Teaches military history and modern European history, with special emphasis on the
linkages between war and society.
Professor MacKenzie teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on the evolution
of warfare as well as Britain and Continental Europe in the modern period.
His publications include: The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners
of War in Nazi Germany; British War Films, 1939-1945: The Cinema and the Services;
Revolutionary Armies in the Modern Era: A Revisionist Approach; The Home Guard:
A Military and Political History; Politics and Military Morale: Current-Affairs
and Citizenship Education in the British Army, 1914-1950 .
Current Activities:
I am currently working on books dealing with the wartime career of the legless
British air ace Douglas Bader and with the presentation of the Battle of Britain
in feature films, and am also exploring the linkages between the British POW
experiences in the two world wars.
