Exceedingly Good Wisdom: Kipling's Lessons for the 21st Century

Superficially the 21st century battlefield – characterised by the proliferation of long-range precision munitions, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and myriad technological marvels – bears little resemblance to the dusty imperial frontiers of Rudyard Kipling’s era. Yet beneath the digital veneer, the essence of war remains one of human endeavour: visceral, passionate and uncertain. These are the very facets Kipling captured with brutal clarity, revealing much that is relevant in today’s war as it was then.