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List of interviews
- Interview (2012a, May) with senior British Royal Naval officer, London.
- Interview (2012b, July) with British Royal Naval submarine commander, rtd, London.
- Interview (2014a, March) with senior Royal Air Force officer, rtd, Oakham.
- Interview (2014b, May) with officers of the British Defence Staff in Washington DC.
- Interview (2014c, May) with Royal Naval officer, Washington DC.
- Interview (2014d, May) conducted with former officers at the US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
- Interview (2014e, June) with senior British Army officer, rtd, London.
- Interview (2015a, March) with senior British Army officer, rtd, London.
- Interview (2015b, April) with senior British Army officer, rtd, London.
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