Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess, then the Deputy Fuhrer, parachuted over Renfrewshire in Scotland on a mission to meet with the Duke of Hamilton, osten...

This deathbed memoir by Dr. Paul H. Johnstone, former senior analyst in the Strategic Weapons Evaluation Group (WSEG) in the Pentagon and a co-auth...

'A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley's and Britain's lost heroes.' Michael Smith. The Official Secrets A...

The British system of interrogation has always been distinctly different from other countries. Subtler, quieter and far more devious than its conte...

Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving all o...

Israel's flawed intelligence assessment in October 1973 has been studied intensively and been the subject of much public and professional debate. T...

''The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that...

The British codebreakers at Bletchley Park are now believed to have shortened the duration of the Second World War by up to two years. During the d...

Almost half a century ago, the Australian National University's TB Millar penned a seminal book on Australian defence policy in the lead up to the ...

Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's just war, the destination for an additional thirty thousand US t...

From Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, one of the most acclaimed history books of recent decades, Engineers of Victory...

In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services ...