Education
Sheffield was educated at Raynes Park High School before studying history at the University of Leeds (Bachelor 1982, Master of Arts by research 1985) under Edward Spiers and Hugh Cecil.
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The Somme (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
( A new analysis of the notorious Battle of the Somme, us...)
A new analysis of the notorious Battle of the Somme, using archives from both sides not previously available, finds some positive outcomes: the battle may have hurt the Germans even more than the British, and it taught an inexperienced British army the hard way how to fight a modern war.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0304366498/?tag=2022091-20
The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army
( ‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounde...)
‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounded….this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography’ **** Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday ‘A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero and zero, and in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it … a balanced portrait’ Sunday Times ‘Solid scholarship and admirable advocacy’ Sunday Telegraph Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918, after his armies had won the First World War, he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins, and it has never recovered. In this fascinating biography, Professor Gary Sheffield reassesses Haig’s reputation, assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845137698/?tag=2022091-20
Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications) by Professor Gary Sheffield (2002-06-05)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K170H1S/?tag=2022091-20
The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army by G. D. Sheffield (2011-09-01)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K3LQUAO/?tag=2022091-20
Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications)
(The First World War is arguably the most misunderstood ev...)
The First World War is arguably the most misunderstood event in twentieth-century history. In a radical new interpretation, leading military historian Gary Sheffield argues that while the war was tragic, it was not futile; and, although condemned as 'lions led by donkeys', in reality the British citizen army became the most effective fighting force in the world, which in 1918 won the greatest series of battles in British history. A challenging and controversial book, FORGOTTEN VICTORY is based on twenty years of research and draws on the work of major scholars. Without underestimating the scale of the human tragedy or playing down the disasters, it explodes many myths about the First World War, placing it in its true historical context.
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Morale and Command: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-18
(Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulati...)
Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today. For 25 years, in a series of perceptive books and articles, he has examined the First World War from many angles - from the point of view of the politicians and the high command through to the junior officers and other ranks in the front line. Morale and Command presents in a single volume a range of his shorter work, and it shows his scholarship at its best. The range of his writing, the insights he offers and the sometimes controversial conclusions he reaches mean this thought-provoking book will be indispensable reading for all students of the First World War and of modern warfare in general. REVIEWS For well over two decades Prof. Sheffield (Wolverhampton) has been producing ground-breaking work on the Great War, sorting through the evidence to brush away the many myths which have come to dominate popular, and at time academic, perceptions of the conflict to give us a more accurate picture of that traumatizing event in modern Western history...a very useful contribution to the literature on the BEF. NYMAS/ Strategy Page
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1781590214/?tag=2022091-20
Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities by Gary Sheffield (5-Jun-2002) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012HUEL5U/?tag=2022091-20
The Somme: A New History (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) by Dr Gary Sheffield MA FRHistS (2004-01-08)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017PO8V4U/?tag=2022091-20
The Somme (Fields of Battle)
( The year 1916 will long be remembered as the beginning ...)
The year 1916 will long be remembered as the beginning of modern mass-death warfare where tanks and other industrial products quickly overran traditional troop formations. A new analysis of the notorious Battle of the Somme, using archives from both sides not previously available, finds that although there was tragic loss of many lives, the battle may have hurt the Germans even more than the British, and it taught an inexperienced British Army the hard way how to fight a modern war.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0304357049/?tag=2022091-20
War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond By Sheffield, Gary ( Author ) 2010 ) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009KJ6UHO/?tag=2022091-20
The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army by Gary Sheffield (2012-05-01)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N3UMKKE/?tag=2022091-20
Gary Sheffield
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He has published widely, especially on the First World War, and contributes to many newspapers, journals and magazines. He frequently broadcasts on television and radio. In 1999 he became a senior lecturer in the Defence Studies Department of King"s College London and Land Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course at the United Kingdom"s Joint Services Command and Staff College.
In 2005 Sheffield was appointed Professor of Modern history at King"s College London and the following year was appointed the inaugural Professor of War studies at the University of Birmingham.
In 2013, Sheffield was appointed Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. Since 2009, Professor Sheffield has been a Vice President of The Western Front Association.
Sheffield is variously credited as Gary Sheffield, G. Sheffield and G. Doctorate. Sheffield. In 2011 Sheffield published his second book on Field Marshal Douglas Haig, titled "The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army" (Aurum Press, 2011).
The Daily Telegraph reviewer praised "Sheffield’s solid scholarship and admirable advocacy" yet added that "the nagging thought remains: what a terrible shame it was that Haig’s progress along his learning curve had to be greased by such deep floods of blood."
Sheffield is President of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides, and Vice-President of the Western Front Association.
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Works
book
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The Somme (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
( A new analysis of the notorious Battle of the Somme, us...)
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The Somme (Fields of Battle)
( The year 1916 will long be remembered as the beginning ...)
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Morale and Command: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-18
(Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulati...)
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Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications)
(The First World War is arguably the most misunderstood ev...)
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The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army
( ‘Well written and persuasive …objective and well-rounde...)
- War Studies Reader: From The Renaissance to the Present Day and Beyond
- Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications) by Professor Gary Sheffield (2002-06-05)
- The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army by G. D. Sheffield (2011-09-01)
- Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities by Gary Sheffield (5-Jun-2002) Paperback
- The Somme: A New History (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) by Dr Gary Sheffield MA FRHistS (2004-01-08)
- War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond By Sheffield, Gary ( Author ) 2010 ) Paperback
- The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army by Gary Sheffield (2012-05-01)
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The Somme (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Membership
He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute, Visiting Professor at the Humanities Research Institute of the University of Buckingham, member of the academic Advisory Panel of the National Army Museum, and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust.
