Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. This blog has been created by Dr David Betz as a place where faculty and research students of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London to post their thoughts about War and the World. At the moment its principal contributors are me and Professor Theo Farrell who will no doubt descend from his ivory tower soon to share his wisdom. Others, including some members of our sister department, the Department of Defence Studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, may also join us.
A main aim of this blog is to have a space in which students of the Department, particularly our on-line students in MA War in the Modern World, can engage in debate and conversation in a freer, less formal setting. The topics we cover are all war-related (more or less, with a few exceptions) but beyond that there’s not much to be said about what you’ll find here.
At present, we’ve nothing so grand as an editorial policy but we do have some rules.
- Be sensible.
- Be polite.
Umm, that’s it.
You may be interested in looking at the predecessors of this blog: My own OP Betz and Prof Farrell’s Virtually Theo. These blogs are now defunct but may be of historical interest… or not.
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Commenting on one’s own posts is naff in the extreme. Alas, I can’t help myself I am first poster and first commenter, my name will live on forever. Ozymandias am I!
Welcome to the hyperblagz. Found this from MountainRunner. Let’s see if this blog can stand up to my own academic program’s blog, Hoyapolitik (http://www.hoyapolitik.com/wordpress/). Let the competition commence!
Just when you think you’ve escaped…they pull you back in!
Hello Adrian, thanks for the link. You’ve got a great site at Georgetown. Challenge accepted!
David, Theo
Excellent idea of yours to concentrate effort in one blog; I have enjoyed contributing (in my own special way) to both of your blogs in the past and look forward to doing so in due course.
Thanks. Your efforts in making our subject accessible go beyond mere obligation and adds enduring value for all. I raise my polystyrene tea cup to you both.
I like the blog’s title by the way. Clever. However, I can’t help thinking that something like ‘Enthusiastic Observers of…’, or similar, might be more accurate! ;-)
Nick (at the sharp end)
Hello,
I am frequent reader of your blog, but I don’t know if you take external conributions. Well, I am sending you the link to my article on “Indian Foreign policy and Regional influence”. If you find it interesting you can add it to your blog or put the link.
The link is: http://strategicbriefings.blogspot.com/2010/03/indian-foreign-policy.html
Thanks in advance,
regards,
Chacko
Ulysses Grant is not the best nom de guerre for a category on American Grand Strategy. The U.S. has had so many other worthy Generals-cum-Presidents: Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Eisenhower. (*Eisenhower!) I believe there were 12 in all. Then there are the several Secretaries of State or lone CIA Director-turned President to choose from. All involved in US Grand Strategy. But you choose Grant, who presided over arguably the most corrupt Presidency in U.S. history? Come on, cut your cousins across The Pond some slack and pick again. To put it in British…”I beseech Thee.”
A very clever website and good writing. As a visual artist painting these themes the last 3 years, it’s very nice to have some perspectives confirmed in text. Thank you. Carl Gopal