Charles Townshend FBA (born 1945) is a British historian with expertise on the historic role of British imperialism in Ireland and Palestine.
Townshend is currently Professor of International History at Keele University. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2008.
Books in order of publication:
The British Campaign in Ireland 1919-1921: The Development of Political and Military Policies – 1975
Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance Since 1848 – 1984
Britain’s Civil Wars: Counterinsurgency in the twentieth century – 1986
Making the Peace: Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain – 1993
Ireland: The 20th Century – 1999
Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction – 2002
The Oxford History of Modern War – 2005
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion – 2006
When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq 1914-1921 – 2011
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence – 2013
The Partition: Ireland Divided, 1885-1925 – 2021
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