**This programme engages with the newest military history research, addressing conflict, communities and identities to take military history beyond ’great men, great horses, great battles’.**<br/><br/>**Why study BA History with Military History**<br/>- Our military history places armed forces in broad contexts, examining how they are influenced by the societies from which they are drawn, and how they have influenced those societies.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll gain an understanding of the politics of the military, analysing the causes for which people fight and the interplay between national identities and the military.<br/><br/><br/>- Gender, (homo)sexuality, race, non-combatants and ‘home fronts’ all figure here, considering how studying military history in its broadest and interdisciplinary sense can contribute towards equality, diversity and social justice.<br/><br/><br/>- National armies are still part of our approach to military history, but so too are those labelled ‘freedom fighters’ by some or ‘terrorists’ by others.<br/><br/><br/>- Our military history analyses militaries in a broad sense, including those who took part in revolutions through arms, and those who resisted occupations and conquest by military means.<br/><br/><br/>- You can still study aspects of national armies, world wars and major battles.<br/><br/><br/>- Our cutting-edge approach to the discipline also means expanding the way you think about militaries and make links between military history and politics, society, gender, race and culture.<br/><br/><br/>- Youll learn from experts in a Department that has been rated top 20 in the UK for quality of teaching in History (Guardian University League Table 2023).<br/>