Research and Publications
Dr Robert Barnes' research focuses on the international history of the early Cold War, with a particular focus on relations between the United States and members of the British Commonwealth. His current research examines this relationship within the context of the United Nations' response to the Korean War when tensions between these nations threatened a split within the Western alliance. Dr Barnes is currently working on a monograph on this subject entitled, The US, the UN and the Korean War: Communism in the Far East and the American Struggle for Hegemony in the Cold War. This work will be published by I. B. Tauris in 2013. He is also working on a chapter entitled 'Britain and the Commonwealth' for the upcoming Ashgate Research Companion to the Korean War.
Dr Barmes studied for his undergraduate and Masters degrees in History at the University of Manchester. He then completed his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics. His doctoral research was supported by the LSE Research Studentship Scheme, the University of London Central Research Fund, a Royal Historical Society Postgraduate Research Support Grant, a Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grant, a Rajiv Gandhi Travelling Scholarship, a Gilchrist Educational Trust Travel Grant, and the Mercers' Company Educational Trust Fund. Dr Barnes has taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Department of International History at the LSE.
His publications are:
‘Introduction’, in Steven Casey (ed.), The Korean War at Sixty (in press, to be published by Routledge December 2011)
‘Review of Allan Millett, The Korean War, 1950-1951: They Came from the North (Lawrence, 2010)’, War in History Vol.18, No.3, July 2011
‘Branding an Aggressor: The British Commonwealth, the United Nations and the Korean War following Chinese Intervention, November 1950 to February 1951’, Journal of Strategic Studies Vol.33, No.2, 231-253, April 2010
Teaching
HY463: The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962|
HY499: Dissertation|
LSE100: The LSE Course: Understanding the Causes of Things|
Contact Details
Office number: EAS.E393
Telephone: 020 7955 6025
email: R.J.Barnes@lse.ac.uk|
Office Hours
Monday, 16:30-17:30 and Friday, 11:30-12:30