Peter Edwards is a graduate of the universities of Western Australia and Oxford and has published extensively in twentieth-century history. He has been a Rhodes scholar, Harkness fellow and a Harold White fellow.
Awards
2001Order of Australia —
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)For service to the recording of Australia's military history as General Editor of The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975, and as principal author of the two volumes relating to strategy, diplomacy and home front issues.