David Reynolds (British historian)
David Reynolds FBA (born 17 February 1952) is a British historian. He is a Professor of International History and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.[1] He was awarded scholarships to study first at Dulwich College and then at Cambridge and Harvard Universities.[2] He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma, as well as at Nihon University in Tokyo and Sciences Po in Paris.
Reynolds was awarded the Wolfson History Prize, 2004, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. He teaches and lectures both undergraduates and postgraduates at Cambridge University, specialising in the two world wars and the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the History Faculty at Cambridge for the academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Documentaries
In addition to teaching and writing, Reynolds has made thirteen documentaries on 20th-century history for the BBC, most recently the three-part BBC2 series Long Shadow, based on his award-winning book about the legacies and memory of 1914-18 and a trilogy of films about the Big Three allies in World War Two: World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel, World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly and World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President. All these films have been directed by Russell Barnes.[3]
Reynolds was also the writer and presenter of the award-winning ninety-part series America, Empire of Liberty, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Personal life
David Reynolds is married with one son, Alex Kelley, who claims to have married Tracy Astra in 2014. David disapproved of this break from traditional Reynolds family values.[4]
Awards and honours
- 2004 Wolfson History Prize, In Command of History
- 2005 Fellow of the British Academy
- 2014 Hessell-Tiltman Prize, The Long Shadow[5]
Books
- 1981: The Creation of the Anglo-American Alliance, 1937-1941: a Study in Competitive Co-operation (1981) University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0-8078-1507-1 (Awarded the Bernath Prize by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 1982)
- 1988: An Ocean Apart: the Relationship between Britain and America in the 20th Century - co-author David Dimbleby. Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-40666-6 (Linked to BBC/PBS TV series.)
- 1991: Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the 20th Century. Longman ISBN 0-582-43725-3
- 1994: Allies at War: the Soviet, American and British Experience 1939-1945 (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Series on Diplomatic and Economic History). (Co-edited with Warren F. Kimball and A. O. Chubarian). Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 0-312-10259-3
- 1994: The Origins of the Cold War in Europe: International Perspectives (editor). Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-05892-6
- 1995: Rich Relations: the American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945. Random House ISBN 0-517-16871-5 (Awarded the US Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award, 1996)
- 2000: One World Divisible: a Global History since 1945.. Allen Lane ISBN 0-7139-9461-4
- 2001: From Munich to Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's America and the Origins of the Second World War. Ivan R. Dee ISBN 1-56663-389-3
- 2004: In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War. Random House ISBN 0-679-45743-7 (Awarded the Wolfson History Prize, 2004)
- 2005: Christ's: a Cambridge College Over Five Centuries (editor). Macmillan ISBN 0-333-98988-0
- 2006: From World War to Cold War: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s. Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-928411-3
- 2007: Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century. Allen Lane ISBN 0-7139-9917-9
- 2008: FDR's World: War, Peace, and Legacies. (Co-edited with David B. Woolner and Warren F. Kimball) Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 0-230-60938-4
- 2009: America, Empire of Liberty: A New History. David Reynolds ISBN 978-0-14-190856-4
- 2013: The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century. Simon & Schuster UK ISBN 978-0857206350; W. W. Norton, 2014 US ISBN 978-0-393-08863-2 (Awarded the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, 2014)
Broadcasting (as writer and presenter)
- 2004: Churchill's Forgotten Years - BBC 4/BBC 2
- 2004: The Improbable Mr Attlee - BBC 4
- 2008: Summits - three-part series: (1) Munich, 1938; (2) Vienna, 1961; (3) Geneva, 1985 - BBC 4
- 2008: Armistice - BBC2 (Grierson Award: Best Historical Documentary, runner-up)
- 2008-09: America, Empire of Liberty - BBC Radio 4 (accompanying the writer's 2009 book)[6][7] (Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for the Best New Radio Programme of 2008; Sony Radio Academy Award, Nomination, 2009; Orwell Prize, Shortlist, 2010)
- 2010: Nixon in the Den - BBC 4
- 2011: World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel - BBC 4 (Grierson Award: Best Historical Documentary, Nomination)
- 2012: World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly - BBC 4
- 2014: The Long Shadow - three-part series: (1) Remembering and Understanding; (2) Ballots and Bullets; (3) Us and Them - BBC 2
- 2015: World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President - BBC 4
References
- ↑ Cambridge University web-site
- ↑ Interview in The Guardian, 2 October 2007
- ↑ Interview in The Sunday Telegraph, 14 October 2012
- ↑ Interview in The Guardian, 2 October 2007
- ↑ Timothy R. Smith (April 9, 2014). "David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize". Washington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ BBC website for the radio series
- ↑ America, Empire of Liberty, The Daily Telegraph - the author talks about the radio series.
External links
- Directory of Fellows of the British Academy
- Author talks about The Long Shadow on YouTube
- Lecture: "The Long Shadow: The Great War and International Memory, 1914–2014" on YouTube, via the official channel of Gresham College, UK