Collection MARTIN, LW - MARTIN, Sir Laurence (b 1928)

Born in 1928; educated at St Austell Grammar School, Christ's College, Cambridge and Yale University; Flying Officer, RAF, 1948-1950; Instructor, Yale University, 1955-1956; Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1961; Rockefeller Fellow for Advanced Study, 1958-1959; Associate Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, JohnsHopkins University, 1961-1964; Wilson Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, 1964-1968; headed study group set up by the [Parliamentary] Arms Control and Disarmament Advisory Panel to consider the problems of a comprehensive nuclear test ban, 1966; Professor of War Studies, King's College London, 1968-1977; Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1978-1990;appointed Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1991; appointed Director of Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1991. Publications: The Anglo-American Tradition in Foreign Affairs (with Arnold Wolfers) (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1956); Peace without victory (Kennikat Press, London, 1958); Neutralism and non-alignment (Frederick A Praeger, New York, 1962); The sea in modern strategy (Chatto and Windus for Institute of Strategic Studies, London, 1967); Arms and Strategy (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1973); The two-edged sword (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1982); Before the day after (Newnes, Feltham, 1985); The changing face of nuclear warfare (Telegraph, London, 1987); The nuclear element in European security (University Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1990); Minimum deterrence (Council for Arms Control, 1991).