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name: William J. Philpott
about: William Philpott joined KCL's department of War Studies in September 2001 as a lecturer in military history, becoming Professor of the History of Warfare in 2011.He was previously a member of the Department in 1991–2, when he was a research fellow working for a collaborative research project investigating British civil–military relations, 'Government and the Armed forces in Britain, 1856-1990'. Before returning to the department he held teaching appointments in European and international history at the University of North London, Bradford University, and London Guildhall University. Philpott is Secretary General of the British Commission for Military History and served on the Council of the Army Records Society from 1998-2009, holding the o William Philpott joined KCL's department of War Studies in September 2001 as a lecturer in military history, becoming Professor of the History of Warfare in 2011.He was previously a member of the Department in 1991–2, when he was a research fellow working for a collaborative research project investigating British civil–military relations, 'Government and the Armed forces in Britain, 1856-1990'. Before returning to the department he held teaching appointments in European and international history at the University of North London, Bradford University, and London Guildhall University. Philpott is Secretary General of the British Commission for Military History and served on the Council of the Army Records Society from 1998-2009, holding the office of Honorary Secretary, 2000–2005. He is currently chair of the University of London’s Military Education Committee, and sits on the council of the National Army Museum.Philpott has published extensively in the fields of First World War history and twentieth century Anglo-French relations including monographs, textbooks, journal articles and book chapters. His recent international history of the battles of the Somme, Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century (Little, Brown, 2009) won the 2009 Society for Army Historical Research Templer Medal and the US Western Front Association’s Norman B. Tomlinson Jr Book prize. - Adapted from King's College London ...more