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Charles Townshend (historian)

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Charles Townshend
Born (1945-07-27) 27 July 1945 (age 79)
Nottingham, England
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Katherine Jane Lawley
(m. 1978)
Children2
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
InstitutionsKeele University (1987–2014)

Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945)[1][2] 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.

Career

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He worked for most of his career as a Professor of International History at Keele University. He retired and took Emeritus status in 2014.[3]

Awards and Distinctions

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Bibliography

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Books

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  • Townshend, Charles (1975). The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919–1921: 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, 1914–1921. 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, 1918–1923. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-00349-7.
  • Townshend, Charles (2021). The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885–1925. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-14-198574-9.

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