Ben Barry served in the British Army and is now Senior Fellow for Land Warfare in the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies, Kings College London. His previous title for Osprey was Blood, Metal and Dust, which was shortlisted for The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2021, the British Army Book of the Year 2021, the 2020 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award and the Templer Medal Book Prize 2021.
Ben Barry combines the intimate knowledge of the insider with the objectivity of the strategic commentator. * Sir Hew Strachan * This highly authoritative book will please professional soldier and interested civilian alike. * Field Marshal Lord David Richards * This timely book is a love letter to the British Army, written by a man whose experience of the army spans all of the five decades under review. * Dr Robert Lyman, co-author of 'Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918–40' * This is quite simply a superb discussion of the British Army's engagement with thinking and doctrine over recent decades. * Brian Holden Reid, Emeritus Professor of American History and Military Institutions, Department of War Studies, King's College London *