Editing Martin van Creveld (section)

==Life and career==
Van Creveld was born in the [[Netherlands]] in the city of [[Rotterdam]] to a Jewish family. His parents, Leon and Margaret, were staunch Zionists who had managed to evade the Gestapo during [[World War II]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 1950, his family immigrated to Israel, and Creveld grew up in [[Ramat Gan]].  From 1964 to 1969, he studied history at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] From 1969 to 1971, he studied history at the [[London School of Economics]] and received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]].<ref name=interview>{{cite web|year=2010|work=[[Jewish Telegraph]]|url=http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_69.html|title=Military Martin Strives for a Stronger Israel}}</ref> His thesis was titled [https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4165/ Greece and Yugoslavia in Hitler's strategy, 1940–1941].<ref>{{cite thesis|last=van Creveld|first=Martin|date=1971|title=Greece and Yugoslavia in Hitler's strategy, 1940-1941|type=PhD|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4165/|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref>

Van Creveld's doctoral dissertation on Hitler's strategy in the Balkans during the early years of World War II was published as a book in 1973: "Hitler's Strategy, 1940–41. The Balkan Clue." After completing his PhD in 1971, van Creveld returned to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became a professor in 1988. In 2007, he retired from teaching at Hebrew University, and began teaching at [[Tel Aviv University]]'s Security Studies Program.<ref>[https://secdip.tau.ac.il/martinvancreveld "Prof. Martin Van Creveld"] [[Tel Aviv University]] website</ref>

Van Creveld has been married twice and has three children. He lives in [[Mevaseret Zion]].<ref name=interview/>