John Bagnall

• PhD Candidate School of History, Classics and Archaeology
• Email: j.e.bagnall1@newcastle.ac.uk

John is currently in the final year of his PhD at Newcastle University, under the supervision of Dr Martin Farr and Dr Sarah Campbell. His thesis focuses on international reactions to Britain and the Falklands crisis between the years 1982 and 1990. He utilises source material available both in the UK and abroad to address how government leaders, state bodies, legislators, media and the public reacted to both the outbreak of conflict between the Britain and Argentina as well as the ensuing political debates surrounding the issue of sovereignty over the islands. From this work, John has published articles analysing the reactions of European and Commonwealth countries to the crisis and given talks regarding the rebuilding of diplomatic relations between Britain and Argentina in the aftermath of war. John has wider research interests in the fields of contemporary British military and political history particularly addressing how the UK’s involvement in conflicts in the latter half of the twentieth century can contribute to the question of Britain’s decline after the Second World War. In addition, John retains a strong interest in studying the development of terror threats facing Britain in its recent past and particularly how Britain’s involvement in foreign conflict has aided the proliferation of extremism within the British Isles