by Jim Orford | Feb 16, 2026 | War
The news has been full of the Munich Security Council meeting currently taking place. The talk is of increased military spending and war-readiness. Based on what I discovered when researching for my book On the Warpath: The Psychology of Public Support for Armed...
by Jim Orford | Jan 8, 2026 | War
As a Brit in his 80s I have largely lived in peace all my life. Amongst my conclusions after researching for my 2024 book On the Warpath, was that support for war is increased by believing that we live in a dangerous, threatening world, and by increased spending on...
by Jim Orford | Jun 6, 2025 | War
I took part in a Q & A about my book On the...
by Jim Orford | Nov 13, 2024 | War
I wear the red poppy, as others do, to remember and honour those who died serving their country during wars. It is personal to me as well, not because a close relative died, but because my father, and my uncles, his two brothers, served in the second World War, so I...
by Jim Orford | Jun 10, 2024 | War
The path to war is littered with opportunities to turn back or to carry on yet faster towards the outbreak of war. Conflict can easily spiral out of control. There are very worrying signs just now that the UK and its allies are contributing to possible escalation of...
by Jim Orford | Jun 10, 2024 | War
Have you seen the recent film Civil War? It is certainly gripping and a good story centred around a group of press people. But from a war point of view, I did have misgivings. It is not a pacifist film for sure. The images of death and destruction being inflicted by...
