Charles Townshend (historian)

Professor Emeritus Charles Townshend FBA
Born	(1945-07-27) 27 July 1945 Nottingham, England
Nationality	British
Spouse	Katherine Jane Lawley ​ ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	2
Academic background
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford (BA, 1967; DPhil, 1973)
Academic work
Discipline	Historian
Institutions	Keele University (1987–2014)

Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945) is a British historian. His most prominent field of research is the history of British rule in Ireland, but is also a historian of British influence and rule in the Middle East during and after World War I, the era of Mandatory Palestine, Mandatory Iraq, and the Emirate of Transjordan.

Career

He worked for most of his career as a Professor of International History at Keele University. He retired and took Emeritus status in 2014.

Awards and Distinctions

• 2008 – Fellow of the British Academy

Bibliography

Books

• Townshend, Charles (1975). The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919–1921: The Development of Political and Military Policies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821863-0.
• Townshend, Charles (1983). Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820084-0.
• Townshend, Charles (1986). Britain's Civil Wars: Counterinsurgency in the Twentieth Century. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-13802-9.
• Townshend, Charles (1993). Making the Peace: Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-822978-0.
• Townshend, Charles (1999). Ireland: The Twentieth Century. London: Arnold. ISBN 978-0-340-66335-6.
• Townshend, Charles (2002). Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960394-7. (Second edition published in 2011.)
• Townshend, Charles (2005). Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-14-190276-0.
• Townshend, Charles (2010). When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914–1921. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-23721-0. (Published in the United States in 2011 as Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia.)
• Townshend, Charles (2013). The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918–1923. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-00349-7.
• Townshend, Charles (2021). The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885–1925. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-14-198574-9.

Articles

• Townshend, Charles (1979). "The Irish Railway Strike of 1920: Industrial Action and Civil Resistance in the Struggle for Independence". Irish Historical Studies. 22 (83): 265–282. doi:10.1017/S0021121400113148. JSTOR 30008284. S2CID 182918322.
• Townshend, Charles (1979). "The Irish Republican Army and the Development of Guerrilla Warfare, 1916–1921". The English Historical Review. 94 (371): 318–345. doi:10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXI.318. JSTOR 566849.
• Townshend, Charles (1982). "Martial Law: Legal and Administrative Problems of Civil Emergency in Britain and the Empire, 1800–1940". The Historical Journal. 25 (1): 167–195. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00009900. JSTOR 2638811. S2CID 159491362.
• Townshend, Charles (1988). "The Defence of Palestine: Insurrection and Public Security, 1936–1939". The English Historical Review. 103 (409): 917–949. doi:10.1093/ehr/CIII.CCCCIX.917. JSTOR 570262.
• Townshend, Charles (1989). "Military Force and Civil Authority in the United Kingdom, 1914–1921". Journal of British Studies. 28 (3): 262–292. doi:10.1086/385937. JSTOR 175572. S2CID 145081619.
• Townshend, Charles (1989). "The Making of Modern Irish Public Culture". The Journal of Modern History. 61 (3): 535–554. doi:10.1086/468292. JSTOR 1881350. S2CID 144555834.
• Townshend, Charles (1993). "Militarism and Modern Society". The Wilson Quarterly. 17 (1): 71–82. JSTOR 40258438.
• Townshend, Charles (1998). "The Meaning of Irish Freedom: Constitutionalism in the Free State". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 8: 45–70. doi:10.2307/3679288. JSTOR 3679288. S2CID 155766182.
• Townshend, Charles (2004). "Religion, War, and Identity in Ireland". The Journal of Modern History. 76 (4): 882–902. doi:10.1086/427571. JSTOR 10.1086/427571.
• Townshend, Charles (2006). "Making Sense of Easter 1916". History Ireland. 14 (2): 40–45. JSTOR 27725427.