Susan Williams (historian)
Susan Williams | |
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| Occupation(s) | Historian and author |
| Employer(s) | Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London |
| Awards | Windham Campbell Prize 2023 |
Susan Williams is a historian and author, based in London. Her latest book is White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa, published in 2021.[1][2] Her other publications include: The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication, a book about the abdication of Edward VIII, published in 2003;[3] and Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation, published in 2006,[4] on which the 2016 film A United Kingdom is based.[5][6]
Her book Who Killed Hammarskjold? (2011),[7][8][9] about the death in 1961 of the then-United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld, triggered a new UN investigation in 2015.[citation needed]
In Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II. she tells the intricate tale of a special unit of the US
Williams is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.[8]
She was the recipient of a 2023 Windham Campbell Prize for non-fiction.[10]
Books
- White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa, ISBN 978-1-5417-6829-1
- Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II, PublicAffairs, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61039-654-7
- Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War, and White Supremacy in Africa, London: ISBN 978-1-84904-158-4
- Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation, ISBN 978-0-7139-9811-5– on the founding president of Botswana
- The People’s King: The True Story of the Abdication, Allen Lane, 2003. ISBN 978-0-71399-573-2– on the abdication of Edward VIII
- Ladies of influence: women of the elite in interwar Britain, Allen Lane, 2000. ISBN 0-7139-9261-1
References
- ^ "White Malice". Kirkus. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (26 October 2021). "Did Britain help murder an African leader and U.N. secretary general?". Declassified UK. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- Roberts, Andrew (24 August 2003). "Did the people want Wallis?". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Benn, Melissa (19 August 2006). "The bride wore black". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Dr Susan Williams". School of Advanced Study, University of London. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Susan Williams". Penguin Books. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma; Rocksen, Andreas; and Brügger, Mads (12 January 2019). "Man accused of shooting down UN chief: 'Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to…'". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Curtis Brown. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Bordeaux, Michael (19 May 2017). "Who Killed Hammarskjöld? by Susan Williams". Church Times. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "2023 Prize Recipients". Windham Campbell Prizes 2023. Windham Campbell Prizes. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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