Thomas Weber is Professor of History and International Affairs as well as the founding Director of the Centre of Global Security and Governance at the University of Aberdeen. Since earning his DPhil from the University of Oxford, he has held fellowships or taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, The Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend "The Enemy" received the 2008 Duc d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature on the history and culture of the European continent. His third book, Hitler's First War, is the recipient of the 2010 Arthur Goodzeit Book Award of the New York Military Affairs Symposium and is being adapted into a TV mini series by UFA-Fiction and Beta Film.