Nationality British Fields History Name Christopher Thorne Notable awards Bancroft Prize | Role Historian Awards Bancroft Prize Died April 20, 1992 | |
Institutions University of Sussex, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study Known for "Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945." Books Allies of A Kind, The limits of foreign policy Institution University of Sussex, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study | ||
Christopher G. Thorne (1934 – 20 April 1992) was a British historian and a professor of international relations at the University of Sussex. He specialised in studying the Pacific War. He was a resident fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and a fellow of the British Academy. Thorne achieved some fame for his new approaches to international history, emphasising the importance of transnational research and perspectives.
He was the first non-American to win the Bancroft Prize for American history, awarded in 1979 for his book Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945.
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