Gary Sheffield

Gary Sheffield is Professor of War Studies at the University of Birmingham. He has published widely on military history, especially the First World War. His books include Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914-18, co-edited with John Bourne (2005); the bestselling Forgotten Victory: The First World War - Myths and Realities (2001); and Leadership in the Trenches (2000). Previously he was Professor of Modern History at King's College London, a post held concurrently with that of Land Warfare Historian on the Higher Command and Staff Course at the UK's Joint Services Command and Staff College. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Gary Sheffield is currently writing two books: Douglas Haig and the British Army, and Citizen Army, an examination of the experience of the ordinary British and Commonwealth soldier in the Second World War. He frequently broadcasts on television and radio, and writes for a variety of newspapers, journals and magazines.