Holger H. Herwig
Holger Heinrich Herwig (born September 25, 1941 in Hamburg ) is a Canadian military historian of German descent.
Life
Herwig studied at the University of British Columbia (BA 1965) and the State University of New York (MA 1967 and Ph.D. 1970).
1971/72 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at Indiana University . From 1971 to 1989 he taught at Vanderbilt University , most recently as a professor. In 1985/86 he was Visiting Professor of Strategy at Naval War College .
He then became Professor of History at the University of Calgary . From 1991 to 1996 he was Head of the Department of History. He has also held the Canada Research Chair in the Center for Military and Strategic Studies since 2001. In 1998 he was the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies at the College of William & Mary . In 2010 he gave the Harmon Memorial Lecture in Military History at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
He is u. a. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received several grants such as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation . He is also a member of the Atlantik-Brücke .
Herwig is the author of several books and specialist articles, especially on the First World War . He dealt in particular with the outbreak of the First World War and also with the history of its creation.
He was a consultant for the Discovery Channel and other historical TV productions (including Deadly Seas, Murder in Normandy, Forced March to Freedom).
In 1999 he received the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr., Book Prize of the Western Front Association (today: World War One Historical Association) for his book The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 , published by Edward Arnold (today : Taylor & Francis ).
Fonts (selection)
(Overview)
- The German Naval Officer Corps (1973); the book was published in 1977 in a revised form in a German translation under the title "The Kaiser's elite corps. The naval officers in Wilhelminian Germany." ISBN 3-7672-0514-9
- Politics of Frustration (1976)
- "Luxury" Fleet (1980)
- with Neil M. Heyman : Biographical Dictionary of World War I (1982)
- Germany's Vision of Empire in Venezuela 1871-1914 (1986)
- (ed.): Wolfgang Wegener : The Naval Strategy of the World War (1989)
- The Outbreak of World War I (5th ed., 1991)
- The First World War (1997)
- with David J. Bercuson : Deadly Seas (1997)
- with William F. Sater : The Grand Illusion (1999)
- with David J. Bercuson: The Destruction of the Bismarck (2001)
- with David J. Bercuson: Bismarck (2002)
- World History of Warfare (2003)
- with Richard F. Hamilton : The Origins of World War I (2003)
- with Richard F. Hamilton: Decisions for War, 1914-1917 (2005)
- with David J. Bercuson: One Christmas in Washington (2006)
- with Michael Keren : War Memory and Popular Culture (2009)
- The Marne, 1914 (2009)
- with Richard F. Hamilton: War Planning 1914 (2009)
(newer posts)
- Marne 1914: a battle that changed the world? (= Age of World Wars . Volume 13). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2016, ISBN 978-3-506-78195-6 .
- The Demon of Geopolitics. How Karl Haushofer "educated" Hitler and Hess . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, USA 2016.
Web links
- Search for "Holger H. Herwig" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Holger H. Herwig at the University of Calgary
Footnotes
- ↑ Reading sample (pdf)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herwig, Holger H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herwig, Holger Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian military historian of German descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |