Review of A.J. Munoz, The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 (2018)
(2023)
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Searle, D. (2023). Review of A.J. Munoz, The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941-1944 (2018)
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Review of L. Paterson, Fallschirm Panzer Division ‘Hermann Göring’: A History of the Luftwaffe’s Only Armoured Division, 1939-1945 (2021) (2023)
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Searle, D. (2023). Review of L. Paterson, Fallschirm Panzer Division ‘Hermann Göring’: A History of the Luftwaffe’s Only Armoured Division, 1939-1945 (2021). Journal of Military History, 87(2), 518-520Book review
Queen Elizabeth II's soft power and Britain's place in a post-Elizabethan Age (2022)
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Cook, R. J., & Searle, D. (2022). Queen Elizabeth II's soft power and Britain's place in a post-Elizabethan Age. e-International relations,
Von Manteuffel. Un general más allá de la guerra (2022)
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Searle, D. (2022). Von Manteuffel. Un general más allá de la guerra. Desperta ferro. Especial, 6(32), 12-15Like so many other prominent commanders of Panzer divisions, von Manteuffel gained his first military experience in the Great War, only to be accepted later in 1919 into the Reichswehr, where Heinz Guderian appreciated his talents as a commander in t... Read More about Von Manteuffel. Un general más allá de la guerra.
Review of Anthony J. Candil, Tank Combat in Spain: Armored Warfare during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (April 2021) (2021)
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Searle, D. (2021). Review of Anthony J. Candil, Tank Combat in Spain: Armored Warfare during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (April 2021). History: Reviews of New Books, 49(6), 144-146
Tiger II : el coloso (2021)
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Searle, D. (2021). Tiger II : el coloso. Desperta ferro. Especial, 5(28), 6-13El Tiger II fue, en muchos aspectos, el carro de combate pesado definitivo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Alcanzaba los 54 500 kg sin la torreta y unos apabullantes 69 800 kg con la Serien Turm –La torreta básica del modelo–. Con una coraza delantera... Read More about Tiger II : el coloso.
An armistice without peace? The 'failed' Versailles settlement in Europe, 1919-1923 (2021)
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Searle, D. (2021). An armistice without peace? The 'failed' Versailles settlement in Europe, 1919-1923. Historisches Jahrbuch, 141, 188-222
Los funnies de Hobart (2021)
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Searle, D. (2021). Los funnies de Hobart. Desperta ferro. Contemporánea, 62-65
“Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842) (2020)
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Searle, D., & Zhang, Y. (2020). “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842). Journal of Modern Chinese History, 14(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535654.2020.1759307One of the more curious aspects of the First Opium War was the circulation of two claims about British soldiers among Chinese officials, instigated by Commissioner Lin Zexu: their uniforms were so tight, if they were to stumble they would not be able... Read More about “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842).
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (2020)
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Searle, D. (2020). Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. Desperta ferro. Especial, 4(XXIV), 20-27
Warfare 1914-1918 (Great Britain and Ireland) (2019)
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Searle, D. (2019). Warfare 1914-1918 (Great Britain and Ireland). https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11374
War elephants and early tanks : a transepochal comparison of ancient and modern warfare (2018)
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Searle, D. (2018). War elephants and early tanks : a transepochal comparison of ancient and modern warfare. Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 77(1), 37-77. https://doi.org/10.1515/mgzs-2018-0002Although scholars have in the past dismissed the claim that war elephants were the »tanks of the ancient world«, a closer examination of the similarities between the two weapons reveals some remarkable parallels. In fact, a comparison shows that many... Read More about War elephants and early tanks : a transepochal comparison of ancient and modern warfare.
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir (2016)
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Searle, D. (2016). Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir. https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11008B.H. Liddell Hart served as a British infantry officer on the Western Front in 1915 and 1916 until he was gassed during the Somme Offensive. He is best known for his military historical and theoretical writing which contributed to a more critical eva... Read More about Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir.
J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945 (2015)
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Searle, D. (2015). J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945. Global war studies (Online), 12(3), 46-81. https://doi.org/10.5893/19498489.120302It is generally well known that Major-General J.F.C. Fuller was a strong critic of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's grand strategy and strategic decision-making during the Second World War. Historian's of Fuller's life, military theories an... Read More about J.F.C. Fuller's assessment of Winston Churchill as grand strategist, 1939-1945.
Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939 (2014)
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Searle, D. (2014). Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939. War in History, 21(1), 4-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344513505523In the literature on the emergence of the principles of war in British military thought there has been a failure to examine the reaction of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to the appearance of the first list of principles in the army's 1920 Fi... Read More about Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939.
A dynamic and expanding discipline? new trends in German military history (2013)
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Searle, D. (2013). A dynamic and expanding discipline? new trends in German military history. German History, 31(1), 86-108. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs125
Internecine secret service wars revisited: The intelligence career of Count Gerhard von Schwerin, 1945-1956 (2012)
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Searle, D. (2012). Internecine secret service wars revisited: The intelligence career of Count Gerhard von Schwerin, 1945-1956. Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen, 71(1), 25-55
Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943 (2009)
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Searle, D. (2009). Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943. Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 68(2), 321-344. https://doi.org/10.1524/mgzs.2009.0011The recent historical interest in the analysis of the lessons of the Spanish Civil War by the European powers has tended to focus very strongly on the tactical experiences and the study of new military technology. This has led to the implied assumpti... Read More about Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943.
Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany (2007)
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Searle, D. (2007). Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany. European Political Science, 6(3), 322-331. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210146Comparing educational experience, culture and academic practice within Europe can often be an interesting and rewarding exercise. The observations in this article are based on the author’s experience of six and half years’ teaching at two universi... Read More about Teaching in Europe: a comparison of university classroom experience in Britain and Germany.
The Tolsdorff trials in Traunstein: public and judicial attitudes to the Wehrmacht in the Federal Republic, 1954-60 (2005)
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Searle, D. (2005). The Tolsdorff trials in Traunstein: public and judicial attitudes to the Wehrmacht in the Federal Republic, 1954-60. German History, 23(1), 50-78. https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355405gh328oaThis article uses the prosecution of former Generalleutnant Theodor Tolsdorff before the Landgericht Traunstein on three separate occasions (June 1954, September 1958 and May/June 1960) as a means of examining both press and judicial attitudes towar... Read More about The Tolsdorff trials in Traunstein: public and judicial attitudes to the Wehrmacht in the Federal Republic, 1954-60.