History, Empathy and Conflict

Philip Towle taught International Relations at the University of Cambridge, UK, from 1980 until his retirement in 2012. In the 1970s he worked for the Foreign Office and served on British delegations to the Seabed Treaty Review Conference and the First UN Special Session on Disarmament.  From 1978 to 1980 he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University and from 1982 to 1997 he was Deputy Director and then Director of the Centre of International Studies in Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 14 books, numerous articles and over 30 chapters on history and international affairs in books edited by others.

• 1: Introduction.- Part 1 Heroes to Victims.- 2: The Victimised.- 3: From Heroes to Victims.- 4: A Gratitude Free Zone.- Part 2 Responses.- 5: “Memory Wars” and National Apologies.- 6: Historical Education.- 7: Restitution.- Part 3 Force and Memory.- 8: From Heroes to Victimisers.- 9: Memory as Guidance.- 10: Hiding Victimisation.- 11: 2016: The Victory of Victimhood.