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Why al-Qa'eda is winning 

Correlli Barnett says that the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq serve as object lessons in how not to conduct an anti-terrorist campaign Last...

UP TO HIS NECK IN IT; In the week of the Hutton inquiry, a leading historian argues that Tony Blair corrupted our democracy by secretly committing the country to war in Iraq long before consulting Parliament or the people 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

THE foundation stone of British democracy lies in honesty and openness on the part of elected government in...

What IS it with our actor Prime Minister? A devastating analysis of the Blairs by a leading military historian 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

By Correlli Barnett

THIS week, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the...

A lovely war? Critic's choice MUD, BLOOD AND POPPYCOCK: Britain And The First World War by Gordon Corrigan 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

TODAY, the study of World War I ('The Great War') and the Western Front forms part of the National...

For what cause did these men die then, Mr Blair? 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

THIS week, in an extraordinary conjunction of events, we have seen Alastair Campbell before the Commons...

Let's not fool ourselves - it's far from over 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

SEVEN months ago, when Bush's Washington was just beginning to stoke up the Iraq crisis in preparation for...

UNDER FIRE; Has Mr Blair ANY arguments left which will persuade the British people to go to war? 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

THE Prime Minister will today issue a new statement of his policy on the Iraq crisis, no doubt reiterating...

No wonder Blair looks bug-eyed and anxious; COMMENTARY 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

COLIN POWELL, symbol of reason and moderation in an American administration dominated by religious zealots,...

INTO THE UNKNOWN; Anything could happen in a war against Iraq, even an all-consuming conflagration. That is the terrifying lesson of history. So why does 'President' Blair still refuse to heed it? SATURDAY ESSAY 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

WITH the news that a Royal Navy taskforce led by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (and to include a hospital...

An evil, chillingly ruthless war criminal willing to see millions of innocent civilians massacred in his masterplan for Europe. Hitler? No - Churchill, as portrayed in a new German book. This dangerous rewriting of history must not be allowed to go unchal 

Byline: CORRELLI BARNETT

TOO MANY of our politicians and historians love to moralise retrospectively about what they regard as...