University, from which he retired early in 2008. Van Creveld is one of the leading
experts on military history and strategy, with a special interest in the future of
war. He has authored twenty books, includingSupplying War(1978),Command
in War(1985),The Transformation of War(1991),The Rise and Decline of the State
(1999),The Changing Face of War: Lesson of Combat from the Marne to Iraq
(2006), andThe Culture of War(2008). Between them, these books have been
translated (or are being translated) into twenty languages. Professor Martin van
Creveld has been a consultant for the defence establishments of several countries,
and taught or lectured at practically every defence college, military and civilian,
from Canada to New Zealand and from Norway to South Africa. He has appeared
on countless television and radio programmes as well as written for, and been
interviewed by, hundreds of papers and magazines around the world.
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