David McDowall (author)
David Buchanan McDowall is a British author specialising in Middle Eastern and British history.
Early life
Born in London in 1945, he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. and St John’s College, Oxford where he studied Islamic History and Modern Middle East Studies under Albert HouraniCareer
Royal Artillery, in Britain and Hong Kong, 1965-70; British Council, in Bombay and Baghdad, 1972-77; the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Beirut and Vienna, 1977-79; self-employed thereafter, Oxfam relief worker Lebanon 1982, full-time research and writing from 1983.Personal life
Married to writer Elizabeth Laird, in 1975; two children: Angus, journalist, and William, academic.Selected publications
Middle EastLebanon: A Conflict of Minorities, ISBN 0 946 690 07 3.Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond, ISBN 0-520 0602 1Europe and the Arabs: Discord or Symbiosis?, ISBN 0 905031 53 9A Modern History of the Kurds ISBN 978 0 7556 0079 3.BritainAn Illustrated History of Britain ISBN 9780582749146Britain in Close-up, ISBN 9780582064614Hampstead Heath, ISBN 9780711226531
Children's booksThe Palestinians, ISBN 978 0 86313 484 5, winner of The Other Award 1987The Columbus Project Book, ISBN 9780340527801The Spanish Armada, ISBN 9780713456714.
British landscape guidesRichmond Park: The Walker’s Guide, ISBN 9780952784746 Hampstead Heath: The Walker’s Guide co-author Deborah Wolton,, ISBN 9781838198015The Thames from Hampton to Richmond Bridge: The Walker’s Guide, ISBN 9780952784722The Thames from Richmond to Putney Bridge: The Walker’s Guide, ISBN 9780952784739Windsor Great Park: The Walker’s Guide, ISBN 9781838198008.Bute: A Guide ISBN 9780952784777West Surrey: Walks into History ISBN 9780952784784