Dr Hedley Willmott
Job title
Honorary Research Associate
Department
Greenwich Maritime Institute
Qualifications
BA, MA, PhD
Dr Hedley Willmott is retired, his most recent appointments having been the Mark W. Clark chair of Military History at The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina (2004-05) and director of the online Military History graduate programme, Norwich University, Vermont (2005-06): his most recent appointments in Britain were with Greenwich Maritime Institute (GMI), University of Greenwich, and the Institute for the Study of War and Society, De Montfort University. He holds Master’s degrees from Liverpool and National Defence and a doctorate from London Universities, and is a qualified staff officer (National War College 1992–1994).
A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has served in the faculties of Temple University, the University of Memphis, and the Department of Military Strategy and Operations, National War College. He has written extensively on modern naval and military subjects including Empires in the Balance, The Barrier and the Javelin and Grave of a Dozen Schemes and the critically acclaimed The Great Crusade. A New Complete History of the Second World War. Formerly with reserve airborne forces, he is author of the When Men Lost Faith in Reason: Reflections on Warfare in the Twentieth Century, The War with Japan. The Period of Balance, Battleship, The First World War and The Last Fleet Action, The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 22-28 October 1944, the last of which won the Society for Military History’s top award for 2006.
Research/scholarly interests
- Modern naval and military subjects.
Selected publications
Books
Willmott, H. (2008) Empires in the Balance. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
Willmott, H. (2008) The Barrier and the Javelin. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
Willmott, H. (1996) Grave of a Dozen Schemes. Shrewsbury: Airlife.
Willmott, H. (1989) The Great Crusade: A New Complete History of the Second World War. London: Micheal Joseph Ltd.
Willmott, H. (2002) When Men Lost Faith in Reason: Reflections on Warfare in the 20th Century. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.
Willmott, H. (2002) The War with Japan: The Period of Balance.
Willmott, H. (2002) Battleship. London: W&N.
Willmott, H. (2003) The First World War. London: Dorling Kindersley.
Willmott, H. (2005) The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action. Indiana: Indiana University Press.