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The Evolution of Czechoslovak Defence Planning, 1918-1992
Get PDFThroughout its existence (1918–1992), Czechoslovakia had to fight to maintain its state sovereignty and independence. This struggle owed much to its geographical location in the heart of Europe, where the superpower interests of the main actors in global politics regularly clashed. As a rule, Czechoslovak operational plans did not reflect national interests. Nor did war plans, in many cases, correspond to real Czechoslovak economic and military capabilities, and the often offensive nature of such plans is somewhat surprising. On the other hand, the content of operational documents does reveal many features specific to Czechoslovakia – considerations regarding the shape of the state territory, the small depth of defence, and the factor of the German presence. Despite these strong foreign influences, Czechoslovak war plans still express a wealth of domestic military thought and military science
The Sicilian Expedition Reconsidered
Get PDFAccording to Thucydides, or the prevailing modern interpretation of his classic work, the Athenian campaign in Sicily was the main cause of the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian war. Modern scholars tend to favour this view, so much so that the Sicilian campaign is universally held up as a classic example of a strategic mistake. This essay attempts, through the lens of a structural realist or neorealist theory of International Relations, to demonstrate that this was not the case. In fact, the Sicilian expedition was a foreseeable and rational strategic choice which was in line with Athenian foreign policy, and was not the main cause of the Athenian defeat
Henning von Tresckow in Poland in 1939: The Future anti-Hitler Frondeur and the Origins of the Holocaust
Get PDFThis article analyses the activities of Brigadier General Henning von Tresckow during his time as a front-line German divisional senior staff officer in Poland in 1939. Tresckow is known for his key role in the military element of the conspiracy which attempted the putsch on 20 July 1944. Latterly historians have shown that from 1941 Tresckow was complicit in atrocities in the Soviet theatre. This article demonstrates that Tresckow’s awareness of atrocities began in Poland. His unit, neighbouring army formations, and SS-police Einsatzgruppen perpetrated anti-Semitic excesses presaging the Holocaust. The article’s findings cast new light on the mental trajectories of Tresckow and other leading 1944 frondeurs. 
Revisiting the Translators and Translations of Clausewitz’s On War
Get PDFThe English translations of Carl von Clausewitz’s On War from that of Colonel John James Graham (1873) through Matthijs Jolles (1943) to the most commonly read today by Michael Howard and Peter Paret (1976) differ in readability and reliability. Although the latter is widely considered as the most accessible and has become accepted as the modern ‘standard’, it contains a number of unfortunate mistranslations. If On War is to reflect more faithfully what Clausewitz meant while remaining relevant for today it demands a new translation of a text that holds many challenges
Preface by the Editor-in-Chief
No full textWe celebrate our fifth birthday with a special digest issue that brings together a selection of articles from past issues that focus on the body, its identities and rhythmic capabilities. From Symons’s infatuation with flamenco, to non-normative masculinity in Monsieur Phocas, to decadent Hollywood, to the medico-literary in Lombroso and Nordau, to staged historicism: we have travelled a long way since our first issue on Arthur Symons in 2018
Imogen Peck, Recollections in the Republics: Memories of the British Civil Wars in England, 1649-1659
Get PDFThe Origins of Offensive Counterinsurgency During the Greek Civil War
Get PDFThe Greek Civil War is often studied as a historical event, but little attention is paid to it as a stage in counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine development. The key point of this war was that it presented the foreign armies that assisted the Greek Royalists with the opportunity to apply traditional and new tactics against the Greek communist guerrillas and learn valuable lessons. This article will trace the origins of the offensive COIN in Greece, the first step in a broader research project that will seek to determine the impact of the Greek Civil War on US Army COIN doctrine development