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Benjamin Grob‐Fitzgibbon

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associate professor of history and a Fulbright College mast

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: United States Department of State (2016); Duke University (2003–2004)

9 h-index 62 pubs 313 cited

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Benjamin Grob‐Fitzgibbon is an associate professor of history whose research focuses on modern British history, particularly the end of empire and its associated conflicts. His work examines the evolution of British counter-insurgency strategies and their impact on imperial withdrawal. He has authored several books, including "The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967" and "Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire." His scholarship also extends to the broader relationship between Britain and Europe, as explored in "Continental Drift: Britain and Europe from the End of Empire to the Rise of Euroscepticism." Additionally, he has researched the historical context of political violence, as seen in "FROM THE DAGGER TO THE BOMB: KARL HEINZEN AND THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL TERROR." His research has contributed to understanding the complexities of decolonization and its lasting legacies.

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  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 62
  • Citations: 313

Positions

  • associate professor of history and a Fulbright College mast publications 2009–2016
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Listing

Selected Publications

  • Political Imprisonment and the Irish, 1912–1921. By William Murphy.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xii+301. $110.00. (2016)
    The Journal of Modern History DOI OpenAlex
  • The Curious Case of the Vanishing Debate over Irish Home Rule: The Dominion of Canada, Irish Home Rule, and Canadian Historiography (2015)
    The American Review of Canadian Studies 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Fight or Flight: Britain, France, and their Roads from Empire. ByMartinThomas. Oxford University Press. 2014. xvii + 539pp. £25.00. (2015)
    History DOI OpenAlex
  • Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World Kwasi Kwarteng. London: Bloomsbury, 2011. 465 pp. $29.99 (hardback). (2013)
    Britain and the World 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967 (2012)
    The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History 72 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Round-Tables (2011)
    Britain and the World DOI OpenAlex
  • Prologue (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • Imperial Endgame (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks 30 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Epilogue: The Imperial Endgame after Eden (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Attlee Years: July 27, 1945, to October 26, 1951 (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • The Churchill Years: October 26, 1951, to April 7, 1955 (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • The Eden Years: April 7, 1955, to January 10, 1957 (2011)
    Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks DOI OpenAlex
  • Aliens in our midst: rethinking the college survey (2011)
    Teaching in Higher Education DOI OpenAlex
  • Priya Satia, Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). Pp. 472. $55.00 cloth. (2011)
    International Journal Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
  • INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY (2011)
    The RUSI Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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