MICHAEL JONES
Michael Jones gained a PhD in military history at Bristol University and subsequently taught at the University of South West England, the University of Glasgow and Winchester College. He now works freelance as a writer, presenter and battlefield tour guide. His first book, The King’s Mother, was shortlisted for the Whitfield Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. Michael Jones’ particular interest is in battle psychology, and the role of morale and inspirational leadership in situations of military crisis. He has worked extensively with World War Two veterans, and his books draw on their powerful eye-witness testimonies, focussing on the human story behind the battles and campaigns. He is an enthusiastic and highly effective lecturer, who also works in the corporate field as a motivational speaker and trainer, bringing alive the present-day relevance of history’s greatest battles and commanders. Michael Jones was historical adviser for the recent History Channel series Warriors and Russia Today’s TV documentaries on World War Two’s Eastern Front.
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LATEST BOOK: THE RETREAT: HITLER'S FIRST DEFEAT
At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred motherland, pushed back German forces steeled by the vision of the ubermensch, the iron-willed fighter. Many of Russia's 27 million military and civilian deaths occurred in this desperate struggle. In The Retreat, Michael Jones, acclaimed author of Leningrad - State of Seige, draws upon a mass of new eye-witness testimony from both sides of the conflict to tell, with matchless vividness and comprehensiveness, of the crucial turning point of the Second World War - the moment when the armies of Hitler could go no further - and of the titanic and cruel struggle of two mighty empires.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: The Retreat: Hitler’s First Defeat (John Murray, 2009). US edition by Thomas Dunne, Spanish by Critica.Leningrad: State of Siege (John Murray, 2008). US edition by Basic Books – other foreign editions in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, India, Norway, Spain.Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed (Pen and Sword, 2007). US edition by Casemate; Russian by Eksmo.Agincourt 1415 – A Battlefield Guide (Pen and Sword, 2005)Bosworth 1485 – Psychology of a Battle (The History Press, 2002) The Kings’ Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (CUP, 1992)
