The Professor Sir Michael Howard Collection (1922-2019)
The leading military historian of his generation, Sir Michael Howard’s influence on the development of the discipline of strategic studies is unquestioned. Awarded the military cross for his service in Italy during the Second World War, he was later Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, Robert A Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. He also founded the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.
To pay tribute to the groundbreaking research Sir Michael Howard published in The RUSI Journal we have collected the below articles, which will be available to read for free until 31/03/20
Better In or Out? The Historical Background
The Great War and the Mentalité Of 1914
The Transformation of Strategy
The Second World War in perspective
Mistake to declare this a ‘War’
Condemned: Courage and cowardice–introduction
The armed forces and the community
A Europe of the three: The historical context
The use and abuse of military history
Editorial - The Fuller—Liddell Hart Lecture
Military Science in an Age of Peace
Selection and Education of Officers of the Future
British Defence Policy and the Future of the Armed Forces