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Doug Beattie’s fine “An Ordinary Soldier”

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 18 August 2010. One comment.

A little late, I know, I picked this book up whilst hanging around to see a movie. It might have been The Hurt Locker or The Ghost, and either is relevant. More »

The Hurt Locker: Gritty, sure. But realistic?

Posted by RDN under At the movies / Military Covenant on 8 March 2010. No comments.

The courage of EOD – bomb disposal – staff is well worth celebrating and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker does it brilliantly. Still, this is perhaps not all that accurate an account of the trade. More »

A New Military Covenant: The 21st century warrior?

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant / Politics and campaigns on 2 March 2010. No comments.

The British military tradition is real, but it is up for grabs. Here is my account of a British military which becomes large, clever,  multi-purpose, and is deployed worldwide. Along the way, it becomes more commercial, more part-time and more argumentative. More »

Top reads of 2009

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 24 January 2010. No comments.

I keep meaning to try to do justice to the books I read.  Here is a list of some of the things which rocked my world in 2009. More »

The costs of modern war: where are the numbers?

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 15 November 2009. No comments.

Body-counts and other metrics about casualties aren’t everything by a long shot, but we need to find ways to think about the computable “costs of war”. That will contribute to an assessment of its moral dimensions. So far, I’m finding the numbers hard to find, let alone think about. More »

The British and their military

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 15 November 2009. No comments.

The British military tradition is real, but it is up for grabs. Here are some thoughts about modern trends. More »

Who do you trust on the Afghan war?

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 15 November 2009. No comments.

Whether or not any war is “worthwhile” is never a pretty discussion. But it may be worth trying out some quite tough thinking, so here goes. I conclude (to my own surpirse) that the most important single factor is the military’s enthusiasm. More »

The Military Covenant revisited

Posted by RDN under Military Covenant on 5 November 2009. No comments.

I am keen to develop some lines of argument about the Military Covenant. I suspect that the relationship between society and the military is going to change fundamentally. It may get tougher for the military. More »

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