Charles Townshend

Charles Townshend is a Professor of International History at Keele University. He has taught at the National Humanities Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center. His research interests focus on the British imperial presence in Ireland and Palestine (1917-1948). His most well-known works include: "The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919-1921: the Development of Political and Military Policies" (Oxford, 1975), "Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848" (Oxford, 1983), "Britain's Civil Wars: Counterinsurgency in the Twentieth Century" (Faber and Faber, 1986), "Making the Peace: Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain" (Oxford, 1993), "Ireland: The Twentieth Century" (Hodder Arnold, 1999), "Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford, 2002), "Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion" (Penguin, 2005).