Richard Overy: A History of War in 100 Battles
Exploring a history of warfare, distilled into 100 momentous battles that have shaped our world. From the earliest recorded skirmishes of the ancient world to the computerised conflicts of today, renowned military historian Richard Overy dramatically brings to life the sights and sounds of the most significant battles in world history.
Professor Richard Overy was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. He taught at Cambridge from 1972 to 1979 at Queens' College and from 1976-79 as a University Assistant Lecturer. From 1980 to 2004 he taught at King's College, London where he was made Professor of Modern History in 1994. In September 2004 he took up appointment as Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1977), Fellow of the British Academy (2000) and Fellow of King's College (2003). In 2001 he was awarded the Samuel Elliot Morison Prize of the Society for Military History for his contribution to the history of warfare.
His research interests have included many aspects of the history of the Third Reich and the Second World War and, more recently, of Stalin's Soviet Union and the Soviet war effort. He is currently working on a book which explores the development of a morbid culture in inter-war and wartime Europe and examines the links between that culture and the nature of war, civil war and genocide. He is currently preparing a research project on bombing and its impact during the Second World War which will look comparatively at the experience of bombed communities in Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union. He is also continuing research on aspects of the German economy under Hitler.
Venue: Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN, UK
Time: 8.00pm
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