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Name
  
David Stevenson

Role
  
Historian



Books
  
The origins of Freemasonry, Highland Warrior: Alasdair, The Hunt For Rob Roy, The Beggar's Benison, Union - Revolution - and Relig

Education
  
University of Cambridge

The military history of the first world war an overview and analysis professor david stevenson


David Stevenson (born 1942) is a British historian specialising in the period of the First World War. He is Stevenson Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Contents

David stevenson from war to peace 1918 1924


Academic career

Stevenson studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge, before receiving a Ph.D. from the same university. He became a Lecturer at the LSE in 1982. In 1998, he was appointed Professor of International History. Between 2004 and 2005, he also received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship "for research on supply and logistics in 1914-1918"

His most recent book is With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918, released by Penguin (in the UK) and Belknap Press.

Due out in 2017: War, Peace and Revolution: Strategy and Statecraft in 1917. To be published by OUP.

You can find out more about Prof Stevenson from his website.

Personal life

Professor Stevenson is married and lives in Essex.

References

David Stevenson (historian) Wikipedia