How to Go to War

How to keep an army fed and housed. Disease has killed more men than any other enemy. Saul sees how amazingly similar today’s Camp Bastion in Afghanistan is to Roman military bases in England, and discovers how the introduction of canned food changed everything. From dysentery in medieval Agincourt to the hideous tropical illnesses of the 19th century, Saul comes face to face with the physical and psychological devastation that disease can wreak.

How generals have struggled to kit out their armies for battle, and to pay for it. So you’ve made it there and stayed healthy long enough to fight. Now it’s time to do battle. This is the story of the development of the professional soldier, clothed and kitted with the latest technology. Saul sees how battlefield medicine works and experiences the brutality of a speed amuputation. Finally, he reveals how logistics continues after the fighting is over – bringing men back home, and clearing up the enormous global mess that war can make.