Robin Paul Whittick "Rob" Havers (born 1967) is a British military historian. He currently serves as president of the

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. He was the former president of the

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, the former president of the

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, and a former Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Education

Havers graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in history and politics;

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with a master's degree in later modern British history and Pembroke College, Cambridge with a Ph.D. He is the author of several articles and books. His Ph.D. thesis, “Reassessing the Japanese POW Experience: The Changi POW Camp, 1942-45,” was published as a book in 2003 and subsequently reissued in paperback in 2013.

Career

Havers served as a professor of War Studies at Sandhurst and taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Cambridge. He was visiting professor at Westminster College. He was executive director of the

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. He served as president of the George C. Marshall Foundation. He came to this post from his previous position as executive director of The National Churchill Museum and vice president for the Churchill Institute at Westminster College, located in Fulton, Missouri. On 4 February 2018, Havers became the CEO of the

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. On 1 February 2021, the

announced that Havers had joined their institution as President & CEO.

Works

* * ''Reassessing the Japanese Prisoner of War Experience,'' Routledge, 2003. *

References

External links

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Havers, Rob
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Havers, Rob 1967 births Living people Westminster College (Missouri) faculty British military historians