War Stats Do Not Measure Up: Exploring the limits of knowledge with military casualty statistics in Ukraine and other wars, and what we can do to manage uncertainty

Authored by Ben Connable, this monograph is about the use and misuse of quantification in war, and uses a widely referenced statistic about drone-inflicted military casualties in the Ukraine War to demonstrate the need for a more effective approach to modern war analysis. To download a PDF copy, click here.

Battle Studies: The need for primary source research

Authored by the Battle Research Group's Ben Connable and James Sladden and originally published in September 2022, this paper explores why timely fieldwork, interviews and contemporary on-the-ground analysis are imperative to accurately filling the blank pages of conflict histories. To download a PDF copy, click here.