Martin van Creveld

About the Author

Martin van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in 1946 and has lived in Israel from 1950. Having studied in Jerusalem and London, since 1971 he has been on the faculty of the History Department, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. A specialist in military history and strategy, he is the author of 20 books, including The Land of Blood and Honey and Defending Israel, and has appeared regularly on CBS, CNN and the BBC.