lessons of previous campaigns. However, as Huw Bennett demonstrates in his examination of the British Army’s experience in Northern Ireland, flexibility in adapting to the unique dynamics of each campaign is of far great importance than a strict application of out-dated doctrine. 2009-10-11 20:22:30 Robert McNamara (1916-2009) http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4A520D871C423/ As the death of former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara is announced, RUSI.org publishes remarks made by him at the Royal United Services Institute in 2001. 2009-07-06 15:43:53 The Battle of Britain: The Land Perspective http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4538E2591AE95/ 2006-10-20 15:53:19 The Battle of Britain: The Air Perspective http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4538E034F182D/ 2006-10-20 15:47:41 The First World War and Radio Development http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7c9bbe5b/ War spurs innovation, and the First World War has quite rightly been pinpointed as a huge accelerator for technical modernity and the radio made an almost quantum developmental leap, not only revolutionizing war but also altering society irrevocably. 2004-06-18 12:23:45 SOE’s Achievements: Operation Gunnerside Reconsidered http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7ce6401b/ An assessment of SOE's achievements in light of a reconsideration of Operation Gunnerside. 2004-06-18 12:23:45 Profiles for Perpetuity: On Writing <i> Gurkhas at War </i> http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7b0a5ecb/ John Cross discusses writing 'Gurkhas at War'. 2004-06-18 12:23:44 From Khaki and Light Blue to Purple: The Long and Troubled Development of Army/Air Co-operation in B http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7b8d6c0b/ David Ian Hall takes a brief canter through what was a rather tempestuous relationship betwee 2004-06-18 12:23:44 For Want of a Nail: A German Intelligence Failure in 1939 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7ac7a129/ Britain had one major advantage in the Battle of Britain: the world’s first long-range early-warning radar chain. 2004-06-18 12:23:44 Know Your Enemy: How the Joint Intelligence Committee Saw the World http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a87518b/ Westminster Medal for Military Literature - Winners Address and Response 2004-06-18 12:23:44 The Desertion Crisis in Italy, 1944 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a6ea48b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:44 The Desertion Crisis in Italy: Some Views from an Eighth Army Infantry Platoon Commander http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7b93f62b/ In response to John Peaty’s article on the subject of desertion in Italy during the Second World War 2004-06-18 12:23:44 Panel Discussion: Twenty Years on: The Falklands War in Perspective http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a81852c/ 2004-06-18 12:23:44 Combining Firepower and Versatility: Remaking the Arm of Decision Before the Great War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a752eab/ 2004-06-18 12:23:44 Orde Wingate and the Theory Behind the Chindit Operations: Some Recent Findings http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a1aaceb/ Six decades after his death, Major General Orde Charles Wingate still provokes strong opinions. Pers 2004-06-18 12:23:43 Institutionalized Innovation: The German Army and the Changing Nature of War 1871-1914 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f79e4444b/ The period between 1871 and 1914 offers clear parallels to the world today, according to Robert T Foley 2004-06-18 12:23:43 Over the Next Hill: A Sailors Perspective of Maritime Air Power and the Legacy of Lord Trenchard http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f79c5caeb/ Admiral William J Fallon, US Vice Chief of Naval Operations, reflects on the legacy of Lord Trenchar 2004-06-18 12:23:43 The Influence of the Vietnam Syndrome on the Writing of Civil War History http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7947edcb/ 2004-06-18 12:23:43 London and the V Weapons 1943-1945 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7942216b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:43 The Way of the Pathans http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7a088a0b/ A former British military official reflects on his experiences with the Pathans and what might be done to end the cycle of conflict in their ancestral homeland. 2004-06-18 12:23:43 What did the Romans do for the United States? http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f78f26f8b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 Creating an Inshore Navy: Littoral Warfare in Days Gone By http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f788c338b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 The Verdict of Peace - Britain between her Yesterday and the Future, 1950-56 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f78f83bec/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 The War in Italy - 1943-1945 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7837518b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 The October 1973 Arab-Israeli War: Crisis Management and Coercive Bargining http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f789ca8bc/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 The Lesson of the 1990s - The Need for a Long-Term Strategy for the Balkans http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f78b6401c/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7886672b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 Venona - What We Really Knew During the Cold War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7892bdab/ 2004-06-18 12:23:42 Wellington's Lost Soldiers: British POWs, Part Two http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7774e08b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 The Mitrokhin Archive http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f76d0e8eb/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 From Spitfire to Eurofighter - the RAFs Legacy http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75fb221b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 Boer War Tactics Re-examined http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75e332db/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 The Mitrokhin Archive: The spy as hero, dissident or traitor? http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f77509acb/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 Revolutions in Military Technology, and their Consequences http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7707518b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 Did Air Power Work in the Balkans? - Of Course It Did! http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f768d6c0b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:41 Canning, Portugal and Maritime War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f753e7d7b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 France and Missions de Paix http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75ca85db/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 The Fifty Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f756f19bc/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 Dancing with Dinosaurs http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f74f0259c/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 Leaving Portsoken - Defence Procurement in the 1980s and 1990s http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f758d931b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 The Prof, The Charwoman, The TORCH Plans and the Court-Martial Flying Officers Bentwichs Nemesis http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75d6dc5b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 The History of the Royal Naval Submarine Service http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75b862fb/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 Facts and Myths about Bomber Harris http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7538b11c/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 Have we learnt the lessons of readiness from Korea? http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75268e3b/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 Both Sides of the Hill Intelligence in the Crete and Arnhem Campaigns http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40CF6F643CF1C/ The Cretan campaign shows how one side’s superior intelligence cannot compensate for inferior air power, infirmity of purpose and rigidity of mind; Arnhem illustrates the folly not so much of making inadequate use of available intelligence but of wilfully 2004-06-15 22:51:32 A Spy at Woomera? How an Airman Nearly Panicked Harold Macmillan and Robert Menzies http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40CF70FA26F8C/ But before too long this trivial inquiry was to generate anxious telegrams to Harold Macmillan from his Australian counterpart, Sir Robert Menzies, fearful of the collapse of American confidence in the Dominion’s ability to maintain military security. 2004-06-15 22:00:00 Maritime Power in a Global Context http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40C862CEE084C/ A logical and coherent strategic vision of the Royal Navy’s role, set within the context of the shrinking global village. 2004-06-10 14:31:58