Robert Lyman

Robert Lyman
Born	13 January 1963
Occupation	Military historian
Language	English
Nationality	British
Education	Scotch College Melbourne, University of York, King's College London, University of Wales, Cranfield University, University of East Anglia
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Subject	Modern history
Website
www.robertlyman.com

Dr Robert Lyman, FRHistS (born 13 June 1963) is a British military historian. He has published a number of popular books on the Second World War.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Education

Lyman was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and joined the British Army at the age of 18. He was commissioned into the Light Infantry from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1982 and left the army as a Major. He has obtained five degrees, including a PhD, from as many universities.

Career

Following his career in the British Army, Lyman has published over 14 books on the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and Asia. He is widely regarded to be authoritative on the war in the Far East, in particular the Burma Campaign. He regularly appears on TV and radio and reviews books for newspapers and magazines. ^[3]His presentation of the case for Field Marshal Sir William Slim won a National Army Museum debate in 2011 for Britain’s Greatest General and his case for Kohima/Imphal won a National Army Museum debate in 2012 for Britain’s Greatest Battle. ^{[4] [5]} He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Lyman has been a trustee of the Kohima Educational Trust since 2004, and Chairman between 2008-2016.^[6]

Personal life

He lives in Shurlock Row in rural Berkshire, England with his wife Hannah and their children.

Published works

Book	Year	Published	Other
Slim, Master of War	2004	Constable & Robinson	ISBN 9781845292263[7]
First Victory	2006	Constable & Robinson	ISBN 9781845291082[8]
Iraq 1941	2006	Osprey	ISBN 9781841769912[9]
The Generals	2008	Constable & Robinson	ISBN 9781845294915[10]
The Longest Siege: Tobruk, the Battle that Saved North Africa	2009	Macmillan	ISBN 9780230710245[11]
Kohima, 1944	2010	Osprey	ISBN 9781846039393[12]
Japan's Last Bid for Victory	2011	Praetorian	ISBN 9781848845428[13]
Bill Slim	1994	Osprey	ISBN 9781849085281[14]
Operation Suicide	2012	Quercus	ISBN 9780857382405 [15] Translated into French
Into the Jaws of Death	2013	Quercus	ISBN 9781471239809[16]
Jail Busters	2014	Quercus	ISBN 9781471275029[17]
The Real X-Men	2015	Quercus	ISBN 9781784294748[18]
Among the Headhunters	2016	De Capo	ISBN 9780306824678[19]

Other contributions

• Wrote a chapter in Professor Gary Sheffield’s book The Challenges of High Command (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).^[20]
• Wrote the foreword to David Rooney’s Stilwell, The Patriot.^[21]
• Contributed to General Sir Richard Dannatt’s biography Leading from the Front.^[22]
• Contributed to Jeffrey Archer’s second volume of the Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father.^[23]

Broadcasts

• Historian on Who Do You Think You Are documentaries for Alan Cumming and Nicky Campbell.^[24]
• He was the historical consultant to the BBC for the VJ Day ceremonies in 2015.^[25]
• He contributed to the documentary series Narrow Escapes of WW2.^[26]

External links

• The Kohima Educational Trust

References

1. "Robert Lyman". The Viney Agency. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Robert Lyman". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "The Battle for Fallujah Matters Again". Bloomberg News. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "National Army Museum debate in 2012 for Britain's Greatest Battle". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "National Army Museum debate in 2011 for Britain's Greatest General". BBC. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. "KET". Kohima Educational Trust. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
7. "Slim, Master of War". Littlebrown.co.uk. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
8. "First Victory". Littlebrown.co.uk. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
9. "Iraq 1941". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
10. "The Generals". Littlebrown.co.uk. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
11. "Tobruk: The Longest Siege". Panmacmillan. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
12. "Kohima 1944". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
13. "Japan's Last Bid for Victory". Praetorian. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
14. "Bill Slim". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
15. "Operation Suicide". Quercus Books. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
16. "Into the Jaws of Death". Quercus Books. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
17. "Jail Busters". Quercus Books. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
18. "The Real X-Men". Quercus Books. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
19. "Among the Headhunters". De Capo Press. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
20. "The Challenges of High Command". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
21. "Stilwell, the Patriot". Skyhorse Publishing. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
22. "Leading from the Front". randomhouse.com. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
23. "The Sins of the Father". jeffreyarcher.com. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
24. "Who Do You Think You Are". BBC. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
25. "Who Do You Think You Are". BBC. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
26. "Narrow Escapes of WW2". IMDB. Retrieved June 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)