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Counter-insurgency in the news

Posted by Richard on September 03, 2009

Various UK papers including the Times and the Telegraph commented yesterday on the criticism of counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as reported in the British Army Review. Featured amongst the serving soldiers and military experts who have expressed concerns about the UK's ability to fight this kind of war was Daniel Marston one of our authors.

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Pre-ordering books in North America

Posted by Ed on June 26, 2009

Osprey have now made it possible for our North American customers to Pre-order Osprey titles 3 months ahead of the publication date.

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1809: A conscript's story - synopsis of the lecture by Terry Crowdy

Posted by Mike on June 19, 2009

At the beginning of June I posted up a quick blog about Terry Crowdy, author of Deceiving Hitler and Military Misdemeanours, who was speaking at the International Napoleonic Symposium. in Austria. Set up to commemorate the anniversary of the 1809 campaigns, Terry was due to present a talk about the life of a conscript. The full lecture is due to be published online by the International Napoleonic Symposium (we will link to it as soon as it is available), but until then, Terry has very kindly provided us with a brief synopsis of his talk.

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Has military leadership changed in the modern world?

Posted by Ruth on June 18, 2009

Recently I’ve been working on a book called Vanquished: Crushing Defeats from Cannae to the 21st century, which looks at a number of battles of annihilation through history. The author, Mir Bahmanyar is particularly interested in why there are fewer battles of annihilation in the modern era. His conclusion is that there are several factors that come into play, but really it’s all down to leadership.

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D-Day remembered

Posted by Ed on June 06, 2009

In the early hours on June 6, 1944, the largest airborne and amphibious assault the world has ever seen was set into operation. Over 200,000 allied troops descended upon the northern coast of France and in the face of fierce German resistance pushed inland, as wave upon wave of troops invaded the mine-littered beaches.

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Authors in Normandy for D-Day remembrance events

Posted by Mike on June 04, 2009

As I am sure most of you know, this weekend is the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings. To mark the occasion, Ian Gardner and Roger Day, the authors of Tonight We Die as Men are heading across to Normandy to take part in the remembrance events. They are being accompanied by Bill Galbraith and Manny Barrios, both of whom are 3/506th PIR Normandy veterans, who both featured in and contributed to the book.

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Terry Crowdy to speak at the International Napoleonic Symposium

Posted by Mike on June 02, 2009

On Wednesday, Osprey author Terry Crowdy is heading to Vienna to speak at the International Napoleonic Symposium. an event that has been organised for the bicentennial of Napoleon's campaigns against Austria in 1809. On Thursday he will be presenting a paper on 'a conscript's story' - telling the story of a French soldier as he is conscripted, (barely) trained and sent off on campaign.

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Ed Shames, from the Band of Brothers, talks about Tonight We Die as Men

Posted by John on May 28, 2009

This is a clip of Ed Shames, who was a member of the famous Band of Brothers, giving a talk at one of the recent booksignings for Tonight we Die as Men: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day. Ed was actually a member of the Third Battalion 506 PIR on D-Day, only moving across to the more famous Easy Company later in the war, and as well as writing the foreword for the book, he also helped Ian and Roger with some of their first hand research.

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Graeme Donald on Talk Radio

Posted by Ruth on May 15, 2009

Graeme Donald, the author of Sticklers, Sideburns, and Bikinis http://tinyurl.com/dbdsq8 (AKA Fighting Talk) will be interviewed by the Army Wife Network on Monday, May 18th from 9-9 PM EST. Tune in to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/awtr to hear Donald discuss the world of military slang and miscellany, as well as speak about his new Osprey book, Loose Cannons, publishing in October 2009.

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Tonight We Die as Men Tour log

Posted by John on May 05, 2009

My journey began on April 26th when I left home for Maryland where the following day I would meet Ian Gardner and Roger Day for the first time. Ian and Roger were flying in from New Orleans, the first stop on their US tour, where they did a slide show and signing at the National WWII Museum. On Wednesday the 29th of April, we met up with Col Shames, a platoon leader in the famed Band of Brothers, and headed up to the Army's Ft Meade base. We were met there by two representatives from our distributor, Random House, and were given a warm welcome by the base exchange's store manager, Vincent James, and his assistant, Mercy Marul

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