by P. W. SingerPenguin (2009) Science fiction warfare is already with us for better or more probably for worse. Where does it go from here? We are in the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I Robot and the Terminator. …
Edited by Chrys Salt and John Hudson, published by Markings Adrian Mitchell was one of the most respected and admired literary figures of his day, writing plays and poetry for adults and children as well as novels and satire. He was a pacifist; he was a radical, subversive, child-like and …
At the end of June 2009 the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published the final report of their Commission on National Security for the 21st Century – Shared Responsibilities: a national security strategy for the UK. It makes for some interesting reading. A copy of the full report can …
At the end of June 2009 the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published the final report of their Commission on National Security for the 21st Century – “Shared Responsibilities: a national security strategy for the UK”. It makes for some interesting reading. A copy of the full report can …
by James FergussonCorgi Books James Fergusson gives us a picture of the fighting in Afghanistan in 2006 that does not match that given through our media. For all our high-tech weapons, this is the story of a frontier war told by the soldiers themselves, reminiscent of some of Kipling’s tales …
Our earth’s environmental crisis will almost certainly be the driver of any future wars – directly or indirectly. The speaker at our AGM in 2008, Dr Stuart Parkinson, set the scene with his presentation ‘Climate Change and Military Conflict’. Dr Parkinson is the Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility. Their …
Voices of concern are increasingly discussing the likelihood of conflict breaking out across the world due to escalating climate change. However, although there are good grounds for pessimism, we could see this as a problem which, although severe and challenging, faces us with a choice – do we respond with …
In recent years, the UK Government has published its first National Security Strategy (2008) and also a “Strategic Defence and Security Review” (2010) – the first since 1998. From the National Security Strategy: ‘The aim of this first National Security Strategy is to set out how we will address and …
by Lewis PageArrow Books, 2007 Lewis Page had experience of all three arms of the Services, ending up in the Navy, leaving in 2004. He clearly cares about our Armed Forces, and writes with a great deal of affection, not to say in-house banter. He gives a breakdown of the …
by Norman BakerMethuen, 2007 Following Andrew Gilligan’s report on the ‘sexed up’ evidence used in the ‘dodgy’ dossier, the furore in the media, the sacking of Gilligan by the BBC and the leaking of his source’s name, there was both shock and outrage when that source, Dr David Kelly, was …
