that leaders failed to restrain. Prudence demands not only inquiry into motive, but a determination to prevent repetition — for the smallest incident may light the fuse of a greater conflagration.

In war, the line between accident and intention is perilously thin. What matters less is whether Poland was the specific aim, and more that its frontier has now been pierced. History shows that wars have widened not by design alone, but by the chain of unintended provocations...

When a civilization moves towards decline, society at times fails to embrace the path of true reformation; instead, it chooses courses that are abortive or misguided.

Requiescat in pace, Brian James Bond. You made the past speak. You made it matter. And you made it human. A few years ago, I read a reference to him in the memoir of a soldier from the 1/8 Punjab Regiment. That was the moment I realized that Bond was not only a figure in the

His knowledge was not confined to libraries — it echoed in the hearts and minds of those who wore khaki uniforms. But his true education took place on the intellectual frontlines, where books and the battlefield engaged in profound dialogue.

History is the story of civilizations, not nations. Breakdown occurs not by external invasion but through internal decay—especially the failure of moral and spiritual values.

Born on 17 April 1936 in the small town of Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, Bond spent his childhood in a home where his father worked as a gardener —a home owned by the great military historian, Captain Basil Liddell Hart. Hart recognized in the young Bond an exceptional interest in

His scholarly contributions were not merely a list of books, but rather an intellectual inquiry into history and the military instincts of humanity. His work Liddell Hart: A Study of His Military Thought is a deeply perceptive analysis that reveals not only military theories but

Massé, C. H., Lt-Col. The Predecessors of the Royal Army Service Corps, 1757–1888. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1948.

WAIT FOR THE WAGGON The Story of the Royal Corps of Transport and its Predecessors 1794–1993

A. Forbes, The History of the Army Ordnance Services, vol. II (London: The Medici Society Ltd., 1929)

History is a vision, not merely a record. It is not the past, but a pattern we construct about the past. Lawford, Lt. Col. J. P., and Catto, Maj. W. E. Solah Punjab: The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1967.

62nd Punjabis at Ismailia, Egypt, 1914 — A moment in empire and war.Pictured on the eve of the Great War’s desert campaigns, the men of the 62nd Punjabis stand in formation at Ismailia. On the far right is Captain Claude Auchinleck, then a young officer of promise — later to beco

D. J. Sutton. The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Corps of Transport, 1945–1982. London: Leo Cooper in association with Secker & Warburg, 1983.

D. J. Sutton. The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Corps of Transport, 1945–1982. London: Leo Cooper in association with Secker & Warburg, 1983.

D. J. Sutton. The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Corps of Transport, 1945–1982. London: Leo Cooper in association with Secker & Warburg, 1983. This volume traces the evolution, service, and global reach of the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Corps of T

Go, lovely Rose! Tell her that wastes her time and mine, The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair

The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

Harding, David. Small Arms of the East India Company, 1600–1856. 4 vols. London: Foresight Books, 1997.

But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near: And yonder all before us lye Deserts of vast Eternity.

The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 The Battle of Imphal-Kohima March - July 1944: Men of the West Yorkshire Regiment and 10th Gurkha Rifles advance along the Imphal-Kohima road behind Lee-Grant tanks

British infantry advance near Ginchy.

The Medical Officer (of the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 12th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (92nd Brigade, 31st Division)) bandaging the face wound of a man of his battalion in the line in the Arleux sector near Roclincourt[Arras], 9 January 1918.

Stansfield, Stewart. Early Modern Systems of Command: Queen Anne's Generals, Staff Officers and the Direction of Allied Warfare in the Low Countries and Germany, 1702–1711. Solihull: Helion & Company, 2016.

Stansfield, Stewart. Early Modern Systems of Command: Queen Anne's Generals, Staff Officers and the Direction of Allied Warfare in the Low Countries and Germany, 1702–1711. Solihull: Helion & Company, 2016.

Harding, David. Small Arms of the East India Company, 1600–1856. 4 vols. London: Foresight Books, 1997.

Harding, David. Small Arms of the East India Company, 1600–1856. 4 vols. London: Foresight Books, 1997.

A Military History of Scotland, by Edward Spiers, Jeremy Crang & Matthew Strickland. (2012)

Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815, Volume II by John Hussey. (2017)

The Afghan War : Cabul expeditionary force on the march : Quarter Guard of the 3rd Goorkhas.

The British Army 1783-1815, by Kevin Linch.

Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice of the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century, by William Philpott.(2009)

Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice of the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century, by William Philpott.(2009)

Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice of the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century, by William Philpott.(2009)

Douglas Haig and the First World War, by J. P. Harris. (2008)

Douglas Haig and the First World War, by J. P. Harris. (2008)

Douglas Haig and the First World War, by J. P. Harris. (2008)

Childs, John. The British Army of William III. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987.

Childs, John. The British Army of William III. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987.

History is the story of civilizations, not nations. The West is no longer challenged by a rival—it is challenged by its own soul.The crisis of our age is not political or economic—it is spiritual.

British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914–1919, by Ian Malcolm Brown. (1998)