Professor William David McIntyre OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (born 1932) is a New Zealand

New Zealand

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 historian

Historian

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. He was a professor in history at the University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

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, in Christchurch

Christchurch

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, before retiring from that position in 1997.

He is an expert on the constitutional and military histories

Military history

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 of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

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 and British Empire

British Empire

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, and it was in this capacity that he is published and has advised governments. He served as special advisor to the Committee on Commonwealth Membership

Committee on Commonwealth Membership

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Books written

• Colonies into Commonwealth (1966)
• The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865–75 (1967)
• Neutrality, Non-alignment, and New Zealand (1969)
• Britain, New Zealand and the Security of South-East Asia in the 1970s (1969)
• The Commonwealth: Its past, present, and future (1973)
• The Commonwealth of Nations: Origins and impact, 1869–71 (1977)
• The Rise and Fall of Singapore Naval Base, 1919–42 (1979)
• New Zealand Prepares for War: Defence Policy 1919–39 (1988)
• The Significance of the Commonwealth (1991)
• Background to the ANZUS Pact: Policy-making, strategy, and diplomacy, 1945–55 (1995)
• British Decolonization, 1946–1997: When, why, and how did the British Empire fall? (1998)

Books edited

• Speeches and Documents on New Zealand History (1971)
• The Journal of Henry Sewell, 1853–7 (1980)

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