Award-Winning Military Historian, Corporate Mentor and Strategy Consultant
Dear readers, I realise it has been a couple of months since I last placed a post on my website. Since the beginning of 2018, however, a lot of exciting news has accumulated, so please read on… First, there is… Continue reading "‘An Exceptionally Good Work of History’: Latest Reviews and News – 25 February 2018"
Major General Mungo Melvin CB OBE was born in Edinburgh in 1955 and educated at Daniel Stewart’s College. Joining the British Army in 1974, following two years at the Army’s Sixth Form College (Welbeck), he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers… Continue reading "About"
The final month of the year, during which I gave two important talks, proved a great finale for Sevastopol’s Wars in 2017 – the very positive feedback from both events was highly encouraging. As a bonus, good numbers of books… Continue reading "Understanding what motivates the Russian Bear: Final Talks, Testimonials and Reviews of Sevastopol’s Wars in 2017 – 23 December 2017"
November 2017 proved a rich month for reviews of Sevastopol’s Wars. The first to appear was a review in the Autumn edition of the Forces Pension Society bi-annual magazine, the Pennant. The reviewer praises ‘this magnificent history’, and highlights its… Continue reading "Round-Up of Recent Book Reviews – 2 December 2017"