Episode description: What happens when an army built for the past has to face an uncertain future?
In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps sits down with Ben Barry – Senior Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of The Rise and Fall of the British Army, 1975–2025 – for a sweeping conversation charting five turbulent decades of British military history.
From Cold War tank battles and the Falklands to Iraq, Afghanistan and the modern NATO front line, they trace how the British Army has evolved, adapted, and in some ways, struggled to keep pace with the world it’s meant to protect against.
About the podcast: Facing Coming Storms is the new international defence podcast from the British Army’s Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research and the Project for the Study of the 21st Century. From confrontation to conflict, join us each Monday for insightful discussions, conversations and expert analysis. Facing Coming Storms is produced by Urban Podcasts.
