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An Interview with Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Hew Strachan
Karlo Rukavina

Abstract

Professor Sir Hew Strachan is a British military historian, currently Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is well known for his studies of the British Army, the history of the First World War, and military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies. During his career, he held various academic positions such as senior lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, Chichele Professor of the History of War at All Souls at Oxford. He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for his services to the Ministry of Defence and he also won the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. In 2017 Strachan was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Some of his famous works include The First World War, Vol. 1: To Arms, European Armies and the Conduct of War, Wellington’s Legacy: The Reform of the British Army 1830-54, From Waterloo to Balaclava: Tactics, Technology and the British Army, The Politics of the British Army, Clausewitz’s On War: a Biography, etc.

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Hrčak ID:

277595

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/277595

Publication date:

31.12.2021.

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