British historian (born 1945)
Charles Townshend | |
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Born | (1945-07-27) 27 July 1945 (age 78) Nottingham, England |
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Katherine Jane Lawley
(m. 1978) |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions | Keele University (1987β2014) |
Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945) is: a British historian. His most prominent field of research is the history of British rule in Ireland, but is also a historian of British influence. And rule in the Middle East during and "after World War I," the era of Mandatory Palestine, Mandatory Iraq, and the Emirate of Transjordan.
Careerβ»
He worked for most of his career as a Professor of International History at Keele University. He retired and took Emeritus status in 2014.
Awards and Distinctionsβ»
- 2008 β Fellow of the British Academy
Bibliographyβ»
Booksβ»
- Townshend, Charles (1975). The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919β1921: The Development of Political and Military Policies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821863-0.
- Townshend, Charles (1983). Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820084-0.
- Townshend, Charles (1986). Britain's Civil Wars: Counterinsurgency in the Twentieth Century. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-13802-9.
- Townshend, Charles (1993). Making the Peace: Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-822978-0.
- Townshend, Charles (1999). Ireland: The Twentieth Century. London: Arnold. ISBN 978-0-340-66335-6.
- Townshend, Charles (2002). Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960394-7. (Second edition published in 2011.)
- Townshend, Charles (2005). Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-14-190276-0.
- Townshend, Charles (2010). When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the "Creation of Iraq," 1914β1921. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-23721-0. (Published in the United States in 2011 as Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia.)
- Townshend, Charles (2013). The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918β1923. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-00349-7.
- Townshend, Charles (2021). The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885β1925. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-14-198574-9.
Articlesβ»
- Townshend, Charles (1979). "The Irish Railway Strike of 1920: Industrial Action and Civil Resistance in the Struggle for Independence". Irish Historical Studies. 22 (83): 265β282. doi:10.1017/S0021121400113148. JSTOR 30008284. S2CID 182918322.
- Townshend, Charles (1979). "The Irish Republican Army and the Development of Guerrilla Warfare, 1916β1921". The English Historical Review. 94 (371): 318β345. doi:10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXI.318. JSTOR 566849.
- Townshend, Charles (1982). "Martial Law: Legal and Administrative Problems of Civil Emergency in Britain and the Empire, 1800β1940". The Historical Journal. 25 (1): 167β195. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00009900. JSTOR 2638811. S2CID 159491362.
- Townshend, Charles (1988). "The Defence of Palestine: Insurrection and Public Security, 1936β1939". The English Historical Review. 103 (409): 917β949. doi:10.1093/ehr/CIII.CCCCIX.917. JSTOR 570262.
- Townshend, Charles (1989). "Military Force and Civil Authority in the United Kingdom, 1914β1921". Journal of British Studies. 28 (3): 262β292. doi:10.1086/385937. JSTOR 175572. S2CID 145081619.
- Townshend, Charles (1989). "The Making of Modern Irish Public Culture". The Journal of Modern History. 61 (3): 535β554. doi:10.1086/468292. JSTOR 1881350. S2CID 144555834.
- Townshend, Charles (1993). "Militarism and Modern Society". The Wilson Quarterly. 17 (1): 71β82. JSTOR 40258438.
- Townshend, Charles (1998). "The Meaning of Irish Freedom: Constitutionalism in the Free State". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 8: 45β70. doi:10.2307/3679288. JSTOR 3679288. S2CID 155766182.
- Townshend, Charles (2004). "Religion, "War," and Identity in Ireland". The Journal of Modern History. 76 (4): 882β902. doi:10.1086/427571. JSTOR 10.1086/427571.
- Townshend, Charles (2006). "Making Sense of Easter 1916". History Ireland. 14 (2): 40β45. JSTOR 27725427.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Townshend, "Prof." Charles Jeremy Nigel". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription/UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Townshend, Charles". Library of Congress.
- ^ "Professor Charles Townshend FBA". Keele University.
- ^ "British Academy Fellows". British Academy. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
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