My articles have appeared in leading journals in aviation history, military history, transport history and the history of technology. Although they cover subjects from the First World War to the Cold War, they share a common interest in the relationship between technology, public policy and military strategy.
Articles are grouped by subject area rather than publication date.
BRITISH AVIATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The RAF 3a: Britain’s Unloved V12
Cross & Cockade International, Volume 46 No. 4, (Winter 2025)
How organisational instability and policy decisions delayed Britain’s first high-powered V12 aero-engine.
William Weir: Architect of Air Power? The First World War Chapter
International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, (July 2023)
DOI: 10.1080/17581206.2023.2237080
A reassessment of William Weir’s wartime contribution, questioning the traditional interpretation of Britain’s aircraft production miracle.
A Gentlemen’s Club in the Clouds: Re-assessing the Empire Air Mail Scheme, 1933–39
Journal of Transport History, Volume 28 No. 1, (2007)
DOI: 10.7227/TJTH.28.1.6
A study showing how flawed planning assumptions undermined Britain’s flagship imperial air transport project.
MILITARY HISTORY
The British Campaign in Greece 1941: Assumptions about the Operational Art and Their Influence on Strategy
Journal of Military History, Volume 76 No. 3, (July 2012)
A reinterpretation of Britain’s intervention in Greece, arguing that doctrinal assumptions about armoured warfare shaped strategic decision-making.
PUBLIC POLICY
Servants of the National Interest? Conservatives and Aviation Policy-making in the 1930s
Australian Historical Studies, Volume 38 No. 129, (2007)
DOI: 10.1080/10314610708601231
An examination of how imperial politics influenced Australian aviation policy during the inter-war period.