The Intellectual Legacy of Alan S. Milward
Journal: Journal of European Integration History
Year: 2014

who was driven by a compelling desire to understand the forces responsible for change in twentieth century Europe. Graduating in 1956 with a first class degree in medieval and modern history from University College London he went on to develop a method which was to characterize his research activity throughout the next fifty years and which was to place him apart from most other historians of his generation. This was to approach the writing of history by first of all understanding the relevant s