Gary Sheffield (historian)
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Professor Gary Sheffield is a British academic and military historian. He has published widely, especially on the First World War, and contributes to many newspapers, journals and magazines. [1] He frequently broadcasts on television and radio.[1] He is variously credited as Gary Sheffield, G. Sheffield and G. D. Sheffield.
Sheffield is currently Professor of War Studies at University of Birmingham. [2] Previously, he was Professor of Modern History at King's College London.[2] He was also a lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst[2], and Land Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course at the UK's Joint Services Command and Staff College[1]. He is currently researching a new study of Field-Marshal Earl Haig, due for publication in 2009.[1] and a study of the British and Commonwealth soldier in the Second World War, provisionally entitled Citizen Army.
[edit] Select Publications
- Sheffield, G.; (ed.)War on the Western Front: In the Trenches of World War I (Osprey, 2007)
- Sheffield, G. & Bourne, J.; (ed.)Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005; Phoenix, 2006)
- Sheffield, G.; The Somme: A New History (Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2004)
- Sheffield, G.; Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (Headline, 2001; Review, 2002)
- Sheffield, G ; Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the era of the First World War (Macmillan, 2000)
- Sheffield, G.; (ed.)Leadership and Command: The Anglo-American Military Experience Since 1861 (Brassey's, 1996; New Edition, 2002)
- Sheffield, G.D.(ed.) & Todman, D.; Command and Control on the Western Front: The British Army's Experience, 1914-19 (Spellmount, 2004) ISBN 978-1862270831
- Sheffield, G.; The Redcaps: History of the Royal Military Police and Its Antecedents from the Middle Ages to the Gulf War (Brassey's, 1994) ISBN 978-1857530292
Also many academic articles
