Saul David

Professor
Saul David
Professor Saul David
Born	Julian Saul David; 1966; Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Education	Ampleforth College
Alma mater	Edinburgh University; University of Glasgow;
Occupations	Academic; Military historian; Broadcaster;

Julian Saul David (born 1966) is a British academic military historian and broadcaster. He is best known for his work on the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as for presenting and appearing in documentaries on British television covering imperial and military themes.

Of Armenian ancestry through his father and originally named Davidian,^[1] David was born in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was educated at various local schools in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire before studying for his A-levels at Ampleforth College.^[2] He studied for an MA in history at Edinburgh University, for which he was awarded an upper-second class degree, and read for his PhD at the University of Glasgow.^[2]^[3] He was Visiting Professor of Military History at the University of Hull for 2007 – 2008.^[4] In 2009 he was appointed professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham and has since been directing the institution's MA programme.^[5]

David's books include The Indian Mutiny, which was shortlisted for the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature,^[3] Military Blunders, Zulu: the Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year^[6]) and Zulu and Victoria’s Wars. He has presented and appeared in a number of BBC programmes, including Zulu: The True Story, Time Commanders, The Greatest Knight (2008) and Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to really win at war (2012).^[7]^[8]

Bibliography

Non fiction

David, Saul (1997). The Homicidal Earl: Life of Lord Cardigan. New York: Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 978-0-316-64165-4.
—— (1998). Military Blunders: The How and Why of Military Failure. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-0504-7.
—— (1999). Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency. Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-739-5.
—— (2003). The Indian Mutiny: 1857. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-100554-6.
—— (2004). Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-670-91474-6.
—— (2004). Churchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division: France 1940. London: Brassey's (UK) Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85753-378-1.
—— (2005). Mutiny at Salerno: An Injustice Exposed. London: Conway Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84486-019-7.
—— (2007). Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-100555-3.
—— (2013). 100 Days to Victory: How the Great War Was Fought and Won. ISBN 978-1444763386.
—— (2015). Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-44476-251-8.
—— (2019). The Force : The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-316-41453-1.
—— (2020). Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945. New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-316-53467-3.
—— (2021). SBS - silent warriors: the authorised wartime history of the Special Boat Service from the secret SBS archives. London: William Collins. ISBN 978-0008394523.
—— (2023). Devil Dogs: First In, Last Out - King Company from Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan. London: William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-839579-7.

Fiction

David, Saul (2009). Zulu Hart. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-95362-4.
David, Saul (2010). Hart of Empire. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-95365-5.