Charles Derek Croxton (born 1969) is an American historian. He authored several articles on military and diplomatic aspects of the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

. Croxton wrote '' Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and The Congress of Westphalia, 1643–1648''. He also worked as Adjunct Professor at Madonna College and has taught at

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and at

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. Alongside Anuschka Tischer, he wrote '' The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary''. Most recently, he was the author of '' Westphalia: The Last Christian Peace''. Derek is also a game designer, having designed The King's Coalition, Battalion Commander, Congress of Westphalia and Archie's War, the latter being commercially published by Worthington Publishing.

External links

Review of one of Croxton's booksExploring the European Past
- A project in which Croxton worked
Geoffrey Parker's Curriculum Vitae
- Contains reference to Croxton

- In German
Reviews of ''A Historical Dictionary''
1969 births 21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Historians of Europe Living people Madonna University faculty Ohio State University faculty 21st-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub