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British sailor, writer and historian

For the English cricketer, seePeter Cottrell (cricketer).

Peter James Cottrell (born 1964 ) is aWelsh^[1] soldier,^[2] sailor,^[3] writer, educator andrevisionist military historian of theIrish War of Independence andIrish Civil War.^[4]

Career

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Cottrell is the author^[5] of the best-selling military historyThe Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles 1913–23 which challenges traditional nationalist interpretations of theEaster Rising; the role of theRoyal Irish Constabulary and the popularity of theIRA campaign whilst supporting the view that the conflict was as much an Irish civil war as a struggle for independence from the UK.^[6]

He grew up in the village ofKenfig Hill,Mid-Glamorgan inSouth Wales and between 1981 and 2008 served in the ranks of the BritishTerritorial Army and as an officer in both theRoyal Navy andBritish Army and saw operational service in theMiddle East,^[7]Bosnia,Afghanistan andNorthern Ireland.

After qualifying as a teacher he was commissioned into theRoyal Navy in 1988 and transferred to theBritish Army in 1995, ending his military career as a Major.^[8]^[9] He is a great-great nephew of the Englishrugby player George Cottrell, and a member of theRoyal Dublin Fusiliers Association.

Works

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The Militarisation of Policing in Ireland: 1913–22 (Open University MA Thesis 2002)
Myth, the Military and Anglo-Irish Policing 1913–1922 (British Army Review No 133, Winter 2003)
TheAnglo-Irish War, The Troubles, 1913–23 (Osprey Publishing 2006)ISBN 978-1-84603-023-9
TheIrish Civil War 1922–23 (Osprey Publishing 2008)ISBN 978-1-84603-270-7
The War for Ireland 1913–23 – Editor and principal contributing author (Osprey Publishing 2009)ISBN 978-1-84603-996-6
I Am Soldier – Contributing author (Osprey Publishing 2009)ISBN 1-84603-515-5
Lies, damned lies and statistics: a British perspective of policing the Anglo-Irish War. Paper delivered to theMilitary History Society of Ireland/National Museum of Ireland Conference marking the ninetieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Anglo-Irish War, Dublin, October 2009
England's Janissary (Robert Hale Ltd, February 2012)ISBN 0-7090-9330-6 – An historical novel set during theAnglo-Irish War
Wyrdegrove (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2012)ISBN 978-1719848855 – An historicalfantasy novel set inAfghanistan and theEnglish Civil War
The Lambs (Robert Hale Ltd, February 2014)ISBN 978-0-7198-1183-8 – The prequel to England's Janissary set duringThe Great War