Christopher Guy Thorne DLitt MA FBA (17 May 1934 – 20 April 1992) was a British historian and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex.[1] He specialised in studying the Pacific War. He was a resident fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and a fellow of the British Academy.[2] In 1986 he delivered the British Academy's Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature and History.[3] Thorne achieved some fame for his new approaches to international history, emphasising the importance of transnational research and perspectives.
Christopher Guy Thorne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1934 |
| Died | 20 April 1992 |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | "Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945." |
| Awards | Bancroft Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of Sussex, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study |
He was the first non-American to win the Bancroft Prize for American history, awarded in 1979 for his book Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945.[4]
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (B.A. 1958, M.A. 1962, D.Litt. 1980, Hon. Fellow 1989).[1]
Bibliography
edit- The Approach of War, 1938–1939, Humanity Press (1967) ISBN 0-333-03478-3
- The Limits of Foreign Policy: The West, The League, and the Far Eastern Crisis of 1931–1933, Palgrave Macmillan (1973) ISBN 0-333-15043-0
- Allies of a Kind: the United States, Britain, and the War against Japan, 1941–1945, Oxford University Press (1978) ISBN 0-19-520034-9
- The Issue of War: States, Societies, and the Far Eastern Conflict of 1941–1945, Oxford University Press (1985) ISBN 0-19-520474-3
- Border Crossings: Studies in International History, Blackwell (1988) ISBN 0-631-16062-0
- Between the Seas: A Quiet Walk through Crete, Sinclair-Stevenson (1994) ISBN 1-85619-188-5
References
edit- ^ a b Thorne, Prof. Christopher Guy. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U175871. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Thorne, Christopher (April 1983). "International Relations and the Promptings of History". Review of International Studies. 9 (2): 123–135. doi:10.1017/s0260210500115815. S2CID 145645184.
- ^ "Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lectures in American Literature and History". The British Academy. text
- ^ "1979". The Bancroft Prizes. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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