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Professor Antony Best

Professor of International History

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About

Professor Best studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Leeds before moving to London where he studied for his PhD at the London School of Economics. He joined the LSE as a Lecturer in 1989.

Professor Best's main fields of research interests lie in Anglo-Japanese relations, the origins of the Pacific War; the international history of East Asia; the history of modern Japan, and intelligence and International history.

Other titles: MSc History of International Relations Programme Director; MSc Theory and History of International Relations Programme Director

Expertise

Modern East Asian History, Modern Japan