Dr John Reeve
Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr John Reeve

UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Dr John Reeve was educated at Melbourne University (BA Hons, MA) and Pembroke College, Cambridge University (PhD), and taught for thirty years at the University of Hong Kong, Sydney University, and UNSW Canberra as Senior Lecturer and Osborne Fellow in Naval History (1997-2017) before retiring and being appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer in 2018. He was Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, in 2010 and 2014-15, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He specializes in diplomatic, naval and strategic history and contemporary maritime strategic affairs, has published more than thirty refereed journal articles, book chapters, and working papers, and has authored or co-edited five books including Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1989) and (co-edited with David Stevens), The Face of Naval Battle: The Human Experience of Modern War at Sea (Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2003). He served as an Associate Editor of and multiple contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (British Academy/Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004). His current projects include a book chapter on the Australian Chiefs of Naval Staff, a volume of essays on naval history and maritime strategy, and a book on early modern European international relations and warfare: England's Rise to Power: Diplomacy and Warfare 1600-1700.

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  • Books | 1989
    Reeve LJ, 1989, Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Book Chapters | 2015
    Reeve LJ, 2015, 'Maritime Strategy 1914: Some Observations on the Issues', in Frame T (ed.), Maritime Strategy 1914, Barton Books, Canberra, pp. 133 - 142
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Reeve LJ, 2011, 'U.S. Naval Operations and Contemporary Geopolitics: The War on Terror and the New Great Game in the Early 21st Century', in Elleman BA; Paine SCM (ed.), Naval Power and Expeditionary Warfare: Peripheral campaigns and new theatres of naval warfare, edn. Original, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 182 - 196
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Reeve LJ, 2010, 'British Naval Strategy: War on a Global Scale', in Stoker D; Hagan KJ; McMaster MT (ed.), Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach, edn. first hbk, Routledge, London, pp. 73 - 99
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Reeve LJ, 2007, 'Triumph or Tragedy?', in Stevens D; Reeve J (ed.), Sea Power Ashore and in the Air, edn. 1st, Halstead Press, Sydney, pp. 262 - 272
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Reeve LJ, 2006, 'Maritime Operations and Counter-terrorism: an Australian View', in McCaffrie J (ed.), Positioning Navies for the Future: Challenge and Response, edn. 1st, Sea Power Centre-Australia and Halstead Press, Sydney, pp. 91 - 110
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Reeve LJ, 2005, 'Alliance Warfare in Early Modern Europe', in Dennis P; Grey J (ed.), Entangling Alliances: Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century, edn. First, Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, pp. 19 - 37
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Reeve LJ, 2005, 'Conclusion: Maritime Nations - The Lucky League', in Stevens D; Reeve J (ed.), The Navy and the Nation: The Influence of the Navy on Modern Australia, edn. First, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 370 - 383
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Stevens DM; Reeve LJ, 2005, 'Introduction: The navy and the birth of the nation', in Stevens D; Reeve J (ed.), The Navy and the Nation: The Influence of the Navy on Modern Australia, edn. First, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 1 - 8
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Reeve LJ, 2003, 'Introduction: An Anatomy of the Face of Naval Battle', in Reeve J; Stevens D (ed.), The Face of Naval Battle: The human experience of modern war at sea, edn. Original, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, pp. 3 - 37
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Reeve LJ, 2003, 'Terrorism and Territoriality: A New Maritime Strategic Era', in Heath R; Snushall B (ed.), Protecting Maritime Resources, edn. Original, Sea Power Centre, Canberra, pp. 67 - 68
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Reeve LJ, 2001, 'Mahan, Corbett and Modern Maritime Strategy', in Smith H (ed.), The Strategists, edn. Original, Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, pp. 41 - 53
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Reeve LJ, 2001, 'Naval Warfare 1600-1700', in Messenger C (ed.), Readers` Guide to Military History, edn. Original, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp. 435 - 437
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Reeve LJ, 2001, 'The Development of Naval Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1500-2000', in Geoffrey Till (ed.), Seapower at the Millennium, edn. Original, Sutton Publishing/Royal Navy, Stroud/Portsmouth, pp. 134 - 143
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Reeve LJ, 2001, 'The Rise of Modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880', in Stevens D; Reeve J (ed.), Southern Trident Strategy, History, and the Rise of Australian Naval Power, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards NSW, pp. 7 - 23
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Reeve LJ, 1999, 'Britain or Europe? The context of Early Modern English History: Political and Cultural, Economic and Social, Naval and Military', in Burgess G (ed.), The New British History: Founding a Modern State 1603-1715, edn. Original, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, London, pp. 287 - 312
    Book Chapters | 1998
    Reeve LJ, 1998, 'Secret alliance and Protestant agitation in two kingdoms: the early Caroline background to the Irish rebellion of 1641', in Gentles I; Morrill J; Worden B (ed.), Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of the English Revolution, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 19 - 35
    Book Chapters | 1996
    Reeve LJ, 1996, 'Britain and the world under the Stuarts, 1603-1689', in Morrill J (ed.), The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 416 - 431
  • Edited Books | 2007
    Reeve LJ; Stevens D, (ed.), 2007, Sea Power Ashore and in the Air, Halstead Press, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2005
    Reeve LJ; Stevens D, (ed.), 2005, The Navy and the Nation: The Influence of the Navy on Modern Australia, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW
    Edited Books | 2004
    Reeve LJ, (ed.), 2004, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography., OUP, Oxford
    Edited Books | 2003
    Reeve LJ; Stevens D, (ed.), 2003, The Face of Naval Battle: The Human Experience of Modern War at Sea., Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW
    Edited Books | 2001
    Reeve LJ; Stevens D, (ed.), 2001, Southern Trident: Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power., Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Sir Julian Corbett (1854-1922): His Place Among Maritime Strategists', Australian Naval Review, 2022, pp. 6 - 13
    Journal articles | 2017
    Reeve LJ, 2017, 'Amphibious Warfare: Some Historical Reflections', Australian Naval Review, 2017, pp. 30 - 40
    Journal articles | 2016
    Reeve J, 2016, ''Sir Dudley Carleton and Sir Thomas Roe: English Servants of the Queen of Bohemia and the Protestant International during the Thirty Years War'', Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 32, pp. 151 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2015.0187
    Journal articles | 2010
    Reeve LJ, 2010, 'Naval History and Joint Professional Military Education: a personal view', Australian Defence Force Journal, 2010, pp. 14 - 20
    Journal articles | 2009
    Reeve LJ, 2009, 'Masters of History: Three Students of Trinity College', Victorian Historical Journal, 80, pp. 76 - 90
    Journal articles | 2008
    Reeve LJ, 2008, 'The Relevance of the Surface Warship as a Weapons System: An Australian View', Australian Defence Force Journal, 177, pp. 62 - 72
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'Benjamin Valentine, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'Dudley Carleton, Diplomat and Letter Writer', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'Sir Miles Hobart, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'Valentine Pyne, Naval Officer and Soldier', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'William Coryton, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2004
    Reeve LJ, 2004, 'William Strode, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Journal articles | 2001
    Reeve LJ; Breward I; Collinson P; Prest W, 2001, 'George Yule: a Tribute by Some of his Friends', Parergon: Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 18, pp. 11 - 18
    Journal articles | 1996
    Reeve J, 1996, 'The politics of war finance in an age of confessional strife: A comparative Anglo-European view', Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 14, pp. 85 - 109
    Journal articles | 1986
    Reeve J, 1986, 'The arguments in King's Bench in 1629 concerning the imprisonment of John Selden and other members of the House of Commons', The Journal of British Studies, 25, pp. 264 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/385865
    Journal articles | 1986
    Reeve LJ, 1986, 'Quiroga's paper of 1631: a missing link in Anglo-Spanish diplomacy during the Thirty Years War', The English Historical Review, 101, pp. 913 - 926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CI.CCCCI.913
    Journal articles | 1986
    Reeve LJ, 1986, 'Sir Robert Heath's advice for Charles I in 1629', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 59, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1986.tb01194.x
    Journal articles | 1986
    Reeve LJ, 1986, 'The legal status of the Petition of Right', The Historical Journal, 29, pp. 257 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X00018732
    Journal articles | 1983
    Reeve LJ, 1983, 'Sir Thomas Roe's prophecy of 1629', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 56, pp. 115 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1983.tb01764.x
  • Working Papers | 2001
    Reeve LJ, 2001, Maritime Strategy and Defence of the Archipelagic Inner Arc, RAN Sea Power Centre, Canberra, 5, http://dx.doi.org
    Working Papers | 2000
    Reeve LJ, 2000, The Development of Naval Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region 1500-2000, RAN Sea Power Centre, Canberra, 4, http://dx.doi.org