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- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?24:37Possible French motives: territory, prestige, and army politicsNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:01:53The Dreyfus affair as a possible wartime pressure pointNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:31Historical commanders running the modern British ArmyQ&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?17:31The Committee of Imperial Defence and strategic continuityChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:30An army faction's demand for war in a fictional stateNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:49Henderson's personal networks and the politics of naval constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:05Publicity for carriers and Henderson's case for the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:51:03Conflict labels and military death-benefit allegationsNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:02:07Preferred titles and congressional authorityNotable Point
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?10:00Italian naval leadership under MussoliniNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:29Would arming Earth Spacedock strengthen a Starfleet coup?Notable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:34When a fictional military unit's brutality undermines its purposeQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous23:28Naval secrecy and the absence of a shared war planChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous29:31Why professional authority does not settle procurement questionsNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous31:09Keeping ministers informed without exposing operational detailNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:02:01Admiralty leadership losses and Churchill's influenceChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:29:20Turing, direct appeals and loyalty to ChurchillNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:06Dominion status and the institutional risks of rapid withdrawalNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:59:57Risks of military ownership in industrial enterprisesQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:32:06Indian naval growth competes with the Army for skilled peopleNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:22:40Different national procurement failuresQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:49:37Mussolini may still starve North Africa of resourcesQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:21:57How the Navy managed royal officersQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 222:29Mitsumasa Yonai's wartime political powerQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 249:38Why rapid decolonization can leave an institutional vacuumNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)25:16Why naval leaders need mixed career backgroundsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:40:21Briefings, cabinet time and defence technology decisionsNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:03:21Presidential carrier names and the question of naval partisanshipQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:10:32A proposed limit on naming warships after living peopleQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:11:41Military service as a proposed test for presidential ship namesQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:16:43Presidential carrier names and congressional fundingQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:19:17Historical presidential names and debates over commemorationQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...0:46Why naval disputes could begin in governmentChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...2:21Admiralty expertise under political authorityNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...23:58The First Destroyer Flotilla's Baltic protestChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...27:26Lawful orders and the volunteers-only pledgeNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:20:00Austria-Hungary's army dominates, but the navy integratesQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:30Who actually shapes British defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:10Putting the modern Treasury into 1930s BritainQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?10:31Delayed projects reflect underfunding and political scope creepNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?49:53Funding wrangling is a possible explanation for the plan's delayQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:09:55A July delivery report leaves Parliament little scrutiny timeNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:40:07Changing the voting system would leave defence expertise unresolvedQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:55:28Defence reporting needs service-specific expertiseQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:54:32Confidence in negotiation can weaken recognition of military threatsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:47:46Limited consultation helps explain the plan's costing gapsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:52:32The Defence Investment Plan arrived about eighteen months lateNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:19Service budgets, procurement authority, and long-term shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:59Treasury authority and the prime minister's First Lord titleNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:28Eisenhower, the Revolt of the Admirals, and naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:00Why small NATO navies need senior officers at staff meetingsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:24Why serving officers rarely criticize defence policy in publicNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:23Election promises and the cost of cancelling defence programmesNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:52Restoring Wilhelm III to the German throne in 1928Q&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:40Montgomery's promised successor and civilian appointment authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:32Why senior officers might stay and argue within governmentQ&A
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy49:05Why Katari wanted defence and finance inside naval planningNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy1:07:31Denied U.S. visits and the demands of joint leadershipNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:43Why prevention earns little procurement creditNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:35Reforming long-term UK defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:02Why Gotz von Berlichingen is a risky warship nameQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:13The panel's interpretation of the BBGN labelNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:52Warship naming has always been politicalQ&A
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century4:37Why Japanese naval ideas can mature after their sponsor leavesNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century15:50The civil-military tightrope of Japan's Joint Staff chiefNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century23:38Making the navy's case beyond the serviceNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century32:05Article 9's status and force-flexibility problemNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate15:18Ministerial procurement after the naval law failedChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate15:32The Dutch Navy's missing professional chiefNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate18:44When legislators debate every gun and mountingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)54:30Darlan's leadership question turns on ministerial authorityQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:18:48An intact Free French state becomes an overmighty allyNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:20:38France's government collapsed before its capacity to fightNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:05:37The French Navy refuses the surrenderQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:27:15Mussolini's fall would not automatically weaken Hitler at homeQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:37:24A stronger opposition does not easily restore Japanese civilian controlQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:44:46Yonai would represent a different military factionQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:46:32Darlan's diplomatic prospects remain uncertainQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:48:03Senior officers would stand ahead of de Gaulle as Darlan's successorsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:50:11De Gaulle would probably command Free French land forcesQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:32A French Army coup after heavier losses in 1917Q&A
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII40:31Operation Catapult and government war preparednessNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII48:28Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa and divided French loyaltiesNotable Point
- France Libre's daring contre-torpilleurs & torpilleur d'escadre; The Free French Destroyers of WWII54:07What a mass French fleet escape might have changedNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?50:00Government ownership does not guarantee naval accessNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:32Testing ministers through parliamentary committeesNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:07Why major naval disasters rarely exclude politicsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:49Rickover's institutional skills and modern public communicationQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:32The early Cold War in a counterfactual where Roosevelt survivesQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:47A counterfactual nuclear precedent in Korea and the Cold WarQ&A
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More58:39Sims, Irish republicans, and tensions around CorkNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:34:22Naval policy is national strategyChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet2:19Gorshkov survives opposition to the surface fleetChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet33:38Destroyers provide a political backup plan for Soviet naval powerNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet36:48Foreign contact made Soviet naval officers political targetsNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:23:10Gorshkov's succession leaves a historiographical questionNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:46Why naval officers were excluded from treaty talksQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:31Who pressed to exclude naval officers from treaty discussions?Q&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:14How nuclear-war language abstracts human lossNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:40Reading the resource commitments behind Britain's Narvik plansNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:44Rebuilding Britain's defence debate after the peace dividendChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?0:00Why Norway's 1940 defeat was a systemic failureChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?2:01Defence-minister turnover weakened long-term planningChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?4:30Why military command did not translate into parliamentary influenceNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?48:27Civil-military distrust drained urgency from defence debatesChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:08:14Regional commanders would have tested Norway's paper readinessNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:10:23Laake's political loyalty and the limits of army commandChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?1:14:18Laake and Fleischer made different assumptions about government intelligenceNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:19Could an Orleanist restoration stabilize France before war?Q&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:23Would French communists overturn a restored monarchy?Notable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03A military-backed monarchy would still need soldiers' consentNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:32:40Competing views on continuity in American naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:47Why Deep Space Nine needed an intelligence officeNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:40Hawaii compared with Caribbean decolonizationNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:50A more radical Imperial Japanese NavyQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:22Why states distrust self-appointed secret servicesQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:50When a ruler's guard becomes a political powerQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:16Command succession after the loss of fleet leadershipNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?0:00Why the Royal Navy needed a modern staffChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?9:25How Army briefings shaped ministers' defence prioritiesNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?21:48Why Lloyd George could reform the AdmiraltyChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?28:37A counterfactual Admiralty Board for 1905Chapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII18:35Admiralty advice met Canadian political ambiguityNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...49:07Deep Space Nine's armament and the limits of an overseas baseQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:25:14A second Cardassian station at the wormholeQ&A
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi1:15:24An unauthorized fleet expedition and the civil-military boundaryNotable Point
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet8:17Merchant influence in Dutch government and naval serviceChapter
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:15Maritime law, military force, and drug-interdiction strikesQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:51Interpreting recurring Chinese military leadership removalsQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers42:49Chatfield and Henderson reveal power inside naval administrationNotable Point
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- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off35:47A commanding officer as an informal diplomatChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:35:08Why Britain did not send a vice admiral southNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:26:54Why town names still create political support for warshipsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:32:25Mussolini's incomplete control of Italy's armed forcesNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:04:56Yi Sun-sin's loyalty and the frustrations of the Imjin WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:14:57Why foreknowledge would not make Yamamoto betray JapanQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:11:09Who authorizes a Royal Marines deploymentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust8:20:08Military expansion without government permissionNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:36:42Why abrupt decolonisation can produce a power vacuumQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:13:17Why replacing Haig was harder than condemning himQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:34:16Why suppressing a senior commander's memoir could backfireQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida11:01:26The Admiralty's loss of officers able to challenge ChurchillNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:07:37Why armed forces need civilian translators for policyQ&A
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- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"32:41Why Parliament kept Britain's peacetime army smallNotable Point
- What happens if Japan persues Synthetic Fuels from 1930 onwards?51:05A powerful civilian ministry changes Japan's choicesNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception37:19A fleet commander learns committee warfareChapter
- Jimmy Carter: The Only Submariner President... so far...9:08Presidential biography as rules-of-engagement contextNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...1:48Admiral Henderson and the cost of missing successionNotable Point
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command40:48Ottoman command joined military and political officeNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?9:05Did British inattention make the scuttling easier?Notable Point
- Battlestar Galactica: Logistics, Leadership & Realism7:10Every refugee becomes part of the logistical workforceNotable Point
- Battlestar Galactica: Logistics, Leadership & Realism27:09Orphan and prison ships create concentrated social risksChapter
- Battlestar Galactica: Logistics, Leadership & Realism46:52Agricultural and mining leaders should sit at the top tableNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik7:54Why Carl Gustav Fleischer was sidelinedNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik56:22Surviving warships change Sundlo's surrender calculusNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:40The New Republic's divided interests and politicized naval commandQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:28Does the New Republic fail because of its institutions or its stories?Notable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:31:58Glorious, command culture, and HarwoodNotable Point
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)1:56:06When can a military technology remain secret?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:58If Jackie Fisher's 1915 resignation were rejectedQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:23Fisher's repeated resignation threatsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:39Why the US Navy repeatedly changed the commodore rankQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:08An anecdote about ministers renaming naval ranksQ&A
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!1:41:15Colonial security institutions and the danger of a power vacuumNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence13:07Political exclusion interrupted Hornby's rapid riseNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence50:22Mixed orders weakened deterrence in the Russo-Turkish crisisChapter
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!59:40Geoffrey Phipps Hornby contains the Pig WarNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:15:02Professional language can lose political supportNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...10:44Asquith's cabinet and Edward Grey's isolationChapter
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...15:22Seely's resignation and collective cabinet authorityNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...1:31:40Germany's general staff takes control of the crisisChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:25:54How Soviet commissars fitted beside naval commandNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:09:12Why cutting flag rank can weaken institutional authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:51Churchill's failure to explain the Navy's First World War strategyQ&A
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit0:00Richardson's warning before Pearl HarborChapter
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit36:47Why Richardson's tactful strategy still failed politicallyNotable Point
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit48:35Richardson turns protest into a formal warning recordNotable Point
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit53:35Pearl Harbor as negligence rather than conspiracyChapter
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit55:36The Pearl Harbor committee untangles naval commandNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:00:28Why naval scrutiny depends on accurate briefingNotable Point
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...20:20Confederate War and Navy departments converge on ArkansasNotable Point
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...41:01The Baton Rouge order overrules ship readinessChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:26:41Richardson, Turner, and the politics of naval intelligenceNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield25:19Swedish factionalism invites a comparison with Joseon KoreaNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield1:03:26Catherine turns factional politics into durable powerChapter
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield1:18:12Prince Charles's later kingship shadows his commandNotable Point
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō32:40When defense institutions began driving Japanese policyNotable Point
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō38:26Yonai's possible role as an informal imperial counsellorNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?54:13Could a stronger naval staff have fixed British shells before the First World War?Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:18When French carrier ambitions become a funded programNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:17Why navies rarely control their own budgetsQ&A
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose20:40Den Helder, cavalry, and officers with divided loyaltiesNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:59:55Campaign reversal, treason trials, and the Batavian legacyChapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:02:40Why punishment could not repair divided naval loyaltyNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:49:37What institutional lesson did the Dutch Navy learn?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?28:04How army briefings shaped the blue-water debateNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?40:52Why informal naval education could not keep pace with mass politicsNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?44:21Why capable admirals missed the political shiftNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?46:45Why Lloyd George is chosen to reform the AdmiraltyChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII0:28Why Percy Nelles deserves a reassessmentChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII5:32How governments turn commanders into scapegoatsNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII16:04Why Percy Nelles remains difficult to studyNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII38:22When naval growth outran civilian oversightChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII46:19Responsibility for Canada's prewar naval systemNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:42Federal military power helped drive the US constitutional settlementNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:03A full French Army revolt in 1916 threatens the state, not just an offensiveQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!6:15Senior officers can preserve strategic experience for governmentNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!50:55King blamed democratic incentives for chronic unpreparednessNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!54:03King's Bureau appointment required political sponsorshipNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!56:41Bureau chiefs contested the CNO's control of naval policyNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:02:47Outspokenness sent King to the General Board's sidelinesNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:03:53Civilian allies revived King's stalled careerNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...32:35Congress and interwar U.S. naval growthNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...42:02Why procurement programs need senior officersNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:46Sea control versus maritime transport in the Imjin WarChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!4:15When competence threatens the chain of commandNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!10:26Joseon factionalism blunts warning of invasionChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!49:46Panic destroys Korean fleets before battleChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:08:46The institutional lesson of Yi Sun-sin's preparationNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction43:17The Royal Navy failed to explain its strategyChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction46:35Corbett and Mahan explained sea power for the NavyNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)1:15:38Frederick I cannot turn parliamentary authority into strategyNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:07:22Hats, Caps, and a deliberately weak Swedish crownChapter
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:16:48Peter III proposes reforms without building supportChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned8:04Russian autocracy versus Japan's information networksChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned17:37How the genro conveyed imperial supportNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:17:30How Japanese bases and political support sustained operationsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:58A reservist prime minister and the chain-of-command paradoxNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:11Why diplomacy and defence should remain distinct institutionsQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:42Can limited war aims contain nuclear escalation?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:24Why a small nuclear weapon can require a strategic decisionNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin19:32Factional politics left Joseon unready for invasionChapter
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:58:39Bureaucracy repeatedly ended turtle-ship serviceQ&A
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic29:09Learning to force a naval case through wartime politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:33How Qing fleet rivalry weakened resistance to JapanNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership6:05Keeping naval professionals outside the treaty roomNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:03What was lost when Britain unified defence ministries?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:20Why the United States was unlikely to be surprised at SuezQ&A
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:15:34An admiral turns policy into coordinated fleet effectsChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty13:09Politicians take control of the London Naval TreatyChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty53:51A bright idea is not yet a naval-policy solutionNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:19:57Tardieu and France's naval distrust paradoxChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:24:55The Foreign Legion and the electoral cost of casualtiesNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:25:40Why French leaders distrusted their armed forcesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:52The risk of naming warships for living political leadersNotable Point
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:17Grant's strength in logistics and weakness in political managementNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!35:31Appropriations politics and Hammond's command humorNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!1:29:25Political oversight needs specialist support tooNotable Point
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?54:34A sensible fleet outlived its planners' understandingNotable Point
- Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style4:43Venice's merchant-officer model and its leadership riskNotable Point
- Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style28:39Antonio Grimani's political authority and command weaknessChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:50:17Boston repairs and command in IcelandChapter
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:10:04Why naval colleges produce political officersQ&A
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?54:58A negotiated answer to Churchill's construction pausesChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:35:24Jacky Fisher's Renown and Repulse set a wartime procurement precedentNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class12:50How Japanese naval patronage turned policy into a fleet planChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class21:00Why Japanese naval power cannot be read from formal titles aloneNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class23:16Saigō Jūdō carried naval reform into politics and the armyChapter
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:13Navies undermined by their own political leadershipQ&A
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes49:17Byng's execution and the unequal risks of commandNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:40:24A political recall collides with Rodney's victoryChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?36:08Austria-Hungary's divided politics meet Montecuccoli's battleship driveChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?45:01A treaty could intensify Germany's Army-Navy conflictNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command47:12Ragnar Colvin teaches command decisions through integrated staff workChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked37:08How First and Third Sea Lords divided global and domestic workChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked58:10How James II alienated potential naval alliesNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:09:51Keppel's warning about party politics and naval commandChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:51:37Charles Madden and the First London Naval TreatyChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:56:08The First Sea Lord as political and naval intermediaryNotable Point
- How effective was the Russian Navy6:25Alexander I leaves the navy behind the armyChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy22:49Why Russia repeatedly funded the army before the navyNotable Point
- How effective was the Russian Navy23:23The Russian Navy was as effective as policy allowedChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy25:35Separate a navy's capability from how government uses itNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!22:07Victory at the Saintes collides with a political recallNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!31:31Why naval patronage still required competenceNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!1:25:14Connections at home and near-absolute authority at seaNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!1:57:54Rodney misreads George Washington through service prejudiceNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:34:52Why Churchill sent Force Z to SingaporeNotable Point
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'23:52Commanding independent maritime entrepreneursChapter
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'1:17:08Leadership through personality, incentive, and respectChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...13:18Why a veteran officer became a cadet againNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:07:08How divided regional fleets magnified defeatNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:17:09Personal networks behind Japanese combined commandNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:37:11Dockyard constituencies carried naval influence into ParliamentNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:47:20Privy Council appointment carried naval expertise beyond officeNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live2:05:24Political and professional naval leadership separateChapter
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:43:45Why the First Sea Lord could not command the board like a fleetQ&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?1:05:30Arthur Wilson and the railway question his office could not answerNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?39:47Civilian leadership and compromise between service factionsNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!49:09Yugoslavia and control of river forcesNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea19:15Churchill set ambitions while naval commanders worked out the meansNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise47:09A stronger independent Royal Marines in the seventeenth centuryQ&A
- William de Leybourne: The First Admiral6:25Why Edward I needed an admiral rather than another marshalNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral12:23Kimmel's possible return under a subordinate carrier commandNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral23:04Rank could not replace Medina Sidonia's missing naval preparationNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral46:48Vitgeft, Port Arthur, and the forced Yellow Sea sortieChapter
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…26:40Convoys, political reassurance, and ChurchillChapter
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:58:03Edwardian and modern navies face political and personnel pressureQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:39:39Fisher's return as First Sea Lord was a political appointmentQ&A
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War1:03:30The victors and defeated teach opposite leadership lessonsChapter
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:56:17What defense unification lost when Britain abolished service ministersQ&A
- Santa's Sleigh... A Quick History - Key Aircraft Series 3, Aircraft 313:49How a 1955 phone call led to NORAD Santa trackingChapter
- Battle of Elli16:25Could Tufnell overrule the Hellenic king?Q&A
- Battle of Elli1:01:23Orders not to risk ships constrain Ottoman commandNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 420:20Churchill, escort construction, and managing upwardsNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!8:08Foreign-policy rhetoric without standing forcesNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 344:31Alliance trust can be worth more than preserved warshipsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:14:07How defence briefings support policy reviewsNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:55:28How County-class cruisers built ties with their namesakesQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:38:37Resignation rather than confidence drove Japan toward warQ&A
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting37:37The original BEF deployment and the Navy's strategic caseChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting40:51Why naval tradition depends on ships and trained crewsNotable Point
- Battle of Chattanooga(1863)7:30Confederate government faced a built-in centralization problemNotable Point
- Battle of Chattanooga(1863)33:22Bragg's command consumed itself in dismissals and petitionsChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/437:18Why Third Sea Lords often became First Sea LordsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:39:15What the Third Sea Lord title added to the Controller's roleQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:58:06Admiral Togo as prime minister after the First World WarQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:36:28How indirect imperial action could remove TojoChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:49:42Factional rivalry makes a pro-Tojo coup difficultNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax21:52Why removing one IJN faction would not produce a unified navyQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:53:25How royal favor strengthened Fisher's bureaucratic positionQ&A
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?16:20Why Mitsumasa Yonai could act as an imperial adviserNotable Point
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?27:14Hirohito's authority within imperial conventionChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?34:06Saionji's legacy of restraining military politicsChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?41:17Konoe's search for peace without control of the armyChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?47:38Tojo's expansive reading of the emperor's consentNotable Point
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?53:28Yonai's naval moderation and economic prioritiesChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:10:33Promising diplomacy while escalating in IndochinaNotable Point
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:11:29The counterfactual pivot: an openly imperial Yonai governmentChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:14:26Why Yonai might make a negotiated settlement credibleNotable Point
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:17:27Cabinet formation and the fate of the one-party associationChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:23:27Trade normalization, infrastructure, and Japan's long-term recoveryChapter
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:29:13Why the navy could be decisive in a civil warNotable Point
- Chattanooga Campaign of 18635:20Why Civil War command systems struggledChapter
- Chattanooga Campaign of 18638:11Federalism made wartime governance a contested systemNotable Point
- Chattanooga Campaign of 186350:27Lincoln and McClellan heard the same meeting differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:37:38Tracing Japan's unofficial elder statesmenQ&A
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1089:00Why peace could threaten civil war inside JapanNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 10814:38Hirohito's authority and the limits of imperial ruleChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 10851:06Tojo's expansive reading of imperial approvalNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1081:09:43How the armed services could bring down a Japanese cabinetNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:06:54How Yonai could keep both services inside his cabinetNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:11:18Would a British honorary colonelcy qualify Yonai as army minister?Q&A
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:13:25Yonai's coalition alternative to one-party ruleChapter
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:51:14Tojo's removal and the peaceful branch of the scenarioNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:05:15Reading fragmented power in Konoe's cabinet portraitNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:21:04What imperial backing would Yonai need?Q&A
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers50:41How institutional conflict overloaded Graf ZeppelinChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!47:42Four chancellors struggle in Bismarck's shadowChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:24:50How court access strengthened Jacky Fisher's naval authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:15:56Beresford's rivalry with Fisher became factional self-defeatNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:09:06Why Heligoland breaks Germany's naval deterrence strategyNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:19:59Heligoland as a pressure on German governmentsNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:20:49Overwhelming power can still be restrained by public opinionNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat11:18The Keppel-Palliser affair and Royal Navy political cautionQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat59:04A persistent Commons question about naval disciplineQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:17:44Interwar France's political-coordination problemQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:14:47Jackie Fisher runs the Star Wars Imperial NavyQ&A
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 25:39Career officers and loyal area-defence commandsNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 21:03:43Stockpiling artillery before the officer purgeNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 22:06:41Civilian investment as insurance against a coupNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 24:47:20A 100 percent democratic majority still triggers civil warChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier27:33A hollow fleet could restrain MussoliniNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:49:05Why routine British policing remains mostly unarmedNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 723:50Human ministers as dependent counterweightsNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 735:58Specialize air wings and divide their loyaltiesNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 742:11Promotion, dependence, and counter-coup loyaltyNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 743:31Priest-governors and layered local commandNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 748:39Why social stakes reduce garrison costsNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 755:08Mutual distrust blocks organizational reformNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 757:17Local government under priestly oversightChapter
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 758:39Split Jaffa garrisons and divide-and-rule securityNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 71:00:32Career ladders for Jaffa and human commandersNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 71:02:44Institutional reform sets the fleet's real limitChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 28:29The Kaiser's temperament makes Prince Henry essentialNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:09:00Political cost and industrial ceilings defeat the gambleNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:20:04A larger German fleet faces greater pressure to fightChapter
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:12Yes Minister and naval civil-military dialogueNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines38:14Political limits behind carrier design choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:57:35An Admiral King-style First Sea LordQ&A
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests6:35Family networks shaped Mitchell's politics of persuasionNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests15:38Signal Corps service prepared Mitchell for aviation commandChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests47:17Media leverage shaped Project B's command problemNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:11:28Menoher, Patrick, and Moffett contain MitchellChapter
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:14:04The Mingo War exposed another air-power overclaimNotable Point
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests1:16:55The court-martial turned on false factual claimsNotable Point
- Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 423:28Italian professionalism and the limits of Fascist rearmamentNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:13:28Officer radicalization and the limits of Yonai's influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:42:47Yonai's economic policy through trusted specialistsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:24:17Yonai and the foundations of postwar JapanQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:26:09MacArthur, nuclear release authority, and overlapping command chainsQ&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?33:22Professional dissent still requires honest evidenceNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement1:30Why weapons and warships should not be called toysNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement44:08Warships, weapons, and the moral weight of commandNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement50:43Why open procurement systems expose their failuresNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement59:54When leadership tenure is shorter than procurementNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:00Army staff work shapes Britain's 1914 strategyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!29:03Why staff work mattered before 1914Chapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!33:22How Army planning became the accepted 1914 answerQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!44:05Why naval leadership could not redirect Britain in 1914Notable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!48:20Battenberg and the Navy's political influence gapNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!50:09How postings shaped Army and Navy political influenceChapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!51:33Interwar staff learning and persistent political assumptionsNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence14:55Fisher made the naval stick visibleNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins24:37Choosing wartime Sea Lords without weakening the fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:49:39When alliance politics overrides naval preferenceNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:55:59Why Kimmel took the Pacific Fleet commandQ&A
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...32:20Choosing an executive officer amid attacks on nationalityChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:03:07How Fisher's death stabilizes BattenbergNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:02:17Churchill's political future after alternative victoriesNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:15:26Battenberg's forgotten War Staff legacyChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...25:01Yonai's political route to an Allied warNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...33:45Could Yonai send Hideki Tojo to North Africa?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:13:17Imperial endorsement could weaken Japan's pro-German factionNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:17:18Why Royal Navy battles were not commanders acting from boredomQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:33:24Why Mussolini's monarchy dispute could change the scenarioNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:53Why a chief of defence must think jointlyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:08:49A battleship repair visit during a mining strikeQ&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues18:15Why escort and fleet carriers needed different air groupsNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues41:05Moffett's need for descriptive squadron labelsChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly10:50From sea blindness to defence blindnessNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers4:32Seaplane carriers as an institutional compromiseChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese41:34Wilson Brown and the politics of American flag rankChapter
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:53:52Why avoiding the Great Depression might not rescue FranceQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19423:57:07Richardson's expertise and the interpretation of DoolittleQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19424:06:26Pearl Harbor inquiries and the disagreement over KimmelNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...54:19Political deployment, naval operationNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...56:08Aircraft carriers as civil-military compromisesChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...58:32Admirals challenge fit-for-but-not-with armamentNotable Point
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:16:44Why war with a minor power may look easier to proposeNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals15:16Defence commitments fail when funding authority is dividedNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:29:24How prolonged procurement debate shrinks a defense purchaseNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:49:38MacArthur's later career drove a harsher public reassessmentQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books47:33Why a British military coup is institutionally unlikelyNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response20:42Why Germany needed a short war against stronger coalitionsNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike20:13Ambush, attrition, and the political trapChapter
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike26:11American persistence undermines the decisive-battle premiseNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike46:45Anchorage, invasion, and American political shockChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 214:17Unicorn's label protected an aviation-support capabilityNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 219:09Henderson turned naval requirements into funded shipsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:00:22Fame narrowed the Eastern Fleet command choiceChapter
- HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response3:02How Fisher turned shipboard entertainment into naval politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 130: Battleships33:55National-security limits in open parliamentary hearingsQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update1:56:07Why military expertise does not transfer automaticallyQ&A
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:11:37How institutions shaped British, American, and Japanese ship plansNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:39:34What Anglo-American war plans did - and did not - meanNotable Point
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:44:33How admirals shape policy without controlling itQ&A
- The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must5:02Debate, cronyism, and the strength of the stateNotable Point
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 52:27Interwar defence debate resisted institutional reassessmentChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 526:33Two carriers competed with wholesale fleet recapitalizationChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 334:02The fast-battleship alternativeChapter
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 124:44Defence procurement outlives its political sponsorsNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!51:18If civilian politicians retained control in JapanQ&A
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 46:40Political patronage distorts technical judgmentNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 430:05Motorization did not guarantee strategic readinessNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?22:14Hughes and Harding in the cabinet photographNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:16:59France cannot cover both colonies and the MediterraneanChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:28:10Cabinet turnover and responsibility for long programmesNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:06:07Hara Takashi and an interrupted civilian-control precedentNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:12:57Japan's naval minister, diplomats, and political advisersChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:16:32Tokugawa's informal influence at WashingtonNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure8:38Ship money and the state behind naval policyChapter
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure18:54George Monck and the army behind the RestorationNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure1:20:27Royal Navy nonintervention in the Glorious RevolutionNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:46:12Churchill's naval advocacy under European-war prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:15:39Why the English fleet remained inactive in 1688Chapter
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:16:36Churchill advised the pause, but government accepted itQ&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail27:31Lord George Germain fragments the war effortNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail33:06Did political refusals deprive Britain of its best officers?Q&A
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology50:23Why historians study mistakes made in bloodNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:13:52Political mistrust may have weakened French Army communicationsNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:14:30Reserve facilities and limits on local military oversightQ&A
- How to Build A Navy26:22Political malaise begins when strategic questions stopNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 330:58Refit economics preserve Britain's qualitative advantageNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet9:16Why might Imperial sterns stay unarmed?Notable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet22:03Distributed fleets limit the scale of rebellionNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet53:35Commissars and confessors enforce shipboard loyaltyNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...3:00:29Electoral change is more plausible than a military coupQ&A
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming9:45U.S. ship names tie naval service to national supportNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power12:20Corbett's independent route into naval historyChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power26:03Why the Royal Navy had to argue harder for influenceChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power44:49A strategic translator between admirals and governmentNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power47:24Writing naval strategy that civilians can useChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:16:38Army opposition to a maritime strategy and civilian controlNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō47:40Satsuma and Choshu loyalties shape the armed forcesNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War19:25Building the Chilean Navy into national lifeNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War1:06:23The constitutional crisis behind Chile’s 1891 civil warChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 939:46When admirals could argue openly for replacement shipsNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada45:39Chile's first president returned to organize its navyChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:13:54Why Chile's navy sided with Congress in 1891Chapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:15:22Modernization undermined by patronageNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:28:06Congress had a fleet while Balmaceda improvised oneNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:31:11Was the congressional junta a military junta?Q&A
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:35:17Cadet executions accelerated Balmaceda's isolationNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:35:17Naval-backed victory reshapes Chile's constitutionChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:57:54Pristina airport and the value of subordinate judgmentNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:18:53Why successful generals can struggle in democratic politicsChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent20:16Why a navy needs persuasive communicatorsNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword38:09Why money could not hurry Indian Dominion statusQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword45:55Harwood's difficulty with Mediterranean command politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:42:45Targeting forces to strengthen Japan's peace partyNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover22:29Rickover's political power and retirementNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover25:24Rickover's naval career and politically backed promotionNotable Point
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...25:12The Song dilemma: capable forces without overmighty generalsNotable Point
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...31:22Taizu's accession and the story of a reluctant emperorChapter
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...34:58The cost of keeping Song commanders under controlChapter
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...39:00Command tenure and Gorshkov's institutional influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:16:00Song military centralization traded coup prevention for fiscal strainChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:20:13Song militias saved money but revived the danger of local powerChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:24:28Regional commands improved readiness while weakening court oversightChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:44:59Rome's mercenary shortcut weakened political control of its armiesNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)27:41How Britain coordinated army and navyQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 225:07When party politics entered naval commandNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response39:54How naval staffs could balance forceful political leadersQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:08:40Military professionalism and political useNotable Point
- Blockade!!27:05Local purchasing sustains the blockading fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:20:34Which admirals won the confidence of wartime leaders?Q&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:17:48Consensus leadership under Phillip and HunterNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:46:29John Hunter confronts the New South Wales CorpsChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)3:01:45Robert Ross, Marine separation, and colonial governmentChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)3:06:47George Johnston leads the Rum RebellionChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)3:30:16Marines, the New South Wales Corps, and imperial controlNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)3:41:40Phillip's legal protections and their later erosionNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?14:48World War I damage and French leadershipChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?30:05Why ministerial learning mattered to defence policyNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?38:12French naval rank and political weightNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?44:18Veteran experience and procurement biasNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:20:09Why French air-service politics differed from BritainNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:12:38Tirpitz may fall while militarism survivesNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect8:19Why the Admiralty's young war staff struggledNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:01:37Japanese interservice rivalry crossed into real plotsQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193937:31Why the new state still needed naval specialistsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193957:45The Great Purge destroyed military and naval expertiseChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response43:21Rule of law and military administration set a floor under governmentNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books47:48When naval commanders became political leadersQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:38:09How Soviet criticism protected the systemNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:09:26HMCS Rainbow enters the Komagata Maru immigration crisisNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response41:18A political case for keeping Cradock with CanopusQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control31:11The Admiralty command crisis behind CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control37:19Doveton Sturdee and leadership in WhitehallNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?1:26:01A naval victory Britain did not wantChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video40:55Why navies also need Whitehall warriorsQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video48:13Why durable political change depends on policy and compromiseNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video52:33The Falklands crisis as a cross-government failureQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:04:24Why the United States is described as divided, not decliningQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:12:04When a navy shares responsibility for political failureQ&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)3:10:28Britain celebrated Navarino while sidelining CodringtonChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)3:22:07Only Codrington paid a lasting political priceQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:06:21How commanders give orders to serving royalsQ&A
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response25:29Why an American-backed coup in Britain was implausibleQ&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to17:43The cursus honorum as Rome's command schoolChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to36:32Caepio's pursuit of glory fractures Roman commandNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to38:34How Rufus's absence weakened senior commandNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to1:20:17The command reform Rome did not undertakeNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to1:23:41A professional army inherits an unreformed command systemChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to1:25:49Arausio's lesson for professional military educationNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:11:49Veteran benefits bind legions to generalsChapter
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:14:17Why Caepio's officers accepted divided commandNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:18:52Arausio's command lesson for allied forcesChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France56:18World War I trauma and the political collapse of 1940Notable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)32:24Wampanoag, fast steam cruisers, and engineering politicsNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)59:00Why navies might hide a failed warshipNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?31:09A French fleet acting as one forceChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 220:11How a British monarch exercises informal powerQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:57:26The worst Axis errors belonged to governments, not uniquely foolish naviesQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments18:10Beatty, foresight, and the politics of naval preparationQ&A
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:15:44An ambassador gives Raven discretion to recover stranded diplomatsNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again2:28:17A captain needs political authority before intervening ashoreNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again2:32:40Why a starship captain leaves the bridge to serve as diplomatNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194219:05Canadian naval public identity and recruitmentChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19412:56Political restraint limited Norwegian naval participationNotable Point
- Algerie (1932): Marine National24:03Industrial strength could not substitute for coherent national willChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:05:56Cervera objects to a mission his squadron cannot sustainChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:10:43Cervera's dress-uniform address before the breakoutNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:15:27Why Cervera obeyed a fatal breakout orderQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina1:47Mussolini, naval factions, and divided controlNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina4:06How Mussolini bought cooperation from military elitesChapter
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina16:12Washington Treaty equality fed Italy's military backlashNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina20:22Italy's real leverage hid weak command institutionsNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina47:17Later Condottieri join political naming to better armorChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine15:40The military establishment behind Fascist ItalyChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:18:59Mussolini combined service ministries without creating joint commandNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:01:49The Cadorna class turns rehabilitation into procurementChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:38:39The Duke of Abruzzi links royalty, naval command, diplomacy, and industryNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)0:45Why French cruiser policy pulled in three directionsChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)22:54Naval chiefs faced a revived Jeune EcoleChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)27:02Thirty cabinets kept naval policy in motionChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)47:07Japan exposed France's Asian imperial flankChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)58:06Land-front dilemmas kept the navy a secondary priorityChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)51:40How political turnover disrupted French naval policyChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:47:35How Japan's armed services could bring down a cabinetChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:58:02How punitive policy toward Weimar Germany could become self-fulfillingChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions47:31Election cycles versus twenty-year defense programsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:12:36The navy's constitutional role in the Glorious RevolutionQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:20:04How blockade trade reduced local resistanceNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:23:25Blockade commerce gave civilians reasons to discourage gunfireNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:34:22How naval professional input declined across the treaty systemNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:50:46Why Starfleet needs a reserve systemNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)2:57:39What Starfleet's ship names say about Federation identityNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)32:03Sveaborg's surrender handed Russia Sweden's critical fleet baseChapter
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol43:34Republican command and Carthaginian constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...54:34First Lord, First Sea Lord, and Admiralty rolesQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:23:55Why stronger carriers would not guarantee strikes on ArgentinaQ&A
- Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)33:23Distance from the capitals widened western operational choicesNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh (Long Patrol)46:30Grant's telegram does not settle the readiness debateNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events10:18Halleck's administrative skill and interference with GrantNotable Point
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events2:34:56Grant compared with Moltke as a strategistQ&A
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)17:43Army dominance constrained Argentina's navyNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#0:56Who failed in the Pearl Harbor chain of command?Chapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#12:37Kimmel's 1915 assignment under Franklin D. RooseveltNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#22:21Richardson's warning about Hawaii as a deterrentChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#43:30The Roberts Commission and the limits of accountabilityChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)52:23Kimmel as Franklin Roosevelt's naval aideChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:30:30Did Richardson's removal make Kimmel less vocal?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:32:46Richardson's warning about civilian leadershipNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:20:01Why Richardson refused Forrestal's inquiryNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:29:54Who owned the decision to support Hawaii?Q&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships29:25From Vedran empire to federal CommonwealthChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:31:25Science fiction as a neutral strategic case studyNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)3:38Twelve centuries of peace and combat readinessNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)5:29How the Navy League explained Royal Navy preparednessQ&A
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)49:42Peace, disarmament, and strategic hubrisNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)23:55Could Japanese civilians and servicemen see defeat coming?Q&A
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:31:23Roman offices and extended military commandsNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:35:05Carthaginian and Roman command incentivesNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:44:41Falto's disputed triumphNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:53:30How Rome and Carthage punished defeated commandersNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)2:06:28How punishment after defeat could encourage defectionNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol36:38Ushakov and Russian naval effectivenessChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol47:28French rule and lost local supportChapter
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)26:01Naval barracks and the politics of serving officersNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)33:53Captain Hall and naval-intelligence scrutiny in ParliamentNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)35:14Parliamentary influence while serving abroadNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)42:14A published letter and naval accountabilityNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:39:10Arthur Wilson, maritime strategy, and Beresford's failed successionNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu1:37:26Almeida delayed succession to destroy the Mamluk fleetChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)39:09Attentive and naval coercion during the Curragh crisisNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol44:21Why the Duma mistrusted military rearmamentNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:12:39Q&A: Was imperial Russia a coordinated modern state?Q&A
- A Book or Two To Review (37): Admirals Oath (Dakotan Confederacy Book 1)0:25Series context and competing commandersChapter
- A Book or Two To Review (37): Admirals Oath (Dakotan Confederacy Book 1)2:17Fleet power and a political choiceNotable Point
- A Book or Two To Review (37): Admirals Oath (Dakotan Confederacy Book 1)5:52Layered worldbuilding and strategic complexityNotable Point
- A Book or Two To Review (37): Admirals Oath (Dakotan Confederacy Book 1)7:34Command after defeatChapter
- A Book or Two To Review (37): Admirals Oath (Dakotan Confederacy Book 1)10:27Communications collapse and civilian blameNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)14:10When governors could call on military powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)37:16Where defence-review committees get their expertiseQ&A
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)1:03:32Britain's army and navy strategies pulled apartNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises2:02:36When deterrent armies create pressure to use themNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?11:06Decisive battle, democracy, and negotiated peaceNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?38:05Imperial defence policy and annual war planningChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov15:14Why strategic theory must escape friendly silosNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov21:52Mahan's audience beyond the NavyNotable Point
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 630:00Why strategists need not serve in uniformChapter
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 634:00Civilian and military strategy must connectChapter
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 635:34Professional silos miss the economic side of warNotable Point
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 6310:12Winning battles without winning the warNotable Point
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 6310:23Strategy as a common languageChapter
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 6313:52Strategic debate builds better thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 63: Trailer1:54Archival research and the higher direction of warChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)28:20Q&A: can theorists lack command experience?Q&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:45:52Q&A: how practitioners can use civilian strategistsQ&A
- Sherman's March to the Sea36:53Sherman and the small professional U.S. ArmyNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea40:46The Grant-Sherman command partnershipNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol10:50The 1914 Army commitment became a warning about strategyNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol8:33Napoleon's naval blind spotNotable Point
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol7:34Tarkin's different methods under army primacyNotable Point
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol21:57Where Fisher and Tarkin diverge on fleet buildingNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign16:06Villeneuve's command nightmareNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:45:41A Tarkin comparison tests Fisher's deterrence modelNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol18:54Robert Blake's authority at seaNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:22:27Alan Brooke's memoir claims need source criticismQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/426:31Shimada, political compliance, and the Tokyo trialQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/437:35Toyoda, Potsdam, and the emperor questionQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:44:12More carriers would not solve Suez's diplomatic defeatQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?54:17The 'sleeping giant' line is fiction, but the warning was realQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:04:13Leadership continuity despite Japanese political violenceQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:12:03Why a Fleet Faction prince was insulated from assassinationNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli6:28Resignation over fleet cuts and opposition to Fascist alignmentNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli8:24Professional leadership versus political admiralsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli10:44Source gaps and the careers of Ducci and ActonNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli25:00Mussolini's navy ministry and admiral oppositionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai8:20A premiership opposed to the Tripartite PactChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai10:15The navy backs Yonai's wartime recallNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P13/14: Mitsumasa Yonai16:22Calling the February 26 uprising an insurrectionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff34:38The promise that no American would reach EuropeNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa3:40Court access and rapid promotionNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa7:47Why Toyoda replaced Oikawa in May 1945Notable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa8:47Conserving the fleet and trying to improve convoysChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa8:59The case for appointing Oikawa earlierNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P10/12: Koshirō Oikawa10:15Army extremism and pressure from junior officersNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P9/14: Shigetarō Shimada9:21Tojo, Shimada, and failed wartime coordinationNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?41:12How Japan's naval chief could bring down a governmentQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:13:56Were German and Japanese naval chiefs surprised by war?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:14:24Why Prince Fushimi could be retired but not controlledQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:22:01Cavagnari answered directly to MussoliniNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:24:55Did imperial princes make Japanese command less meritocratic?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:57:09Shimada helped Tojo concentrate army and navy commandNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:04:06Yonai became prime minister without keeping naval commandNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:14:44Yonai named the February 26 rebels and survivedNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz6:19Political loyalty and the path to naval commandNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz9:31Raeder, Canaris, and a service chief's dutyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (31):2:42The German military as a state within a stateNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (31):3:03The Weimar Navy's dispute over the 1917 mutiniesChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (31):5:47Canaris drawn into Weimar political controversyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano5:52How the naval staff could overpower cabinet ministersChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder4:07The political admiral chosen after a secret rearmament scandalNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder17:09A decade to prepare the KriegsmarineChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder21:49How long tenure made Raeder accountable for the fleetNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:55:27The three skill sets demanded of senior naval leadersNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:25:02Political disasters in naval administrationQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:52:44Hansard, naval resignations, and the fixed budget ceilingChapter
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper25:20Civil-military friction over carrier cancellationNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:02:24Political skill did not make Hitler a sound wartime strategistQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...7:18Mass politics can harden war aimsNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...23:51The Maginot Line depended on Belgium and Allied timingChapter
- Battle of Bull Run: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p1/720:33Political pressure meets the reality of the groundNotable Point
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol17:05Why the Nizam-i Cedid threatened the JanissariesChapter
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol20:35Janissary privilege turns military reform into a wartime coupNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI41:39French chiefs of staff changed faster than their British counterpartsChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:03:45How much blame belonged to the navy rather than politicians?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:45:13Procurement inertia outlasted the dreadnought revolutionNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:48:31Is criticism of French warships merely national bashing?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:32:11Lángara's career exposes Spanish command incentivesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty0:58Beatty and postwar control of naval aviationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191421:06The Royal Navy fought effectively for resources in WhitehallNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:47:17Does authoritarian symbolism explain Imperial military choices?Q&A
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)1:50:14Churchill and George VI cancel out a D-Day gestureNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers18:22Hood survives wartime priorities and Admiralty pressureNotable Point
- Prince Philips Navy44:41Valiant, unrest in Liverpool, and the Invergordon MutinyNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:31:32Beatty's strengths in press relations and politicsQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:35:32Ernest King's senior command required more than a harsh reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:47:58How navies can enable or obstruct a coupQ&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies1:53:12Was Qing army fragmentation deliberate?Q&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies2:37:19Why China could not mobilize its massChapter
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies3:05:25Chiang, Mao, and the politics of unified commandNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi2:00:33Postwar recovery requires political and military institutionsTranscript Excerpt
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi2:06:57A retired commander gives a new staff college continuityNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi4:05:23Science fiction separates strategy from inherited loyaltiesNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA31:39Delegation and severability make the Act hard to disableNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:37:47Manpower constraints behind the naval-only Dardanelles planChapter
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:46:27Kitchener and Churchill brought different command weaknesses to 1915Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from4:26Sea control and command culture in China and JapanNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from32:07Naval planners questioned whether the treaty was practicalNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from38:22Britain needed an integrated defence staffNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s39:13How political priorities weakened deterrent signallingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)19:08French defence legislation and current-term commitmentsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)20:43Could defence constituencies act as a parliamentary bloc?Notable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed4:03Britain's standing-army tradition and the BAOR bargainNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy2:15Patrick Duffy frames NATO as a maritime allianceChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:12:41China's projected unity and internal coercionQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan13:35Patrick Duffy and the anatomy of a serious defence debateNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan48:27Why France left NATO's integrated commandQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:30:44Keith Speed's informed dissent from the Nott ReviewNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:49:22British control of Polaris within NATO strategyQ&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)26:19Was London afraid Cochrane might declare independence?Q&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream27:26Building durable political support for the US NavyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates9:08Why political will can disable sea powerNotable Point
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?2:30:00How an Admiral of the Fleet could advise governmentQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?58:18Four hours of warnings on 7 DecemberChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:11Caspar John makes the case for naval aviationChapter
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection58:04Why Rome's civil and military career balance weakenedQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:55:10Why short Roman commands could still build experienceQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:08:51Experience pathways in Roman military careersNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:13:34Patronage did not remove the need for command experienceNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes6:38Command resolve and Norway's half-hearted mobilizationNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction18:23Cabinet turnover weakened Norwegian defence policyChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction28:09Why Birger Ljungberg was chosen over Otto RugeChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction40:39General Laake and the cost of peacetime defence cutsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:29Charles II and armed-forces readinessQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:31How the Admiralty treated Lloyd's viewsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:15:33Dominion troops, risk, and wartime memoryQ&A
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers3:29Dudley Pound’s health and the burden of wartime commandNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers34:32Churchill's proposal to beach Barham at TripoliNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers34:32Crete and the pressure to risk an understrength carrierChapter
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era40:42Hornby's mission command after the go orderNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:02:00The Alexandria bombardment as a failure of coercionNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:05:44Why Egypt fell between control and autonomyNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:14:49Why a Mediterranean admiral also needed to be a diplomatNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:26:30How London ordered the Algeciras demonstrationQ&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:14:52Why deterrence depends on political decisivenessNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:17:33Do First Sea Lords automatically sit in Parliament?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:03:59Nimitz, MacArthur, and two kinds of wartime politicsNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)35:42William orders de Ruyter to seaNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:20:02Was Yamamoto sent to sea for protection?Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:11:33Demobilising Japanese forces after blockadeNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:13:00Securing government after a Japanese naval defeatQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 420:42Service backgrounds shape operational instinctNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 431:43A Canadian invasion exposes American fault linesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A46:58Why modern US Navy ship names look politicalQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:53Civil-support missions can strengthen the Navy's funding caseNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:40:48Why democratic governments drift from strategy to expediencyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:17Law, naval orders, and Channel enforcementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:29When budget limits shape official defence testimonyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A11:34When a naval reporter knew the fleet better than ministersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:52Why public subscription campaigns for warships fadedQ&A
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.1:12:58Civil, military, and diplomatic voices shaped the crisisNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)1:06:44Gunboat diplomacy fails when both services play bad copNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:42Why extreme options appear in defence reviewsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:22:15Why Army officers may enter politics more often than naval officersQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:25:29Force Z and command fit in the Malaya disasterNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:37:14Reserve ships can protect the active fleet's maintenance cycleNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal21:50Reserves as a civil-military bridgeNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan11:33Give subordinates political cover to defend what they canNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan33:40Political authority separates Keyes from PhillipsNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 312:15Roger Keyes: fertile ideas and uneven executionChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 118:25Caspar John's carrier career and CVA-01 politicsChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 120:49Caspar John on carrier systems and naval aviationNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 123:12Why First and Third Sea Lords need political strategyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A31:07An Army focused on China tries to direct a global warQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A35:00How Japan's service ministers could bring down governmentsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A39:56Why bad information survives in authoritarian commandsNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192122:48How the Japanese Army could bring down a governmentChapter
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192128:20Saionji Kinmochi and the genro's political influenceNotable Point