Essays

To this Essays field is gradually being added a collection of published papers, articles, essays, reviews and comments mostly examining various aspects of the management and the military practices of the Great War. The titles, dates of writing and dates of any revisions are as set out below.

1. The Failure of the French Plan XVII and its Emphasis on the Offensive, 22 January 1998.

2. The Cameraman who filmed the Western Front: reviewing the contribution of Geoffrey Malins 90 years on, 20 June 2006.

3. The South Africans’ defence of Delville Wood: 15th to 20th July 1916, 6 July 1998, revised 9 May 2007.

4. Rawlinson and the ‘Unknown’ Amphibious Operation of 1917, 9 July 2004.

5. The Assault of the American 27th Division at Bony, the Hindenburg Line, 29th September 1918: a comment on the quality of General John Monash’s military management, 18 October 2002.

6. ‘Live and Let Live’ and Trench Raiding: informal and planned practices of trench warfare on the Western Front, 1998.

7. The Contribution of the Armoured Car to the Fighting in the First World War, 1998.

8. Modern Project Management and the Lessons from the Transformation of the British Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 2 March 2004.

9. Is it possible for "The Lessons of History" to be incorporated constructively into analyzing Military Campaigns?, 1997.

10. Lord Moran examines Fear in Battle (in The Anatomy of Courage) and how it might be overcome: a review, 30 November 1997 with postscript on 4 December 1997.

11. Spring Manoeuvres Tour.

12. 'Out of the Depths of Hell': a Soldier's Story of Life & Death in Japanese Hands, a book review, January 2006.