Michal Piegzik

Michal A. Piegzik has a PhD in Japanese law, working at Edinburgh Napier University as a lecturer in Family Law. He was awarded the Japanese Ministry of Education scholarship for exceptional research results. In 2016–2017 and 2020–2022, he researched Japanese civil law at the Tokyo Metropolitan University. The Pacific War is his life’s passion which also, remarkably influenced his academic skills and career path. The author of six monographs and 20 articles related to law and history, ‘The Darkest Hour: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean’, published by Helion and Company in 2022, was his debut in British historiography.