Hugh Bicheno

Hugh Bicheno (* 1948 in Cienfuegos , Cuba ) is a British - American historian specializing in war and war history , political risk analyst and writer . His best-selling books include Razor's Edge: the Unofficial History of the Falklands War and Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War .

Life

Bicheno was born in Cienfuegos (Cuba) in 1948 to British parents. He began his school education in Scotland and came to Chile in 1957 , where he finished it. He studied history at Emmanuel College at Cambridge University on a scholarship . He graduated with the best possible grade (First Class Honors degree). In 1969 he returned to Santiago de Chile , where he worked as a teacher and at the same time continued to work in academic research. By his own admission, bored and disaffected, he left the academic milieu, joined the British secret service MI6 and served in London and Buenos Aires . His next field of activity was the security industry. As a freelance security advisor specializing in child abduction negotiations, Bicheno worked mainly in South America and Italy from 1980 . Due to his work in the field of secret service and private security, Bicheno always paid attention to the high level of confidentiality of his data, which is why his résumé is partially incomplete.

After moving to England in 1999 , he devoted himself to research into political conflict and the history of war. As an author, these topics have found their way into several books and magazine articles. Bicheno has both US and British citizenship, grew up bilingually in English and Spanish, speaks Italian and French and also understands Portuguese.

reception

Commenting on Razor's Edge, the late military historian Sir John Keegan said: "Bicheno has a lot to say [about the Falklands War ], highly entertaining" and described the book as "gripping and uncomfortable". Robert Fox, a journalist for The Guardian , reviewed the same book. Bicheno's research is often based on hearsay: “While this book may be a good read, it is not a good historical treatise.” Max Hastings , a journalist for the Daily Mail , attests to Bicheno “knowing how wars are waged ... Bicheno knows how soldiers wage war and has done us all a favor by describing it so accurately ”. This criticism can be found on the cover of the book. Peter J. Beck of Kingston University emphasizes Bicheno's skillful narrative rendering of events as the book's main strength. He praises his detailed reporting and describes the plot as 'ultra-conservative'. However, he criticized the subtitle of the book. Readers would be left to their own devices as to why Bicheno presents his study as an 'unofficial story'. Beck raises the question of whether all historiography that is not based on privileged access to closed files is not 'unofficial'. The work Vendetta: High Art and Low Cunning at the Birth of the Renaissance was recognized by István Szijártó and Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon in their academic book on microhistory (What is microhistory?): “From his book we can say the most about the world of warfare experienced in the Renaissance . "

Works

Gettysburg. Cassel, London 2001, ISBN 0-304-35698-0
Midway. Cassell, London 2001, ISBN 0-304-35715-4
Rebels & Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War. HarperCollins, London 2003, ISBN 0-00-715625-1
Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Cassell, London 2003, ISBN 0-304-36319-7
Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006, ISBN 0-297-84633-7
Vendetta: High Art and Low Cunning at the Birth of the Renaissance . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-297-84634-5
Elizabeth's Sea Dogs: How the English Became the Scourge of the Seas. Conway, London 2012 ISBN 978-1-84486-174-3
Battle Royal: the Wars of Lancaster and York 1440-1462. Head of Zeus, London 2015, ISBN 978-1-78185-965-0
Blood Royal: the Wars of Lancaster and York 1462-1485. Head of Zeus, London 2016 ISBN 978-1-78185-968-1
Crescent and Cross. Endeavor Kindle Edition, 2019

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Jonathan Mardones: “El FPMR was una manada de huevones pretenciosos”. In: El Desconcierto.cl. March 2, 2018, Retrieved July 12, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b David Hayes: Hugh Bicheno. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Robert Fox: Lost in the Fog of War. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b John Keegan: How we won the War in the wet Malvinas. 2006, accessed July 12, 2019 .
↑ Hugh, Bicheno: Razor's Edge . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006, ISBN 0-297-84633-7 .
↑ PETER J. BECK: Review of Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War . In: History . tape 92 , no. 2 (306) , 2007, ISSN 0018-2648 , pp. 280-280 , JSTOR : 24429237 .
↑ István Szijártó, Sigurdur Gylfi Magnússon: What is micro history? Theory and Practice . Routledge, London / New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-415-69208-3 , pp. 57 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bicheno, Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British-American historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cienfuegos , Cuba

[:0-1] A ^b Jonathan Mardones: “El FPMR was una manada de huevones pretenciosos”. In: El Desconcierto.cl. March 2, 2018, Retrieved July 12, 2019 (Spanish).

[:1-2] David Hayes: Hugh Bicheno. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .

[:2-3] A ^b Robert Fox: Lost in the Fog of War. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .

[:3-4] A ^b John Keegan: How we won the War in the wet Malvinas. 2006, accessed July 12, 2019 .

[5] Hugh, Bicheno: Razor's Edge . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006, ISBN 0-297-84633-7 .

[6] PETER J. BECK: Review of Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War . In: History . tape 92 , no. 2 (306) , 2007, ISSN 0018-2648 , pp. 280-280 , JSTOR : 24429237 .

[7] István Szijártó, Sigurdur Gylfi Magnússon: What is micro history? Theory and Practice . Routledge, London / New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-415-69208-3 , pp. 57 .