David Stevenson is a British historian specialising in the period of the

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. He is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Academic career

Stevenson studied for his undergraduate degree at the

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, 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 books are: ''With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918'', released by Penguin (in the UK) and Belknap Press and ''1917: War, Peace and Revolution'', published by OUP.

Personal life

Stevenson is married and lives in

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. He is one of the founding members of the erstwhile Loughton Festival as well as being a former President of the Central London HA and the Loughton & District Historical Society. He was also previously the Secretary of the Herts & Essex Architectural Society.

Bibliography

* Stevenson, D., ''French War Aims against Germany, 1914-1919'', 1982 (Oxford University Press) , * Stevenson, D., ''The First World War and International Politics'', 1988 (Oxford University Press) , * Stevenson, D., ''Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914'', 1996 (Oxford University Press) , * Stevenson, D., ''The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective'', 1997 (Macmillan) , * Stevenson, D., ''1914-1918: the History of the First World War'', 2004 (Penguin Press), also published as ''Cataclysm: the First World War as Political Tragedy'' (by Basic Books, USA) , ** ''La Grande Guerra: Una Storia Globale'' (by Rizzoli, Italy) ** ''Der Erste Weltkrieg'' (by Artemis and Winkler, Germany) * Stevenson, D., ''With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918'', 2011 (Penguin Books, Harvard University Press) , * Stevenson, D., ''1917. War, Peace, and Revolution'' 2017 (Oxford University Press) ;Podcast:
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on ''With Our Backs to the Wall'' at the Pritzker Military Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, David 1954 births Living people Historians of World War I Academics of the London School of Economics British military historians Alumni of the University of Cambridge 21st-century British writers 20th-century British historians 21st-century British historians