Richard OveryThe Nazi Economy
Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published extensively on the history of World War II and the Third Reich.Educated at Caius College, Cambridge and awarded a research fellowship at Churchill College, Professor Overy taught history at Cambridge from 1972 to 1979, as a fellow of Queens' College and from 1976 as a university assistant lecturer. In 1980 he moved to King's College London, where he became professor of modern history in 1994. He was appointed to a professorship at the University of Exeter in 2004.His work on World War II has been praised as "highly effective in the ruthless dispelling of myths" (A.
