S1E20 Stuart Mitchell - Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

Dr Stuart Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He earned a BA in Journalism and Contemporary History from Queen Mary University of London in 2006. He then earned an MA in the History of Warfare at King’s College, London in 2007 and went on to complete his PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2014. Stuart specializes in the history of the British Army during the First World War and is now looking at the development of insurgencies and counterinsurgency practices. His book first book, titled Counterinsurgency: Theory and Reality (Casemate 2021), was co-authored with Daniel Whittingham. Stuart also has a collection of essays titled A Military Transformed? Adaptation and Innovation in the British Military, 1792-1945, which he co-edited with Michael LoCicero and Ross Mahoney, and has published several articles and essay, as one would expect from Sandhurst senior lecturer!

Stuart is a frequent lecturer around the UK and in Europe, including talks at the Portuguese Defence Academy and Uzbekistan’s National Defense Academy. Along with Friend-of-the Pod Jonathan Boff, Stuart was heavily involved in Operation Reflect, the British Army’s commemoration of the centenary of the First World War, supporting all three major battlefield studies in 2014, 2016, and 2018, putting to use his extensive experience supporting civilian and military tours across the Western Front and Normandy battlefields. Stuart was also a member of the editorial team that founded the British Journal of Military History, the first open-access journal specializing in war studies in the UK.

Growing up in Staffordshire just outside of Birmingham, Stuart spent his first six months of life living above a pub! And, he still knows how to pull a pint. A long-time Aston Villa supporter, Stuart can be found in the supporter stands at Villa Park on Trinity Road in Birmingham. Follow Stuart on Twitter @SBTMitchell - good stuff! Recently on a Fleetwood Mac kick, Stuart also is a cat person (next cat name - Cat Von Clawswitz!) - we accept him thusly and hope you enjoy Stuart Mitchell!

Rec. 02/09/2022