Dr Paul Maddrell

MA, LL M, M Phil, PhD (Cantab), FRHistS, FHEA

  • Lecturer in International History and International Relations

Paul is a historian of modern Europe and of international relations, chiefly in the 20th century and above all since 1945. His core interest is in the political development of Europe over the last century or so, and especially in the impact of Europe’s two most powerful states in that period, Germany and the Soviet Union, on the continent and the wider world. The modern history of Germany and the Soviet Union, together with the history of intelligence and security, are his particular fields of specialism. The history of Communism runs as a thread through all these interests. These core interests have also led Paul to take an interest in states that have felt threatened by Germany and the Soviet Union, such as Britain and the United States. Most of Paul's publications concern either Communist security and intelligence agencies, or British and Western intelligence collection during the Cold War on the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union.