Patrick Major Explained
Patrick N. Major (born 1964, in Surrey)[1] is Professor of History at the University of Reading. Major is a specialist in the history of modern Germany, the World Wars, the Cold War, film history and popular cultural history.[2]
Major spent some time researching in the West German security services. He later discovered that his supervisor in the West German version of MI5 was a former Stasi agent.[3]
Selected publications
- The Death of the KPD: Communism and Anti-Communism in West Germany, 1945-1956.
- The workers' and peasants' state: communism and society in East Germany under Ulbricht, 1945–71. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2002. (Editor with J. Osmond)
- "Our friend Rommel: the Wehrmacht as "worthy enemy" in postwar British popular culture", German History, 26 (4), 2008, pp. 520–35.
- Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the Frontiers of Power. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009.
- Spooked: Britain, Empire and Intelligence since 1945. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2009. (Edited with C. Moran)
- "Listening behind the Curtain: BBC broadcasting to East Germany and its Cold War echo", Cold War History, 13 (2), 2012, pp. 255–275.
Notes and References
- Web site: Index entry: Patrick N. Major birth. 16 December 2015. FreeBMD. ONS.
- http://www.reading.ac.uk/history/about/staff/p-major.aspx Staff Profile: Professor Patrick Major.
- http://unireadinghistory.com/2013/10/17/spotlight-on-professor-patrick-major/ "Spotlight on: Professor Patrick Major"
