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Martin van Creveld

Martin van Creveld
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at the House of Commons, London
(26 February 2008)
Born (1946-03-05) 5 March 1946 (age 70)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Israeli
Fields Military history
Military theory
Alma mater London School of Economics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Website
martin-van-creveld.com

Martin Levi van Creveld (Hebrew: מרטין ון קרפלד‎‎; born 5 March 1946) is an Israeli military historian and theorist.

Van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in the city of Rotterdam to a Jewish family. His parents, Leon and Margaret, were staunch Zionists who had managed to evade the Nazis during World War II. One of Creveld's uncles and several cousins were killed in the Holocaust.

In 1950, his family emigrated to Israel, and Creveld grew up in Ramat Gan. From 1964 to 1969, he studied history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned an MA. From 1969–71, he studied history at the London School of Economics and received a PhD.

Van Creveld's doctoral dissertation on Hitler's strategy in the Balkans during the early years of World War II was published as a book in 1973: "Hitler's Strategy, 1940-41. The Balkan Clue." After completing his PhD in 1971, van Creveld returned to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became a professor in 1988. In 2007, he retired from teaching at Hebrew University, and began teaching at Tel Aviv University's Security Studies Program.

Van Creveld has been married twice and has three children. He lives in Mevaseret Zion.

Van Creveld is the author of seventeen books on military history and strategy, of which Command in War (1985), Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton (1977, 2nd edition 2004), The Transformation of War (1991), The Sword and the Olive (1998) and The Rise and Decline of the State (1999) are among the best known. Van Creveld has lectured or taught at many strategic institutes in the Western world, including the U.S. Naval War College.


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