How to Write a Thesis - SECOND EDITION

In 1995 I wrote a personal statement about my motivation to teach and
write about thesis writing. The urge to write this book originated in my own
experiences as a student in Scotland, Germany and the USA:
As a graduate of a Scottish university I made a deliberate choice to enter
a PhD programme in what is often disparagingly referred to as ‘the
American system’, as if there were only one system in the USA.