David Stevenson (WW1 historian)
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David Stevenson is a British historian specialising in World War I
. He is currently Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
.
Stevenson studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge
, before receiving a Ph.D. from the same university. He became a Lecturer at the LSE
in 1982. In 1998, he was appointed Professor of International History. Between 2004 and 2005, he also received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship "for research on supply and logistics in 1914-1918"
His most recent book is With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918, to be released by Penguin (in the UK) and Belknap Press.
Professor Stevenson is married and lives in Essex. He has six grandchildren: William, Gemma, Ethan, James, Hannah and Beth.
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. He is currently Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Stevenson studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, before receiving a Ph.D. from the same university. He became a Lecturer at the LSE
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
in 1982. In 1998, he was appointed Professor of International History. Between 2004 and 2005, he also received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship "for research on supply and logistics in 1914-1918"
His most recent book is With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918, to be released by Penguin (in the UK) and Belknap Press.
Professor Stevenson is married and lives in Essex. He has six grandchildren: William, Gemma, Ethan, James, Hannah and Beth.
External links
- Interview on With Our Backs to the Wall at the Pritzker Military LibraryPritzker Military LibraryThe Pritzker Military Library is a research library for the study of military history in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 2003 by COL James N. Pritzker, IL ARNG to be a non-partisan institution for the study of "the citizen soldier as an essential element for the preservation of...