Military Matters

Military Matters is a collection of articles and interviews, by numerous bestselling historians, examining that ancient practice of humanity. War.

The book is broad in its scope, encompassing an array of periods and figures from history - the legendary Persian Wars, the Crusades, the Napoleonic Wars and the Second World War.

Commanders such as Philip of Macedon, Richard the Lionheart, the Duke of Marlborough and others are all profiled.

With an introduction by Robert Lyman and featuring General David Petraeus, Margaret MacMillan, Adam Zamoyski, Saul David and Max Hastings among many others, Military Matters aims to introduce the reader to new writers and insights.

Military Matters is essential reading for anyone interested in conflict - ancient, medieval and modern.

Bill Stirling: SAS Founder, by Gavin Mortimer
The Decline of the British Army Between the Wars, by Robert Lyman
The Nuclear Option. David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts Interview
Historical Heroes: The Duke of Marlborough, by Saul David
Invisible Spies: Women Behind Enemy Lines, by Helen Fry
Mustang: The Untold Story, by Matthew Willis
The Un-Civil War, by Miranda Malins
Munda: The Battle to End the War, by S.J.A. Turney
Warrior Princess, by Tessa Dunlop
Five Questions on War, by Margaret MacMillan
Adam Zamoyski on 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow
The Polish Ark, by Roger Moorhouse
Historical Heroes: The Special Air Service, by Damien Lewis
Checkmate in Berlin: The Birth of the Cold War, by Giles Milton
Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce, by David Boyle
The Fall of the Knights Templar: The Siege of Acre, 1291, by Roger Crowley
Father to the Future: The Rise of Philip of Macedon, by Adrian Goldsworthy
Hitler and Stalin: A Match Made in Hell, by Frank McDonough
Hunting Leviathans, by Simon Read
Reimagining the Persian Wars, by David Stuttard
Historical Heroes: Ben Kane on Richard the Lionheart
Writing a New History of the Second World War, by Richard Overy
The Mystery of Brunanburh, by Michael Livingston
Trafalgar, by Nicholas Best
The Battle for Aachen, by Philip W. Blood
The Arab Conquests, by Justin Marozzi
Soldiers’ Stories, by Max Hastings
Hitler’s Greatest Mistake, by Charlie Laderman
1066 & All That, by K.M. Ashman
His Finest Hour? Winston Churchill and the War, by Anthony Tucker-Jones
The Admiral’s Eyes, by Michael Baritt
Sharpe’s Return: Bernard Cornwell Interview
The Unconventional Enemy, by Andrew Richards
Six Campaigns: Allan Mallinson, interviewed by Gordon Corrigan
Lenin & The Russian Civil War: Antony Beevor interviewed by Robert Lyman
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, by Alex Gerlis
The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women, by Louise Morrish

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