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Soldier amnesty plans pose grave challenges to human rights – and set the stage for a future showdown with the European Court of Human Rights.
In the UK, it's possible to join the army as a soldier at the age of 16, with parental permission. Is it right?
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant military experience.
Simulating real-life disaster situations helps students develop physical and emotional resilience and leadership skills.
From the Swiss border to the English channel, a scholar describes his pilgrimage of the Western Front as a tribute to fallen soldiers and to learn more about the devastating loss of life.
More than 16 million people lost their lives in world war one. Over a century later, we are still asking – for what?
An analysis of obituaries for Islamic State and Australian soldiers shows some alarming similarities, not the least of which is the idea that their deaths should be given meaning by further conflict.
Men have come to dominate military combat but new evidence suggests this might be more an accident than an inevitability of evolution.
South African soldiers reported that environmental education and training programmes instilled environmentally friendly behaviour in them.
With many men 'missing' from the population in the aftermath of the 1918 flu, women stepped into public roles that hadn't previously been open to them.
Soldiers can now be more than just the best to join the British Army.
The new series will bring several strong women into conflict with each other – just like the Wars of the Roses.
It's time to challenge the misconceptions plaguing veterans.
A new study has found returned service people who underwent mindfulness-based therapies had a sharper short-term decline in PTSD symptoms than those undergoing other conventional therapies.
The appalling conditions at Gallipoli indicate the wholly inadequate planning and response of the British and Allied military authorities to basic human needs.
It’s no secret that yoga can aid mental well-being. What is more, it can help soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress…
The volunteer is at the heart of British perceptions of the World War I. We are all familiar with images of young men leaving home, standing in long queues at recruiting stations, and being examined by…
When Britain declared war on Germany on August 4 1914, there had been a very long period of relative peace in Europe, stretching almost a century from the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815. There were…
Despite prolonged combat missions and a bigger than expected death toll in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers are…
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