About Martin van Creveld
Martin Levi van Creveld (Hebrew: מרטין לוי ון קרפלד, pronounced [ˈmaʁtin leˈvi van ˈkʁefeld]; born 5 March 1946) is an Israeli military historian and theorist. == Life and career == Van Creveld was born in the Dutch city of Rotterdam to a Jewish family. His parents, Leon and Margaret, were staunch Zionists who had managed to evade the Gestapo during World War II. In 1950, his family immigrated to Israel, and Creveld grew up in Ramat Gan. From 1964 to 1969, he studied history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned an M.A. From 1969 to 1971, he studied history at the London School of Economics and received a PhD. His thesis was titled Greece and Yugoslavia in Hitler's strategy, 1940–1941. Van Creveld's doctoral dissertation on Hitler's strategy in the Balkans during the early years of World War II was published as a book in 1973: "Hitler's Strategy, 1940–41. The Balkan Clue." After completing his PhD in 1971, van Creveld returned to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became a professor in 1988. In 2007, he retired from teaching at Hebrew University, and began teaching at Tel Aviv University's Security Studies Program. Van Creveld has been married twice and has three children. He lives in Mevaseret Zion.
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