The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that wa

The British amateur military tradition of raising auxiliary forces for home defence long preceded the establishment of a standing army. This was a model that wa

“You offer yourself to be slain,” General Sir John Hackett once observed, remarking on the military profession. “This is the essence of being a soldier.�

What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military pro

Engines for Empire examines the use of the railway by the British army from the 1830s to 1914, a period of domestic political strife and unprecedented imperial