Which historical figure would you be? I bet you’ve pondered that yourself. Would you be Alexander the Great marching across the Turkish plains, or Napoleon ascending to power through the sheer strength of his leadership and acumen? Would you be quiet and contemplative like Wilfred Owen, or the loud and bombastic General Patton? Well we… Read More »We Asked the Authors: Which Historical Figure Would You Be?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about China’s methods of dealing with Islamic terrorism. In the Western media the topic of terrorism is always linked to the Middle East, rarely is the word “Terror” associated with China. A recent news report by the… Read More »China’s War on Terror
To celebrate the release of Three in Thirteen by Roger Dunsford and Geoff Coughlin, we want to find out how much you know about the de Havilland Mosquito, the plane often referred to as the most versatile warplane ever built.
Today, private or state-owned corporations and agencies from China are active in every corner of the globe, from Afghanistan in the east to Zimbabwe in Africa stretching to Colombia and Brazil in South America. The security of Chinese citizens abroad is increasingly a national security issue for China. This was best demonstrated by the evacuation… Read More »China’s Secretive Private Military Contractors
Today is International Women’s Day and here at Casemate we’re celebrating by reminding ourselves of some of the most fascinating women in history who you might not have heard of. There are snipers, spies, distillers, sports pioneers and even somebody committed of treason! Lyudmila Pavlichenko “The Deadly Woman Sniper” Lyudmila Pavlichenko was the most successful woman… Read More »5 Women Who Shaped History
Geoff Coughlin, the author of Three in Thirteen, talks you through his exciting new book about a Mosquito night fighter ace.
Here we reveal one of the often hidden experiences of war revealed by William Earl in his honest memoir ‘Blood and Bandages’. We have a very nostalgic view of wartime relationships. We think of the heartwarming love letters from a guy to his gal, with his thoughts of her waiting at home in Blighty to keep his spirits high.… Read More »Sex and Soldiering
Roger Dunsford, the author of Three in Thirteen, explains how it wasn’t just the brave pilots who saved us during the Battle of Britain, but the scientists and engineers who worked out how to combat night raids using radar technology. On the dark murky night of Sunday the 19th of March 1944, a 25 Squadron Mosquito… Read More »How Onboard Radar Technology Beat the Germans
Benjamin Lai is an expert on modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. Here, he talks about why China continue to tolerate North Korea’s aggression. On 11th February 2017, just as Donald Trump was entertaining Prime-Minister Abe of Japan with a round of golf, North Korea launched another ballistic missile as a means of… Read More »Why Won’t China Stop North Korea?
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