of German Unification(2004),Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth
Century(2005), andHitler’s Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized
Warfare(2009). He has also co-authored, with William Astore,Hindenburg: Icon of
German Militarism(2005) andSoldiers’ Lives through History: The Early Modern
World(2007). He is the editor or co-editor ofHistory in Dispute: World War I
(2002),History in Dispute: The Second World War(2000), andHistory in Dispute:
The Cold War(2000).
General Sir Rupert Smithretired from the British army after forty years of
service in 2002. His last appointment was Deputy Supreme Commander Allied
Powers Europe, 1998–2001, covering NATO’s Balkan operations, including the
Kosovo bombing, and the development of the European Defence and Security
Identity. Prior to that, he was the General Officer Commanding Northern Ire-
land, 1996–8; commander of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
in Sarajevo, 1995 (including the establishment of the UN Rapid Reaction Force);
the assistant chief of defence operations and security at the UK Ministry of
Defence, 1992–4; and General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Armoured Division,
1990–2, thus commanding that division in the Gulf War of 1991. A graduate of
the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, he enlisted in 1962 and was commis-
sioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1964. He has served in East and South
Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, Malaysia, and Europe. General Smith is a visiting
professor at the University of Reading and the author ofThe Utility of Force: The
Art of War in the Modern World(2005), a book on the changing character of war
and its implications for future operations.
Professor Hew Strachanis Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls
College, University of Oxford, and director of the Changing Character of War
Programme. He is a life fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Cam-
bridge, where he earned his BA and MA degrees, and where he was successively
appointed research fellow, admissions tutor, and senior tutor (1975–92). From
1992 to 2001, he was professor of modern history at the University of Glasgow
and from 1996 to 2001 director of the Scottish Centre for War Studies. His books
includeWellington’s Legacy: The Reform of the British Army, 1830–1854(1984),
From Waterloo to Balaclava: Tactics, Technology and the British Army, 1815–1854
(1985),European Armies and the Conduct of War(1988),The Politics of the British
Army(1997),The First World War: Volume I. To Arms(2001),The First World
War: A New Illustrated History(2003),The First World War in Africa(2004), and
Clausewitz’s On War: A Biography(2007). Professor Strachan is a fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Historical Society, visiting professor at
the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy, and the joint editor of the journalWar
in History.
Professor Martin van Creveldwas born in the Netherlands, but raised and
educated in Israel. After receiving his master’s degree at the Hebrew University, he
did a Ph.D. in History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Since 1971, he has been on the faculty of the history department at the Hebrew
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