World War Two / en Historian wins Duke of Wellington Medal /news/historian-wins-duke-wellington-medal <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Historian wins Duke of Wellington Medal</span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>Leading war historian Professor Richard Overy (History 1966) has won the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History.</h3> <p>The prestigious prize is awarded each year to the best English language writing on military history.</p> <p>Richard received the award in recognition of his book, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/17404/richard-overy">Blood and Ruins</a>, in which he recasts the way in which we view the origins and aftermath of the Second World War.&nbsp;</p></div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-09-15T07:45:08+00:00" title="Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 07:45" class="datetime">15 September 2022 - 7:45am</time> </span> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="/news/historian-wins-duke-wellington-medal" data-a2a-title="Historian wins Duke of Wellington Medal"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cai.cam.ac.uk%2Fnews%2Fhistorian-wins-duke-wellington-medal&amp;title=Historian%20wins%20Duke%20of%20Wellington%20Medal"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <div class="field field-type-entityreference"> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/richard-overy" hreflang="en">Richard Overy</a></div> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/duke-wellington" hreflang="en">Duke of Wellington</a></div> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/history" hreflang="en">history</a></div> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/prize" hreflang="en">prize</a></div> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/second-world-war" hreflang="en">Second World War</a></div> <div class="field-item"><a href="/tags/world-war-two" hreflang="en">World War Two</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node__links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/news/historian-wins-duke-wellington-medal" rel="tag" title="Historian wins Duke of Wellington Medal" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Historian wins Duke of Wellington Medal</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/news/historian-wins-duke-wellington-medal%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> </div> 4 minutes Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:45:08 +0000 Anonymous 6794 at