Denis Smyth
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Denis Smyth, PhD
(born 1948) is professor
of History
at the University of Toronto
. His doctorate is from the University of Cambridge
. While at Cambridge he studied under F.H. Hinsley, a noted scholar of the Second World War. He is a specialist in modern international relations, particularly the period surrounding World War II
and the Spanish Civil War
. Among his major works is a monumental collected edition of previously classified British documents from the period just after World War II.
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(born 1948) is professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. His doctorate is from 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...
. While at Cambridge he studied under F.H. Hinsley, a noted scholar of the Second World War. He is a specialist in modern international relations, particularly the period surrounding World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
. Among his major works is a monumental collected edition of previously classified British documents from the period just after World War II.
Edited document collections
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs, Western Europe: 1940-1945, 8 vols. (1998); and
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs, Europe: 1946-1950, 27 vols. (2000–2003).
Scholarly Books
- Deathly Deception: The Real Story of Operation MincemeatOperation MincemeatOperation Mincemeat was a successful British deception plan during World War II. As part of the widespread deception plan Operation Barclay to cover the intended invasion of Italy from North Africa, Mincemeat helped to convince the German high command that the Allies planned to invade Greece and...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. - Diplomacy and strategy of survival : British policy and Franco's Spain, 1940-41 Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN 0521228190
- 'British documents on foreign affairs—reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. by Paul Preston; Michael Partridge; Denis Smyth [Bethesda, Md.] : University Publications of America, ©2000.
- Spain, the EEC, and NATO by Paul Preston; Denis Smyth; Boston : Routledge & K. Paul [for] the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1984. ISBN 0710095597
- Translated into Spanish as
Book Chapters
- "Battleground of reputations : Ireland and the Spanish Civil War" in The Republic Besieged: Civil War in Spain 1936-1939 ed. by Paul Preston & Ann L Mackenzie. Edinburgh University Press, 1996. ISBN 0585086885
- "Reflex reaction : Germany and the onset of the Spanish Civil War" in Revolution and war in Spain, 1931-1939 ed. by Paul Preston New York : Methuen, 1984. ISBN 0416349609
- "Politics of asylum, Juan Negrin and the British government in 1940" in Diplomacy and intelligence during the Second World War ed. by F H Hinsley; Richard Langhorne. Cambridge University Press, 1985. ISBN 0521268400
Articles
- "The Dispatch of the Spanish Blue Division to the Russian Front: Reasons and Repercussions" European History QuarterlyEuropean History QuarterlyEuropean History Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles in the field of history. The journal was established in 1971 as the European Studies Review and obtained its current title in 1984...
1994 24(4): 537-553 - "Franco Cunctator" International History Review 1996 18(3): 629-64
- "Our Man in Havana, Their Man in Madrid: Literary Invention in Espionage Fact and Fiction" Intelligence and National Security 1990 5(4): 117-135
- "Screen Torch: Allied Counter-Intelligencve and Spanish Threat to the Secrecy of the Allied Invasion of French North Africa in November, 1942." Intelligence and National Security 1989 4(2): 335-356.
- "Franco and World War II History TodayHistory TodayHistory Today is an illustrated history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it is the world's leading, and possibly oldest, history magazine. Its successful mission has always been to present serious and authoritative history to as wide a public as possible...
1985 35(Nov): 10-15 - "Duce Diplomatico [Diplomatic leader]". Historical JournalHistorical JournalThe Historical Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press. It publishes approximately thirty-five articles per year on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century. In addition, each issue contains numerous review articles...
1978 21(4): 981-1000
External links
- Faculty Profile at University of Toronto