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There are lies, and there are national historical narratives
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I popped into the museum at the Red Fort in Delhi today. I hadn’t been here since 2019, and I’d been told that the museum had been revamped. I was pleased, because the last time I’d been here it...
Cyprus, 1974
As an historian, I am constantly reminded of one of life’s immutable laws, that of unintended consequence. Politicians are repeatedly being called out by this enduring feature of the international arena, as General Lord Dannatt and I demons...
39-Hours
Charlotte Carty is to be congratulated for her new book ‘39 Hours’, telling the story of her recreation of the withdrawal of the remnants of the 1st Battalion, The Assam Regiment from two villages eighty miles east of Kohima in the face of...
Join me on the Victory to Defeat Tour, France, 23-26 March 2027
I am organising, with General Lord Dannatt and WO2 Paul Barnes, another private tour to France between 23 and 26 March 2027.
Do consider joining us. You head out under your own steam and organise your own accommodation (loose coordination...
Mers-el-Kebir
I read and enjoyed Edward Abel Smith’s A Hateful Decision earlier this year and subsequently wrote a quick review on here and for Aspects of History. Soon after I was contacted by Bill Whiteside, who’s Operation Catapult was also published...
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I was once a soldier. My degrees are in history, international affairs, war studies, military technology and the operational art of General Bill Slim, the latter being my PhD. www.robertlyman.com.
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