Saul David
Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham
4 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Clausewitz and On War
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss On War, the 19th-century treatise on the theory of warfare by the Prussian soldier Carl von Clausewitz.
17 May 2012
Also featuring: Hew Strachan, Beatrice Heuser
Custer's Last Stand
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, the bloody 1876 battle between Native Americans and the US Cavalry.
19 May 2011
Also featuring: Kathleen Burk, Adam Smith
The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation
Melvyn Bragg and guests Saul David, Shula Marks and Saul Dubow discuss the rise and fall of the Zulu Nation.
15 April 2010
Also featuring: Saul Dubow, Shula Marks
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade and its iconic status in the British historical imagination.
10 January 2008
Also featuring: Mike Broers, Trudi Tate