- Professor
University of Calgary
Department of History
Timothy Stapleton
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Currently Teaching
| F2023 - HTST 402 - Military History of Africa | ||||||||||
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| F2023 - HTST 573.1 - Topics in African History (Decolonization of Africa) | ||||||||||
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| W2024 - HTST 202 - An Introduction to Military History | ||||||||||
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| W2024 - HTST 655 - (STST 655)Classics Of Strategy | ||||||||||
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Publications
Book
- Stapleton, Timothy. West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860-1960 Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press/Boydell and Brewer, 2022. 400. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy and Falola, Toyin. A History of Africa Oxford Univeristy Press, 2022. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century Routledge, 2018. 202. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. A History of Genocide in Africa Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2017. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. Maqoma: The Legend of a Great Xhosa Warrior (1798-1873) Claremont, South Africa: Amava Heritage Publishing, 2016. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952-1990 London: Pickering and Chatto/Routledge, 2015. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. A Military History of Africa, Vol. One: The Pre-Colonial Period: From Ancient Egypt to the Zulu Kingdom (Earliest Times to c.1870) Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2013. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. A Military History of Africa, Vol. Two: The Colonial Period: From the Scramble for Africa to the Algerian Independence War (c.1870-1963) Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2013. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. A Military History of Africa, Vol. Three: The Era of Independence: From the Congo Crisis to Africa’s World War, c.1963-2012 Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2013. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1923-80 Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2011. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. A Military History of South Africa: From the Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2010. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East African Campaign of the First World War Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom, c.1780-1867 Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001. Print.
Edited Book
- Stapleton, Timothy (ed). Modern African Conflicts: An Encyclopedia of Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Terrorism Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2022. 401. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy (ed). Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts (2 vols.) Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016. Print.
Encyclopaedia Entry
Journal Articles - Peer Reviewed
- Stapleton, Timothy. "The Gold Coast Brigade’s Crossing of the Juba River, Italian Somaliland, February 1941". International Journal of Military History and Historiography, (2022). Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "The ‘Wars:’ The Ambiguous Military History of the West African Regiment of Sierra Leone (1898-1928)". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 100. (2022): 50-71. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Sexual Health in Britain’s West African Colonial Army (1898-1960)". Journal of Military History 85.3 (2022): 618-645. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Visual Symbols and Military Culture in Britain’s West African Colonial Army (c.1900-60)". International Journal of Military History and Historiography 41. (2021): 42-73. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "The Creation and Early Development of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) 1980-93". Tempo e Argumento (Brazil) 13.32 (2021): 1-25. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Barracks Islam and Command Christianity: Religion in Britain’s West African Colonial Army (c.1900-1960)". War and Society 39.1 (2020): 1-22. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Martial Identities in Colonial Nigeria (c.1900-1960)". Journal of African Military History 3.1 (2019): 1-32. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Game Keepers and Counter-Insurgency in Kenya and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1952-1980". International Journal of African Historical Studies 49.2 (2016): 213-234. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "`Tracking, Tracking and More Tracking Was Their Motto:’ Bush Tracking and Warfare in Late Twentieth Century Southern Africa,". War and Society 34.4 (2015): 301-327. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Bush Tracking and Warfare in Late Twentieth Century East and Southern Africa". Historia 60.2 (2014): 229-251. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Extra-territorial African Police and Soldiers in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1897-1965". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies 38.1 (2010): 99-115. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "`A Naughty Child with a Pen:’ Gahadzikwa Albert Chaza as an African Policeman and Author in Colonial Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1936-63". History in Africa 37. (2010): 159-187. Print.
- Stapleton, Timothy. "Bad Boys: Infiltration and Sedition in the African Military Units of the Central African Federation (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) 1953-63". Journal of Military History 73.4 (2009): 1167-1193. Print.
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