Michael Burleigh is a historian and commentator. His books include the best-selling The Third Reich: A New History which won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize; Small Wars Far Away Places which was longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize and most recently The Best of Times The Worst of Times. He writes regularly for the The Times Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday on international affairs and has also won a British Film Institute Award for Archival Achievement and a New York Film and Television Festival Award Bronze Medal. A Professor of Modern History Michael was the first appointed Engelsberg Chair of History and International Relations at LSE IDEAS which is an annual distinguished visiting professorship delivering public lectures to LSE's foreign policy think tank. He held the post from 2019 to 2020. He lives in London. . Language: English