Allan Mallinson: The Shape of Battle

<div>My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian, novelist and former Army officer Allan Mallinson. He introduces his new book <em>The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand, </em>and<em> </em>tells me why everyone should take an interest in warfare - as being the most complex of all human interactions; whether war is always “hell” for everyone involved; and how while the technology may change, the essentials remain the same.</div>