ABOUT US

The Journal of Military History and Defence Studies is a bi-annual peer-reviewed open access online journal that publishers original research and contributions in military history and defence studies. In addition to publishing work by established authors and scholars, the journal has the particular aim of making available to a wide audience the best work completed by postgraduate students studying within these fields at Maynooth University, the Irish Military College and other similar institutions. The journal also aims to publish special editions that make available original research presented at conferences, research seminars etc. As the title suggests, the journal focuses on military history and defence studies, taking a broad view of these subject areas to include the history of war and of militaries, and also of the impact of these on wider society, in addition to the study of war, strategy, security and military organisation today and into the future.

WHY PUBLISH WITH US

This journal provides the opportunity to publish original research and insight in the fields of military history and defence studies. As an online, open access journal this research is then available to the widest possible audience. Peer review guarantees the quality of work published here, undertaken within an environment that is supportive of new researchers.   

WHO HOLDS THE COPYRIGHT TO THIS WORK

The copyright for any papers published here remains with the authors. The authors grant the Journal of Military History and Defence Studies a non-exclusive licence to publish their papers under a Creative Commons licence.