Professor Martin Thomas (born 1964) is a British

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

. Thomas did both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at

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, completing his D.Phil. in 1991. He joined the history department at the

University of the West of England The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a Public university, public research university, located in and around Bristol, England, UK. With more than 39,912 students and 4,300 staff, it is the largest provider of hi ...

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, in 1992 before leaving to take up a post at the History Department of

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in 2003. He is the director of the Centre for the Study of War, State and Society. He is considered one of the leading specialists on French colonial history and, in November 2002, was awarded a £50,000 prize from the

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for the outstanding quality of his research. He has published five monographs on aspects of French foreign and colonial policy, Franco-British relations, colonial security services and the colonial state. He has been on the editorial boards of '' The International History Review'' and ''

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''.

Works

* * * Paperback 2007. * *(co-editor with Kent Fedorowich), * * * Paperback 2007. * * *

References

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1964 births Living people British historians Historians of France Academics of the University of the West of England, Bristol Academics of the University of Exeter Alumni of the University of Oxford British historians of World War II Historians of Vichy France {{UK-historian-stub