Geoffrey Regan
Geoffrey Regan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Geoffrey Bernard Regan 15 July 1946 |
| Died | 28 March 2005 (aged 58) |
| Education | University of Kent: M.A. |
| Alma mater | University of London: PGCE (1972) |
| Occupation | author |
| Website | thehistorian.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 February 2005) |
Geoffrey Bernard Regan (15 July 1946 – 28 March 2005)[1][2] was an English author of popular history, senior school teacher and broadcaster. He authored books focused on military failures, and wrote for newspapers and periodicals such as USA Today[3] and History Today.[4]
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Regan attended Sunbury Grammar School from 1957 onwards, University of Kent from 1965–1970, receiving his B.A. and M.A., and took his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at University of London in 1972. He taught at senior school level from 1971 through to 1990. He lived in Surrey, England.[5]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Kirkus Reviews, describing Regan as author of "numerous popular military histories", wrote that Lionhearts "shines a soft, flattering light" on the warring leaders Saladin and Richard I, and scarcely condemns atrocities against captives.[6]
A review of Great Military Disasters in the U.S. Air Force's Air Power Journal referred to it as "in depth"; the author's "historical perspective demonstrates the usefulness of studying history to gain insight, temper judgement, and train the mind".[7] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated that with the book's "melancholy roll-call of failure, the student of military history might well wonder how anybody wins".[8]
Fight or Flight was described in its 1996 Air Power Journal review as "readable, well organized, and extremely accessible", and "with an increasing number of military books dealing with technology, [...], it is refreshing to find a book that emphasizes the one element found in all combat – people."[9]
Works
[edit | edit source]He published more than 40 books,[10] including:
- Great Military Disasters: A Historical Survey of Military Incompetence 1988. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Guinness Book of Military Blunders Guinness. 1991. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- Lionhearts: Saladin, Richard I, and the Era of the Third Crusade 1999. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- Great Military Blunders 2000, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. Regan was the Series Consultant for the Channel Four television series Great Military Blunders[11]
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- First Crusader: Byzantium's Holy Wars 2003. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Geoffrey Regan website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 October 2000).
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