How to fight a war

Our pick of the latest military history books

How ‘Putin’s Chef’ led a mercenary mutiny that shook the Kremlin

Could lessons from the last great conflict help the democratic world triumph over the rise in autocratic power?

The German army is often depicted as an epic, unstoppable machine. There’s no doubt that, at the outbreak of the First World War, it was the most formidably organised military force on the planet – bu

Contempt for democracy and the perversion of classical liberalism

Why has political change been so difficult to achieve in the Middle East, and why has the region reached this low point in its 100 years history? The people of the region have been systemically denied