Edward Hampshire is an historian at the Naval Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence; he is also a member of the Naval Staff’s analytical ‘Red Team’. Previously he has lectured at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He also worked for ten years at the National Archives. He has a doctorate and master’s degree in War Studies from King’s College, London, and a bachelor’s degree from Magdalen College, Oxford.