Christopher Thorne

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] Thorne achieved some fame for his new approaches to international history, emphasising the importance of transnational research and perspectives.

Christopher Guy Thorne
Born17 May 1934
Died20 April 1992
NationalityBritish
Known for"Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941–1945."
AwardsBancroft Prize
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity 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.[3]

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
  • 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
  1. "Thorne, Prof. Christopher Guy". Who's Who & Who Was Who. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. Thorne, Christopher (April 1983). "International Relations and the Promptings of History". Review of International Studies. 9 (2): 123–135. doi:10.1017/s0260210500115815.
  3. "1979". The Bancroft Prizes. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.


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