Michael Burleigh

Michael Burleigh was the Engelsberg Chair Professor of History and International Affairs 2019/20 at the LSE IDEAS foreign policy think tank, connected to the London School of Economics. Burleigh’s books include Moral Combat: A History of World War II; Small Wars, Far Away Places: The Genesis of the Modern World 1945–65; Populism: Before and After the Pandemic; and Day of the Assassins: A History of Political Murder.