Howard, Sir Michael Eliot (1922–)
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A leading military historian, Howard is significant both for broadening the remit of the subject and for showing how work in this area can inform other historical disciplines.
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- Forenames:
- Michael Eliot
- Surname:
- Howard
- Title:
- Sir
- Honours:
- CBE
Order of Merit - Dates:
- 1922–
- Institutions:
- University of Oxford (Oriel College)
Yale University - Significant posts:
- Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford
Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford (Oriel College)
Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University - Influences:
- Liddell Hart, Basil Henry
- Contemporaries:
- Paret, Peter
Rothenberg, Gunther E. - Themes:
- Military history
- Biographies:
- Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- The Theory and Practice of War: Essays presented to Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, ed. Michael Howard (London, 1965)
- Michael Howard, Studies in War and Peace (London, 1970)
- Michael Howard, The Causes of War and Other Essays (London, 1983)
