The project was inspired by the late Paddy Griffith Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before becoming a full - time author and freelance historian and lecturer in the early 1990s .
The late Paddy Griffith is a professional military historian on the staff of the Department of War Studies .
The project was inspired by the late Paddy Griffith , a professional military historian on the staff of the Department of War Studies , Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before becoming a full - time author and freelance historian and lecturer in the early 1990s .