The RUSI Journal is the leading publication of the Institute. First published in 1857, it is now an internationally-recognized authority on defence and security issues.Issue: Aug 2008, Vol. 153, No. 4
Letters
John Mackinlay on the prospects of a UN armed force
Into the Future: The Rivalry of Major Powers
An understanding of the diversity of future wars helps explain their potential range. There will be no one type of war, and thus no one way of waging or winning war.
Jeremy Black
The Manoeuvre Warfare Fraud
The concept of Manoeuvre Warfare as a response to perceived Warsaw Pact superiority, based its wide acceptance largely on ignorance and a lack of intellectual rigour.
William F Owen
The Longest Retreat: Burma 1942
Imagine the sort of rain that drops two feet of water in a month. It was through
that sort of weather that, in May 1942, the exhausted survivors of the Burma
Corps retreated.
Graham Dunlop
On Absolute War
Russia will not likely ever again be a ‘peer competitor’ with the United States – that role will fall to China and India – but, like the UK, it will remain a significant player on the world stage.
Chris Bellamy
Book Reviews
Book reviews by Jeremy Greenstock, Ahmad Faruqui, Michael Clarke, Paul Moorcraft, Knox Chitiyo, John Kiszely and Frank Ledwidge
Exhibition Reviews
John Hughes-Wilson reviews ‘For Your Eyes Only’ – Ian Fleming and James Bond at the Imperial War Museum