James Bysse Joll (June 21, 1918-July 12, 1994) was a British historian and university lecturer whose works included The Origins of the First World War and Europe Since 1870. He also wrote on the history of anarchism and socialism.
James Joll was born on June 21, 1918 and, after his early education at Winchester, he studied at the University of Bordeaux and at New College, Oxford. He left to join the British Army in 1940, eventually serving in the...
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James Bysse Joll (June 21, 1918-July 12, 1994) was a British historian and university lecturer whose works included The Origins of the First World War and Europe Since 1870. He also wrote on the history of anarchism and socialism.
James Joll was born on June 21, 1918 and, after his early education at Winchester, he studied at the University of Bordeaux and at New College, Oxford. He left to join the British Army in 1940, eventually serving in the Special Operations Executive. He returned to Oxford after the War, completed his studies, and became an instructor there. He was a Fellow and Tutor in Politics from 1947 until 1950. He then transferred to St Antony's College, where he remained a Fellow until 1967.
While at Oxford, he wrote a book on the Second International (1955) and a book on Léon Blum, Walter Rathenau, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, called Intellectuals in Politics (1960). In 1964 he published The Anarchists, which showed his intertwined interests in the culture, events,...
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