Military

The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

Two imperial ventures, in the same Middle East town a century apart, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.

There is nothing new about uncrewed aircraft.

European powers sought to colonise the world. They could not do so without the support of indigenous peoples.

The work of military nurses at Passchendaele transformed the perception of women’s war service, showing they could perform life-saving work and risk their lives at the front.

Since the Iliad, war has inspired stories – mixing fact and fiction – which reveal as much, if not more, about the realities of conflict as academic studies. John E. Talbott examines writing about ‘the human condition at its most extreme’.

The epic German offensive to take the strategically crucial fortress in north-east France reached its bloody end in September 1916. Robert Foley looks at how and why Erich von Falkenhayn, the Chief of the German General Staff, sought to break the deadlock on the Western Front.

The appearance of a Short Stirling Bomber near St Paul's Cathedral prompts Roger Hudson to recall the Wings for Victory campaign.