Michael has been teaching history for over 40 years, from high school to university level. He has written or co-written 13 history text books including HSC texts on the Arab/Israeli conflict and Classical Athens as well as a biography of a holocaust survivor. His areas of interest range from the Middle East conflict to Ancient Greece and Rome, Australian military and social history and Irish history. Michael has a PhD (2016) in Australian military history. He has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East, Asia, North America and Europe.