Christopher Catherwood, (born 1 March 1955) is a British author based in

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, England, and, often, in

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, Virginia. He has taught for the

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based a few miles away in Madingley and has taught for many years for the School of Continuing Education at the

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. He has been associated each summer with the University of Richmond's History Department, where he is its annual summer Writer in Residence, and where most of his recent books have been written.

History

He is the son of Sir Fred Catherwood. He was educated at

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Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

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, and the

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where he obtained a PhD degree by publication. Since 1994 he has been linked to

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. In December 2008, he appeared as a cameo character in the online novel '' Corduroy Mansions'' by

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, who wrote a positive review of his book on Churchill's creation of Iraq in ''The New York Times''. In 2008 he was an SCR Associate of

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, at which college he was the Archives By-Fellow for Lent Term 2008 for his work on Winston Churchill and the Second World War.

Selected works

*''Five Evangelical Leaders'' ( Hodder and Stoughton in the UK and for Harold Shaw in the US) *''Martyn Lloyd-Jones A Family Portrait'' ( Kingsway in the UK and Baker Book House in the US, 1995) *''Why the Nations Rage'' (Hodder and Stoughton in the UK in 1997 and a new academic edition with Rowman & Littlefield in the US in 2002) *''A Crash Course in Church History'' (Hodder and Stoughton in the UK 1997 and new edition in the US with Crossway 2007) *''Five Leading Reformers'' (CFP 2000) *''The Balkans in

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'' (Palgrave 2003) *''Christians,

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s, and Islamic Rage'' (

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2003) *''Churchill's Folly: How

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Created

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

'' (Carroll and Graf, in the USA 2004: called ''Winston's Folly'' with Constable in the UK in 2004)For the most significant reviews of one of the editions (now out of print – the one still in print is the paperback, see the Barnes and Noble website review of its own edition: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Churchills-Folly/Christopher-Catherwood/e/9780760792681/?itm=18 *''A Brief History of the Middle East'' (Carroll and Graf in the US and Constable in the UK, 2006) *''A God Divided'' (Victor, 2007) *"''Making War in the Name of God''" (Citadel Press, 2007) *''Winston Churchill: The Flawed Genius of World War II'' (Penguin, New York, 2009) *''His Finest Hour: A Biography of Winston Churchill'' (Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2010; published in the UK by Constable and Robinson, London as ''His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill'' *''The Evangelicals'' (Crossway Books, Wheaton IL, 2010) *"The Second World War: A Beginner's Guide" (Oneworld Publications, 2014) *''Martyn Lloyd-Jones: His Life and Relevance for the 21st Century.'' (Crossway Books, Wheaton IL, 2015) *''Churchill and Tito: SOE, Bletchley Park and Supporting the Yugoslav Communists in World War II'' (Frontline Books. 2017)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Catherwood, Christopher 1955 births Living people Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of East Anglia English historians Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Royal Historical Society People educated at Westminster School, London Writers from Cambridge Academics of the Institute of Continuing Education