Trends in the historiography: Land, maritime and air warfare
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 08/06/2022

This panel addressed the trends in land, maritime and air warfare historiography. Each Service environment has its own unique pathologies, especially as far as official histories are concerned, and the panel offered some reflections as to why there are these differences and which historical periods remain unchartered territory, to the detriment of modern strategy development.

About the panel:

Chair: Professor Bill Philpott, Department of War Studies.

Trends in Land Warfare Historiography: the Napoleonic Era to the 20th century - Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor Emeritus, University of Wolverhampton

Forgetting Corbett: the Decline of Historically-led Methodology and Maritime Influences on Strategy in the Contemporary Era - Dr James W E Smith, Research Associate, Department of War Studies.

Official Histories of Air Warfare: WWI to the Libyan Air Campaign, 2011 - Dr Christina Goulter, Defence Studies Department, Co-Director Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War.