Greg Kennedy (historian)
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Greg Kennedy is a Canadian military historian and author who currently teaches Strategic Foreign Policy at
King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...
. He is also the 2002 winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History.


Education

Kennedy received his BA in history from
University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...
and his MA in war studies from
Royal Military College of Canada The Royal Military College of Canada (), abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, is a Military academy#Canada, military academy and, since 1959, a List of universities in Canada#Ontario, degree-granting university of the Canadian ...
. He then got his PhD from
University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...
.


Career

Kennedy taught both history and war studies as an adjunct professor at
Royal Military College of Canada The Royal Military College of Canada (), abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, is a Military academy#Canada, military academy and, since 1959, a List of universities in Canada#Ontario, degree-granting university of the Canadian ...
. He joined
King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...
in 2000, and was based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham. Kennedy is a member of the British Empire at War Research Group and serves as the director of the
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, a think tank based out of the Defence Studies Department at
King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...
.


Awards

In 2002, Kennedy was awarded the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History for his book ''Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933–1939''. In 2011, Kennedy was also the recipient of the
Society for Military History The Society for Military History is a United States–based international organization of scholars who research, write, and teach military history of all time periods and places. It includes naval history, air power history, and studies of technol ...
's Moncado Award, given to "authors of the four best articles published in
The Journal of Military History ''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the e ...
during the previous calendar year".


Publications

* ''Far-flung lines : essays on imperial defence in honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman'' (with Keith Neilson and D M Schurman). London; Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997. . OCLC 36122963. * ''The merchant marine in international affairs, 1850-1950''. London; Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000. . OCLC 44270303. * ''Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933–1939''. London; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2002. . OCLC 48570896. * ''Incidents and international relations : people, power, and personalities'' (with Keith Neilson). Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002. . OCLC 47868724. * ''British naval strategy east of Suez, 1900-2000: influences and actions''. London; New York: Frank Cass, 2005. . OCLC 55019568. * ''Imperial defence: the old world order 1856-1956''. London; New York: Routledge, 2008. . OCLC 191872967. * ''British propaganda and wars of empire: influencing friend and foe 1900-2010'' (with Christopher Tuck). Farnham Surrey UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited,
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. OCLC 857743861.


References

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