The Military History Group

04/07/2025

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02/24/2025

Published today: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Soviet-and-Russian-Military-Studies/Hill/p/book/9781032407630

The hardback is absurdly expensive, but the electronic version is affordable.

A preview is available on Google Books.

03/26/2024

Published today in North America:

A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II.The Soviet Navy of…

03/16/2024

A short article on technology and the war in Ukraine from one of our fellows...

//theconversation.com/both-sides-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-are-using-new-and-old-technologies-for-warfare-225451

The Russia-Ukraine war highlights developments in modern warfare, which uses new weaponry alongside traditional methods of fighting.

03/11/2024

The Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary with the Military Museum have been having a series of public talks on key security issues facing Canada. On November 23 2023, I was privilege to have been able to share my thoughts on the changing Nuclear Weapons international security environment. We are seeing a massive modernization of the deterrent forces of all of the major nuclear powers. But even more troubling is the emerging warheads and delivery systems that can be thought of as being war-fighting. So moving forward in an increasingly dangerous international great power system, what does it mean? In an attempt to answer this, my talk was titled "Thinking about the Unthinkable: The Modernization of Nuclear Weapons and their Delivery Systems".

This event was part of the Highlander's Lecture Series.The Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies welcomed Dr. Rob Huebert to the Military Museu...

03/06/2024

The Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies (University of Calgary) will be hosting its 4th public talk at the Calgary Military Museum on March 28, 2024. Dr. Michael Nesbitt - CMSS Fellow and Faculty of Law will talk on "Cyber (in)security and national (in)security: persistent threats and Canada’s response." It is clear to all observers that our states hostile to Canada are increasing their attacks on Canada. Dr. Nesbitt will be discussing what are the nature and magnitude of these threats. He will also be addressing the Canadian response and if it is meeting these growing threats. The event is free and open to all, but we ask that you register at the website listed below. It will be at the Calgary Military Museum and doors open at 6:30 PM MDT March 28.

Join the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies and community at the Highlander’s Lecture Series by Dr. Michael Nesbitt - Law.

03/03/2024

This to remind people that the Canadian Naval Review 2024 Canadian Naval Memorial Trust Essay Competition is open for submissions. The deadline is May 31, 2024. The winning entry will be published and awarded $1,000. Submissions must be no longer than 3000 words and submitted to [email protected]. Topics include but are not limited to: Canadian maritime security; Canadian naval policy; Canadian naval issues; Canadian naval operations; History/historical operations of the Canadian Navy; Global maritime issues (such as piracy, smuggling, fishing, environment); Canadian oceans policy and issues; Arctic maritime issues; and Maritime transport and shipping.

01/15/2024

This is a reminder for anyone wishing to attend that the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies will be hosting its third public talk to be held at the Military Museum on January 25 2024. Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher will be discussing how is Russia is using the digital space to advance its interest. Specifically he will be examining Russian embassies’ conversations migrated from major social media platforms, such as Twitter, to Telegram messaging platform that is used as a tool for information operations in the war in Ukraine. Analyzing Russian embassies’ channels worldwide, this talk will examine how Russia uses Telegram to disseminate its propaganda and promote its interests during the Ukraine war. It is free but you are requested to register.

The University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta, both acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nati...

12/19/2023

The Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies is excited to announce the third public talk to be held at the Military Museum on January 25 2024. Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher will be discussing how is Russia is using the digital space to advance its interest. Specifically he will be examining Russian embassies’ conversations migrated from major social media platforms, such as Twitter, to Telegram messaging platform that is used as a tool for information operations in the war in Ukraine. Analyzing Russian embassies’ channels worldwide, this talk will examine how Russia uses Telegram to disseminate its propaganda and promote its interests during the Ukraine war. It is free but you are requested to register.

The University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta, both acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nati...

09/29/2023

Forthcoming soon - on Thursday 26 October:

09/25/2023

For U of C faculty and grad students - later this week...