The anthology is dedicated to the legacy of the late Colonel David Benest OBE, a Falklands and Northern Ireland veteran, as well as a soldier-scholar. Benest stressed the importance of an ethical foundation for the military profession but also criticized the military institutional and cultural implementation of the ethical foundation in practice. This perspective serves as the pervasive framework of the anthology. It is a fundamental ethical critique of British military institutional practice, in historical as well as contemporary cases. The topics range from a discussion of the ethical concept of  ’virtuous consequentialism’, via institutional accountability and responsibility, to ethics in the reality of combat, as well as military myths and memory. In my opinion, the most interesting and challenging question is about accountability and responsibility in the military. Is the reality that there is a defective command culture and a pervasive subculture of ’put up, shut up, cover up’, established to protect the reputation of the military institution? If so, this is not just a question of who has responsibility in the military hierarchy. One of the contributors, Frank Ledwidge, argues that it is easier to place responsibility on junior military leaders than on their seniors. Further,  a culture without accountability and transparency may also have severe negative effects for military efficiency and tactical and operational outcome. From a strategic point of view, it is also a hard-hitting question regarding the ethical and political legitimacy of military institutions. This is a critical and crucial question which applies beyond the British military context.