John Ramsden (1947–2009)

Author of Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945

About the Author

John Ramsden is Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary University of London.

Disambiguation Notice:

This author has two works titled "Man of the Century" works about Winston Churchill. One his a series of lectures published by the "Modern Scholar" the other is his best known book.

Series

History of the Conservative Party

Works by John Ramsden

An Appetite For Power: A History of the Conservative Party Since 1830 (1998) 35 copies

Don't Mention the War: The British and the Germans since 1890 (2006) 35 copies

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century British Politics (2002) 31 copies

World War I: The Great War and the World It Made (2004) 23 copies, 1 review

Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain 1688-1988 (1990) 23 copies

The Age of Churchill and Eden, 1940-1957 (History of the Conservative Party) (1995) 14 copies

Winston Churchill: Man of the Century (2004) 8 copies, 1 review

The age of Balfour and Baldwin, 1902-1940 (1978) 7 copies

The Winds of Change:Macmillan to Heath, 1957-1975 (1996) 7 copies

The Dam Busters: A British Film Guide (2002) 6 copies

The Poets' Guide to Economics (2022) 3 copies

The making of Conservative Party policy : the Conservative Research Department since 1929 (1980) 2 copies

John Ramsden: Hanoi after the War (2018) 2 copies

'A shocking revelation' in TLS 5171, 10 May 2002 [review of Hirst's 'Sentimental Nation: The making of the Australian Commonwealth' & Ward's 'Australia & the British Embrace'] 1 copy

By-Elections in British Politics 1 copy

" That will depend on who writes the history " : Winston Churchill as his own historian (1997) 1 copy

The life and times of Winston Churchill 1 copy

Hanoi après la guerre (2020) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1947-11-12
Date of death: 2009-10-16
Gender: male
Occupations: Professor of History, University of London (Queen Mary)
Nationality: UK
Disambiguation notice: This author has two works titled "Man of the Century" works about Winston Churchill. One his a series of lectures published by the "Modern Scholar" the other is his best known book.
Associated Place (for map): UK

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MarcusBastos 158 reviews

THE MODERN SCHOLAR: WORLD WAR I, THE GREAT WAR & THE WORLD IT MADE by John Ramsden

Europe in World War I
This course concentrates in explaining the politics in early twentieth century Europe. John Ramsden tries to expose Europe’s context when World War I occurred, its causes and consequences. The lectures drawn between the various countries involved in the conflict and its most important facts (battles). At the end the listener got a better understanding of this pivotal moment in world history.

May 10, 2018

themulhern 2,085 reviews

Winston Churchill: Man of the Century by John Ramsden