David McDowall (author) explained

David Buchanan McDowall (born 1945) is a British author specialising in Middle Eastern and British history.

Early life

Born in London in 1945, he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.^{[1] [2]} and St John’s College, Oxford where he studied Islamic History and Modern Middle East Studies under Albert Hourani^[3]

Career

Royal Artillery, in Britain and Hong Kong, 1965-70;^[4] British Council, in Bombay and Baghdad, 1972-77; the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA),^[5] Beirut and Vienna, 1977-79; self-employed thereafter, Oxfam^[6] relief worker Lebanon 1982,^[6] full-time research and writing from 1983.

Personal life

Married to writer Elizabeth Laird,^[7] in 1975; two children: Angus,^[8] journalist, and William,^[9] academic.

Selected publications

Middle East

• Lebanon: A Conflict of Minorities (Minority Rights Group, 1983), ISBN 0 946 690 07 3.
• Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond (IBTauris, 1989), ISBN 1 85043 131 0, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1990), ISBN 0-520 0602 1^[10]
• Europe and the Arabs: Discord or Symbiosis? (Royal Institute for International Affairs, 1992), ISBN 0 905031 53 9
• A Modern History of the Kurds (IBTauris, London & New York, 1996, 1997 2000 and 4th ed., 2021) ISBN 978 0 7556 0079 3.^{[11] [3] [12] [13] [5] [14]}

Britain

• An Illustrated History of Britain (Longman, 1989) ISBN 9780582749146
• Britain in Close-up (Longman, 1993), ISBN 9780582064614
• Hampstead Heath (co-authored by Deborah Wolton, Frances Lincoln 2007), ISBN 9780711226531

Children's books

• The Palestinians (Franklin Watts, 1986), ISBN 978 0 86313 484 5, winner of The Other Award 1987^[15]
• The Columbus Project Book (Hodder, 1992), ISBN 9780340527801
• The Spanish Armada (Batsford, 1988), ISBN 9780713456714.

British landscape guides

• Richmond Park: The Walker’s Guide (1996, 2006), ISBN 9780952784746
• Hampstead Heath: The Walker’s Guide co-author Deborah Wolton, (1998, 2021), ISBN 9781838198015
• The Thames from Hampton to Richmond Bridge: The Walker’s Guide (2002), ISBN 9780952784722
• The Thames from Richmond to Putney Bridge: The Walker’s Guide (2005), ISBN 9780952784739
• Windsor Great Park: The Walker’s Guide (2007, 2021), ISBN 9781838198008.
• Bute: A Guide (2010) ISBN 9780952784777
• West Surrey: Walks into History (2013) ISBN 9780952784784

External links

• A Modern History of the Kurds hosted by the Middle East Centre, LSE
• David McDowall

Notes and References

1. Web site: Search - The Sandhurst Collection. sandhurstcollection.co.uk.
2. Web site: Page 8891 | Supplement 43768, 17 September 1965 | London Gazette | The Gazette. www.thegazette.co.uk.
3. Web site: A Modern History of the Kurds. London School of Economics and Political. Science. London School of Economics and Political Science.
4. Web site: Page 6415 | Supplement 45122, 9 June 1970 | London Gazette | The Gazette. www.thegazette.co.uk.
5. Web site: Book Review – 'The Cambridge History of the Kurds'. July 7, 2021.
6. Web site: MEP0019 - Evidence on The UK's policy towards the Middle East Peace Process.
7. Web site: Elizabeth Laird - Award winning children's author. Elizabeth Laird.
8. Web site: Angus McDowall's Profile | Reuters Journalist | Muck Rack.
9. Web site: Dr Will McDowall. December 13, 2016. UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.
10. David McDowell, Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989). Pp. 335. | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core. International Journal of Middle East Studies . November 1991 . 23 . 4 . 663–665 . 10.1017/S0020743800023667 . Talhami . Ghada .
11. Web site: Two comprehensive studies of the Kurds.
12. Reviewed work: A Modern History of the Kurds, David McDowall . 163876 . Entessar . Nader . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 1997 . 29 . 1 . 153–155 . 10.1017/S0020743800064400 .
13. A Modern History of the Kurds, 3d rev. ed.: By David McDowall (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005. 515 pages.). Othman. Ali. January 1, 2006. American Journal of Islam and Society. 23. 1. 92–95. www.ajis.org. 10.35632/ajis.v23i1.1642.
14. Web site: The New York Times: Book Review Search Article. archive.nytimes.com.
15. Web site: Awards: The Other Award and The Observer Teenage Fiction Prize – Books For Keeps. booksforkeeps.co.uk.