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Canada and the Great War
RUSI Journal, August 2014Tim Cook
Britain's war effort was crucially aided by its Dominions, with Canada's experience of the First World War a prime example of this fundamental military contribution
The Great War, History
British Air Power from Potential to Fully Fledged Service, 1914–45
RUSI Journal, August 2014Peter Gray
The First World War set British air power on a path of development that by 1939 made an essential contribution to the conduct of war
Aerospace, The Great War, History
Great War Stories: RUSI’s Fallen Members
RUSI Journal, August 2014Many members of RUSI lost their lives in the Great War: we remember some of their personal stories
The Great War, History, Military Personnel
The Great War and the Mentalité of 1914
RUSI Journal, August 2014Sir Michael Howard
Only by understanding the European mentality of 1914 can one truly understand the First World War
Armed Forces, The Great War, History, UK Defence
Life Writing, Fiction and Modernism in British Narratives of the First World War
RUSI Journal, August 2014Max Saunders
Popular memory may be shaped by poetry, but it is in prose that some of the most compelling and innovative literary work about the First World War is to be found
The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
Ferdinand Foch and the Scientific Battle
RUSI Journal, August 2014Jonathan Krause
Ferdinand Foch's thinking on trench warfare adapted as the war wore on, making an influential if under-researched contribution to tactical and operational doctrine
The Great War, History
The British Expeditionary Force and the Great War: Wasn't There a Better Plan?
RUSI Journal, August 2014Allan Mallinson
A counterfactual account of what Britain's leaders could have done prior to the Great War to prepare the country more effectively for fighting a European land war
Armed Forces, The Great War, History, UK Defence
Did the Royal Navy Decline between the Two World Wars?
RUSI Journal, August 2014Joseph A Maiolo
The persistent myth of a British naval decline in the interwar period is dispelled by a close analysis of the Admiralty's efforts to hamper the rise of other naval powers
Armed Forces, The Great War, History, Maritime Forces, UK Defence
Foreword
RUSI Journal, August 2014Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the fourth issue of 2014

Images of War at Tate Modern and the Imperial War Museum
RUSI Journal, August 2014John Mackinlay
Two London museums approach the centenary with diverse takes on the visual commemoration and representation of war
The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
The Austro-Hungarian Experience of Coalition Warfare, 1914–18
RUSI Journal, August 2014Günther Kronenbitter
Austria-Hungary's experience of Germany's junior partner was fraught with misunderstandings and a failure to devise a coherent common strategy
The Great War, History
War and Intelligence: The Catalytic Effect of Conflict
RUSI Journal, August 2014Gill Bennett OBE
The First World War was a catalyst for the growth and consolidation of Britain's embryonic intelligence services
The Great War, History, Intelligence
The British Army in the Era of Haig and Montgomery
RUSI Journal, August 2014John Buckley and Gary Sheffield
Negative myths about the British Army's performance, especially during the Great War, obscure the reality of an institution that learned and improvide throughout both world wars
Armed Forces, The Great War, History, UK Defence
RUSI's Roll of Honour, 1914–18
RUSI Journal, August 2014As we mark the centenary of the start of the First World War, the Royal United Services Institute publishes its Roll of Honour listing those members who died during the conflict
The Great War, History
Reviews
RUSI Journal, August 2014
Poetry of the First World War: Dispelling the Myths
RUSI Journal, August 2014Paul O'Prey
Britain's popular understanding of the Great War has been shaped by a restrictive selection of poetry written during and about the conflict
The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
The Great War: How 1914–1918 Changed the Relationship between War and Civilians
RUSI Journal, August 2014Heather Jones
An examination of how the First World War disrupted civilian life, the forms of violence perpetrated against civilians during the conflict, and the role of conscription in creating new hierarchies that privileged ideals of male ‘warrior’
The Great War, History, Military Personnel
A Truly Shared Commemoration? Britain, Ireland and the Centenary of the First World War
RUSI Journal, August 2014Catriona Pennell
The memory of the war in the British Isles – and Ireland in particular – has been inevitably coloured by political agendas, and the Irish contribution has largely been forgotten
The Great War, History
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
The Budding Alliance Between Lockdown Critics and the Far-Right in Germany
FCAS: Is the Franco-German-Spanish Combat Air Programme Really in Trouble?