Hughes, M. (2010) 'From law and order to pacification: Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939'. Journal of Palestine Studies, 39 (2). pp. 6 - 22. ISSN: 0377-919X Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2010) 'Lawlessness was the law: British armed forces, the legal system and the repression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939', in Miller, R. (ed.) Palestine, Britain and Empire, c.1841-1948. Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 141 - 156. ISBN 13: 978-0754668084.

Hughes, M. (2010) 'Wartime promises and the post-war empires', in Martel, G. (ed.) A Companion to International History (1900-2001). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 131 - 142. ISBN 13: 978-1-4443-3386-2.

Hughes, M. (2010) 'When soldiers kill civilians: The battle for Saipan, 1944'. History Today, 60 (2). pp. 42 - 48. ISSN: 0018-2753 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2010) 'Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948-1967'. INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 32 (2). pp. 370 - 372. ISSN: 0707-5332

Hughes, M. (2010) 'The Arab legion and the Trans-Jordan frontier force, 1920-48: Private armies or agents of the British Government?', in Romer, J-C. and Henninger, L. (eds.) Armées privées, armées d’Etat. Paris : Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire.

Hughes, M. (2010) 'Assassination in Jerusalem: Bahjat Abu Gharbiyah and Sami Al-Ansari’s shooting of British Assistant Superintendent Alan Sigrist 12th June 1936'. Jerusalem Quarterly, 44. pp. 5 - 13. ISSN: 0334-4800

Hughes, M. (2009) 'General Allenby', in Beckett, IFW. and Corvi, SJ. (eds.) Haig's Generals. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 10: 1844151697. ISBN 13: 9781844158928.

Hughes, M. (2009) 'The practice and theory of British counter-insurgency: The histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul, 1938-39'. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 20 (3). pp. 528 - 550. ISSN: 0959-2318

Hughes, M. (2009) 'Command, strategy and the battle for palestine, 1917', in Beckett, IFW. (ed.) 1917: Beyond the Western Front. Leiden and Boston : Brill. , 54. pp. 113 - 130. ISBN 10: 9004171398. ISBN 13: 978-9004171398.

Hughes, M. and Seligman, MS. (2009) 'Losing the peace: failed settlements and the road to war'. Stroud: The History Press Ltd. ISSN 10: 075245238X ISSN 13: 978-0752452388

Hughes, M. (2009) 'A very British affair? The repression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-39 (Part two)'. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 87 (352). pp. 357 - 373. ISSN: 0037-9700 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2009) 'A very British affair? The repression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-39 (Part one)'. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 87 (351). pp. 234 - 255. ISSN: 0037-9700 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2009) 'The practice and theory of British counterinsurgency: The histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bussa and Halhul, 1938-1939'. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 20 (3-4). pp. 528 - 550. ISSN: 0959-2318 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2009) 'Book review on The Lebanese army: a national institution in a divided society by Oren Barak, published in New York by the State University of New York Press'. The Middle East Journal, 63 (4). pp. 678 - 679. ISSN: 0026-3141

Hughes, M. (2009) 'The banality of brutality: British Armed forces and the repression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, 1936-39'. The English Historical Review, 124 (507). pp. 313 - 354. ISSN: 0013-8266 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Book review on 1948: The first Arab-Israeli war by Benny Morris, published in New Haven, Conneticut by Yale University Press'. The Journal of Military History, 72 (3). pp. 978 - 979. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2008) 'British private armies in the Middle East: the Arab legion and the Trans-Jordan frontier force, 1920-1956'. Royal United Services Institute Journal, 153 (2). pp. 70 - 75. ISSN: 0307-1847

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Book review on Paraguay and the United States: Distant allies by Frank O Mora and Jerry W Cooney, published in Athens, USA by University of Georgia Press'. The Americas, 65 (2). pp. 294 - 295. ISSN: 0003-1615

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Book review on Empires of intelligence: Security services and colonial disorder after 1914 by Martin Thomas, published in Berkeley, USA by University of California Press'. The Journal of Military History, 72 (2). pp. 593 - 594. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2008) ''Collateral damage’ and the battle for Saipan, 1944'. Royal United Services Institute Journal, 153 (6). pp. 78 - 81. ISSN: 0307-1847

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Book review on The battle for Palestine, 1917 by John Grainger, published in Rochester, NY by Woodbridge:Boydell Press'. History, 93 (311). pp. 400 - 401. ISSN: 0018-2648

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Book review on The battle for Palestine, 1917 by John Grainger, published in Rochester, NY by Woodbridge:Boydell Press'. English Historical Review, 123 (501). pp. 503 - 504. ISSN: 0013-8266

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Larry Kahaner, AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War'. Radical Philosophy, 147. pp. 58 - 61.

Hughes, M. (2008) 'Matthew Hughes, entry on Sir Charles Dobell in Brian Harrison (ed.), The New Dictionary of National Biography', in Oxford University Press.

Hughes, M. (2007) 'Collusion across the Litani? Lebanon and the 1948 war', in Rogan, EL. and Shlaim, A. (eds.) The war for Palestine: Rewriting the history of 1948. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 10: 0521699347. ISBN 13: 9780521699341.

Hughes, M. (2007) 'The 'European Aldershot' for the second world war? The battle of the Ebro, 1938', in Black, J. (ed.) The second world war. Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing Company. , 6. ISBN 10: 0754627314. ISBN 13: 9780754627319.

Hughes, M. and Philpott, WJ. (2007) 'Palgrave advances in modern military history'. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 10: 140391768X ISSN 13: 9781403917683

Hughes, M. (2007) 'Book review on The battle for Palestine, 1917 by John Grainger, published in Rochester, NY by Woodbridge:Boydell Press'. Journal of Military History, 71 (3). pp. 938 - 940. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2007) 'Science, technology and war', in Hughes, M. and Philpott, WJ. (eds.) Palgrave advances in modern military history. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 10: 140391768X. ISBN 13: 9781403917683.

Hughes, M. (2007) 'Book review on Ottoman army effectiveness in World War I: a comparative study by E Erikson'. Journal of Military History, 71 (4). pp. 1262 - 1263. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2006) 'Book review on Hell in the Holy Land: World War I in the Middle East by D Woodward'. Journal of Military History, 70 (3). pp. 854 - 856. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2006) 'Book review on I die with my country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan war, 1864-1870 by H Kraay and T Whigham'. Journal of Military History, 70 (1). pp. 242 - 243. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2006) 'The gun that changed the world', in Kalashnikov, MT. and Joly, E. (eds.) The gun that changed the world. Polity Pr. ISBN 10: 0745636918. ISBN 13: 9780745636917.

Hughes, M. (2005) 'Lebanon's Armed Forces and the Arab-Israeli war, 1948-49'. Journal of Palestine Studies, 34 (2). pp. 24 - 41. ISSN: 0377-919X

Hughes, M. (2005) 'T.E. Lawrence (review)'. The Journal of Military History, 69 (4). pp. 1232 - 1233. ISSN: 0899-3718

Hughes, M. (2005) 'Book Review on Richard F. Hamilton and Holger Herwig (eds), Decisions for War, 1914–1917. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp.266. £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0521545307'. Journal of Strategic Studies, 28 (4). pp. 740 - 742. ISSN: 0140-2390

Hughes, M. (2005) 'Warfare in the Western World 1882-1975.'. JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES, 28 (3). pp. 560 - 561. ISSN: 0140-2390

Hughes, M. (2005) 'The French army at Gallipoli'. The RUSI Journal, 150 (3). pp. 64 - 67. ISSN: 0307-1847

Hughes, M. (2005) 'What did the Arab revolt contribute to the Palestine campaign? An assessment'. Journal of the T. E. Lawrence Society, 15 (2). pp. 64 - 67. ISSN: 0963-1747

Hughes, M. and Philpott, WJ. (2005) 'The Palgrave concise historical atlas of the First World War'. Palgrave MacMillan. ISSN 10: 1403904332 ISSN 13: 9781403904331

Hughes, M. (2005) 'Elie Kedourie and the capture of Damascus, 1 October 1918: A reassessment'. War & Society, 23 (1). pp. 87 - 106. ISSN: 0729-2473

Hughes, M. (2005) 'Logistics and the Chaco war: Bolivia versus Paraguay, 1932-1935'. The Journal of Military History, 69 (2). pp. 411 - 437. ISSN: 0899-3718 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. and Johnson, G. (2005) 'Fanaticism and conflict in the modern age'. Abingdon: Routledge. ISSN 10: 0714657166 ISSN 13: 9780714657165

Hughes, M. (2004) 'Allenby in Palestine: The Middle East correspondence of Field Marshal Viscount Allenby'. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISSN 10: 0750938412 ISSN 13: 9780750938419

Hughes, M. (2004) 'Matthew Hughes, entry on Field Marshal Viscount Allenby in Brian Harrison (ed.), The New Dictionary of National Biography', in Oxford University Press.

Hughes, M. (2003) 'The Central African Federation, Katanga and the Congo Crisis, 1958-65'. European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford: Working Papers in Military and International History, Number 2.

Hughes, M. (2003) 'Fighting for White rule in Africa: The Central African Federation, Katanga and the Congo crisis, 1958-1965'. International History Review, 25 (3). pp. 592 - 615. ISSN: 0707-5332 Open Access Link

Hughes, M. (2002) 'The 'European aldershot' for the second world war? The battle of the Ebro, 1938'. The RUSI Journal, 147 (6). pp. 76 - 81. ISSN: 0307-1847

Hughes, M. (2002) 'Elie Kedourie and the capture of Damascus, 1 October 1918: A reassessment'. European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford: Working Papers in Contemporary History and Politics, Number 28.

Hughes, M. and Seligman, MS. (2002) 'Does peace lead to war? Peace settlements and conflict in the modern age'. History Press. ISSN 10: 0-7509-2514-0 ISSN 13: 978-0750925143