About Christopher Millington

I'm a historian of terrorism and political violence, working at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK, where I'm also head of the Histories and Cultures of Conflict research group. I've published seven books on these, and related, topics, and I teach courses on them too. I'm interested in doing podcasts on books that deal with the history of terrorism in particular.

NBN Episodes hosted by Christopher:

Jacob Hagstrom, "Asymmetric Warfare: Politics and Cultures of Violence in the Modern Era" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 18, 2026

Asymmetric Warfare

Jacob Hagstrom

The forces that fight asymmetric wars are so distinct that one side avoids direct military confrontation in favor of political, social, or otherwise u…