# Brian Bond > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Bond > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Bond.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bond > Source revision: 1328296860 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British military historian (1936–2025)}} {{For|the American LGBT rights activist|Brian Bond (activist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} '''Brian James Bond''' (17 April 1936 – 2 June 2025) was a British military historian and professor emeritus of [military history](/source/military_history) at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London). ==Early life and education== The son of Edward Herbert Bond and his wife, Olive Bessie Sartin, Bond was born in [Marlow, Buckinghamshire](/source/Marlow%2C_Buckinghamshire), where he attended [Sir William Borlase's Grammar School](/source/Sir_William_Borlase's_Grammar_School) from 1947 to 1954. He was raised in Buckinghamshire where his father was the gardener for the [military historian](/source/military_historian) Sir [Basil Liddell Hart](/source/Basil_Liddell_Hart). Hart took a great interest in the boy and encouraged his academic interests.Introduction to ''Liddell Hart: a study of his military thought. London: Cassell, 1977'' From 1952 to 1954, Bond served in the [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery), being commissioned a [second lieutenant](/source/second_lieutenant) in the [British Army](/source/British_Army). In 1959, he took an honours degree in history at [Worcester College, Oxford](/source/Worcester_College%2C_Oxford) and then went on to take his Master of Arts degree in [war studies](/source/war_studies) at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London) in 1962. He married Madeleine Joyce Carr in 1962.See introduction to "''The unquiet Western Front''", thanking his "wife Madeleine" ==Academic career== Bond's first academic post in 1961 was as lecturer in history at the [University of Exeter](/source/University_of_Exeter). In 1962, he moved to become lecturer in history at the [University of Liverpool](/source/University_of_Liverpool), where he remained for four years. In 1966, he became [lecturer](/source/lecturer) in war studies at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London). He was promoted to reader in war studies in 1978, professor of military history in 1986, and professor emeritus in 2001. Bond served as visiting professor at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario) in 1972–73 and was visiting lecturer at the U.S. [Naval War College](/source/Naval_War_College) in 1972–74. He was made a Fellow of [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London) in 1996 and served as Liddell Hart Lecturer. He was visiting fellow at [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford) in 1992–93 and, in 2000, was visiting fellow at [All Souls College, Oxford](/source/All_Souls_College%2C_Oxford) and [Lees Knowles Lecturer](/source/Lees_Knowles_Lecturer) at [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University). Bond served as a member of council of the [Society for Army Historical Research](/source/Society_for_Army_Historical_Research) and as President of the British Commission for Military History. ==Death== Bond died on 2 June 2025, at the age of 89.{{cite news |title=Brian Bond obituary: pioneering academic at war studies school |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/brian-bond-obituary-pioneering-academic-at-war-studies-school-vj2xwxj87 |access-date=30 June 2025 |publisher=The Times |date=29 June 2025}} ==Honours== * Named a Society for Army Historical Research Fellow, 2023{{cite magazine |url=https://www.smh-hq.org/docs/HQG/GazetteSP23.pdf |magazine=Headquarters Gazette |publisher=[Society for Military History](/source/Society_for_Military_History) |volume=36 |number=1 |page=13 |title=Items of Interest: SAHR Fellowship Recipients Announced for 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929184326/https://www.smh-hq.org/docs/HQG/GazetteSP23.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2024 |url-status=live}} ==Published works== * ''[Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) military campaigns'' edited by Brian Bond. London: Hutchinson, [1967]. * ''[Mapledurham House](/source/Mapledurham_House), the historic home of the Blount family: official guide: history and description of contents''. Derby: English Life Publications, 1968. * ''The Victorian army and the Staff College, 1854–1914,'' London: Eyre Methuen, 1972. * ''Chief of staff: the diaries of Lieutenant General Sir [Henry Pownall](/source/Henry_Pownall),'' edited by Brian Bond. London: Leo Cooper, 1972–1974. * ''[France](/source/France) and [Belgium](/source/Belgium), 1939–1940'' London: Davis-Poynter, 1975; Second edition under the title ''Britain, France and Belgium, 1939–1940'' Oxford: Brassey's, 1990. * ''War and society: a yearbook of military history'' edited by Brian Bond and Ian Roy. 2 volumes. London: Croom Helm, 1975–1977; New York: Holmes & Meier, 1975–1977. * ''[Liddell Hart](/source/Basil_Liddell_Hart): a study of his military thought''. London: Cassell, 1977; [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick%2C_New_Jersey): [Rutgers University Press](/source/Rutgers_University_Press), 1977;Contemporary authors Aldershot: Gregg Revivals in association with Department of War Studies, King's College London, 1991. * ''British military policy between the two world wars,'' Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 1980 * ''War and society in Europe, 1870–1970'' [Leicester]: [Leicester University Press](/source/Leicester_University_Press), in association with Fontana Paperbacks, 1983; London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1984; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983; Stroud: Sutton, 1998. * ''Staff officer: the diaries of [Walter Guinness (first Lord Moyne)](/source/Walter_Guinness%2C_1st_Baron_Moyne), 1914–1918,'' edited by Brian Bond and Simon Robbins. London: Leo Cooper, 1987. * ''The [First World War](/source/First_World_War) and British military history,'' edited by Brian Bond. Oxford: [Clarendon Press](/source/Clarendon_Press), 1991. * ''Fallen stars: eleven studies of twentieth century military disasters,'' edited by Brian Bond. London: [Brassey's Naval Annual](/source/Brassey's_Naval_Annual) (UK), 1991. * ''The pursuit of victory: from [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon) to [Saddam Hussein](/source/Saddam_Hussein),'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, 1998. * ''The nature of future conflict: implications for force development'' by Brian Holden Reid ... [et al.]; edited by Brian Bond and [Mungo Melvin](/source/Mungo_Melvin). The Occasional Papers. Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, no. 36. Camberley: Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, 1998. * ''Look to your front: studies in the First World War'' by the British Commission for Military History; Brian Bond et al. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1999. * ''[Haig](/source/Douglas_Haig%2C_1st_Earl_Haig): a reappraisal 70 years on'', edited by Brian Bond and Nigel Cave. London: Leo Cooper, 1999. * ''[Haig](/source/Douglas_Haig%2C_1st_Earl_Haig): a reappraisal 80 years on'', edited by Brian Bond and Nigel Cave. Barnsley, [Pen and Sword Books](/source/Pen_and_Sword_Books), 2009. * ''The [battle of France](/source/battle_of_France) and [Flanders](/source/Flanders) 1940: sixty years on,'' edited by Brian Bond and Michael D. Taylor. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2001. * ''The unquiet Western Front: Britain's role in literature and history.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. * ''The [British General Staff](/source/British_General_Staff): reform and innovation c.1890-1939'', edited by David French and Brian Holden Reid in honour of: Brian Bond. London: Frank Cass, 2002. * ''British and Japanese military leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941–1945,'' edited by Brian Bond and [Kyouichi Tachikawa](/source/Kyouichi_Tachikawa). London: Frank Cass, 2004. * ''The war memoirs of [Earl Stanhope](/source/James_Stanhope%2C_7th_Earl_Stanhope), General Staff Officer in France, 1914–1918'' by Lieutenant Colonel Earl Stanhope, edited by Brian Bond. Brighton: Tom Donovan Editions, 2006. * ''Military historian: My part in the birth and development of War Studies 1966-2016,'' Solihull, West Midlands: Helion and Company, 2018. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073546/http://www.wlajournal.com/15_1-2/reviews%20345-373.pdf Matthew Stewart - Review ''Great War History, Great War Myth:Brian Bond's Unquiet Western Front and the Role of Literature and Film''] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Brian}} Category:1936 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Academics of King's College London Category:Academics of the University of Exeter Category:Academics of the University of Liverpool Category:Alumni of King's College London Category:Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Category:English military historians Category:Fellows of King's College London Category:People from Marlow, Buckinghamshire Category:Royal Artillery officers Category:Military personnel from Buckinghamshire Category:Naval War College faculty Category:20th-century British Army personnel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brian Bond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bond) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bond?action=history)). 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