Patrick Major
Patrick N. Major (born Surrey, 1964)[1] is a professor of history at the University of Reading. Major is a specialist in the history of modern Germany, the world wars, the Cold War, film history and popular cultural history.[2]
Major spent some time researching in the West German security services. He later discovered that his supervisor there was a former Stasi agent.[3]
Selected publications
- The workers' and peasants' state: communism and society in East Germany under Ulbricht, 1945-71. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2002. (Editor with J. Osmond) ISBN 9780719062896
- "Our friend Rommel: the Wehrmacht as "worthy enemy" in postwar British popular culture", German History, 26 (4), 2008, pp. 520–35.
- Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the frontiers of power. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009. ISBN 9780199243280
- Spooked: Britain, empire and intelligence since 1945. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2009. (Edited with C. Moran) ISBN 9781443813129
- "Listening behind the Curtain: BBC broadcasting to East Germany and its Cold War echo", Cold War History, 13 (2), 2012, pp. 255–275.
References
- ↑ "Index entry: Patrick N. Major birth". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ Staff Profile:Professor Patrick Major. University of Reading. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ Spotlight on: Professor Patrick Major. Reading History. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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