Andrew Malcolm Preston (born 1973) is a Canadian historian, who won the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for his book Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy.
Preston is a Professor of American history at the University of Cambridge.
Originally from Ontario, Canada, Preston was educated at the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics (LSE), and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University.
[2] Preston is the author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy for which he won the Charles Taylor Prize in 2013.
[1] His prior publications include The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam (2006) and Nixon in the World: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1969–1977 (2008).