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Brendan Peter Simms is an Irish historian and Professor of the History of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Simms, a Newton-Sheehy Teaching Fellow, completed his doctoral dissertation, ''Anglo-Prussian relations, 1804-1806: The Napoleonic Threat'', at Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Tim Blanning in 1993. A Fellow of Peterhouse, he lectures and leads seminars on international history since 1945.〔Brendan Simms' webpage at the (Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University )〕 Simms's research focuses on the history of European foreign policy. He has written a variety of books and articles on this subject, including ''Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia'' (2001) and ''Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783'' (2007). His overarching book, ''Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present,'' was favorably reviewed by The Telegraph〔(Europe by Brendan Simms: review, Noel Malcolm, The Telegraph, 15 April 2013 )〕 and the New Statesman〔(Reviewed: Europe - the Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms, Norman Stone, New Statesman 25 April 2013 )〕 In addition to his academic work, he also serves as the president of The Henry Jackson Society, which advocates the view that supporting and promoting liberal democracy and liberal interventionism should be an integral part of Western foreign policy. He is President of the Project for Democratic Union, a Munich-based student-organised think tank.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/brendan-simms〕 == Books == *''The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850'' (Palgrave MacMillan, 1998) *''Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia'' (Penguin, 2001) *''Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783'' (Penguin, 2007) *''Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present'' (Allen Lane, 2013) * ''The Longest Afternoon, The Four Hundred Men who Decided the Battle of Waterloo'' (Allen Lane, 2014) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brendan Simms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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