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Stephen Badsey

Dr Stephen Badsey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is a specialist on the history of military ideas and the role of the media in warfare. He has written and published widely on military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to modern peacekeeping and the future of warfare. He has made frequent contributions as a historian for television and other media, and for numerous tours of battlefields including those of the Franco-Prussian War.

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Bullets versus horses?

Sir Douglas Haig (1861–1928), Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies on the Western Front 1915–1918, has always been a controversial figure. One of the charges levelled against him is that he was obsessed with cavalry charges and opposed to tanks...

March 1, 2001 12:00 AM