Christ Klep
Christ P. M. Klep (born 1959)[1] is a Dutch military historian. He is a lecturer at Utrecht University and freelance historian and publicist. He has appeared amongst others on Pauw & Witteman, NPO Radio 1 and Knevel & Van de Brink, and has written for de Volkskrant, Trouw and De Groene Amsterdammer - commenting on topics as the Joint Strike Fighter program, the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the recruiting practices of the Armed forces of the Netherlands.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Education and career
Klep studied to become a teacher of English and history between 1982 and 1986. He subsequently went to Utrecht University, specializing in Eastern-European studies, Russian studies, contemporary history and international relations between 1986 and 1988. Afterwards he became a lecturer of history at same University, where he worked until 1992.[8]
Klep worked for the Dutch Institute for Military History of the Dutch Ministry of Defence from 1992 to 2000.[8] From 2000 to 2001 he worked for the Institute of Dutch History. Later he became a freelance historian and publicist. In 2006 he worked a semester as lecturer at University College Roosevelt.[8][9]
In 2006 Klep returned to Utrecht University, where he was a lecturer and researcher until 2010.[8] He earned his doctorate on a study of three peace keeping missions in Somalia, Rwanda and Srebrenica.[9]
He currently is a lecturer at Utrecht University.[10]
Claims of Dutchbat leadership having knowledge of an impending massacre at Srebrenica
In 2011 he disputed Thom Karremans account about not knowing about the impending genocide at Srebrenica (in 1995); Klep interviewed dozens of Karremans former troops [in Dutchbat III battalion].[11]
Publications
- Somalië, Rwanda, Srebrenica. De nasleep van drie ontspoorde vredesmissies (Amsterdam, 2008)
- Uruzgan. Nederlandse militairen op missie, 2005–2010 (Amsterdam, 2011)
References
- ^ Meindert van der Kaaij (10 July 2015). "Hier werden duizenden gedood, en wij kijken weg". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Christ Klep en Michiel Servaes bespreken verschillende scenario's voor Oekraïne" (in Dutch). Pauw & Witteman. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Christ Klep: waarom die JSF er toch wel komt" (in Dutch). NPO Radio 1. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Christ Klep - Knevel & Van den Brink" (in Dutch). Knevel & Van den Brink. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Christ Klep: 'Vroeger was een tatoeage tenminste nog een statement'". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Krijgsmacht doet zich tekort met misleidende PR". Trouw (in Dutch). 28 July 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Onderzoekscommissies hebben geen nut - Interview met militair-historicus Christ Klep" (in Dutch). De Groene Amsterdammer. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Biografie van Christ Klep" (in Dutch). hetsprekersburo.nl. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Biografie en synopsis Christ Klep" (in Dutch). Historisch Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "dr. Christ Klep". Utrecht University. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ Bruno Waterfield (8 November 2011). "Commander of UN forces 'aware Srebrenica massacre was about to happen'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
