Mike Bechthold
Adjunct Professor, Department of History
mbechthold@wlu.ca
519-589-5696
Faculty of Arts
Mike Bechthold is an expert in Canadian military history, air power history and First and Second World Wars.
Areas of Expertise
- Canadian History
- Military History
- Security and Defence
- World Wars
Biography
I received my PhD in history from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia in 2014 and an MA (1993) and Honours BA (1991) from Wilfrid Laurier University.
In addition to teaching courses at WLU, I work as a historian with the Royal Canadian Air Force History and Heritage Office.
Prior to that, I served as the executive director of the Juno Beach Centre Association, production coodinator at WLU Press, and I spent 22 years as the Communications Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and the Managing Editor of Canadian Military History, an academic quarterly journal.