Sandhurst Trust Members are invited to attend a Dept of War Studies talk to be held on Thursday 18th November in the RMAS Central Library.

Subject: Seeking Success and Confronting Failure: The British Army’s campaigns in Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1919 to 2007
Speaker: Professor Geoff Sloan 
Biography: Geoffrey Sloan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. Formerly, Head of the Strategic Studies and International Affairs Department at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis and a Defence Fellow at St Antony’s College Oxford. He has published three books of Geopolitics. His latest book titled Geopolitics, Geography and Strategic History was published by Routledge in March 2017. It won the Stratfor Prize for Geopolitical analysis in October 2017.

Programme
18:00 -  Arrival and parking
18:10 - 19:30 Talk in RMAS Central Libary
19:30 - Guests depart 

Tickets
There is no charge for tickets, members are welcome to bring a guest. Ticket allocation will close at 23:59 on Tuesday 17th November 2026.

Dress
RMAS appropriate

Are there ID requirements to enter the event?
Entry will be via Staff College Gate only, based on a nominal roll provided by the Trust, we will not be sending out hard copy tickets.You will need to bring photographic ID with you such as driving licence or passport. If you are being driven by someone not attending the event we will need to know the name of your driver in advance so that their name can be added to the nominal roll at the gate, they too will require photo ID

Taxis
If you are travelling by taxi please use one of the taxi companies listed below as they have security cleared drivers. All other taxis will be required to drop you at the gate. You are strongly advised to book in advance as there are only a limited number of security cleared drivers in each company.
Forces Cars 07739 507577 or 01276 22444 (operates from within RMAS)
Academy Cars 01276 686667
Ambassador Cars 01276 28000
A2B Taxis 01276 64488
B&K Taxis 07866 126621
Five Sixes Taxis 01276 66666

Parking
Parking will be in Old College HQ Car Park (right hand end of Old College as you face it, behind a wall).