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| − | Daniel Marston is a counterinsurgency theorist who in 2007 was one of a team of four lead by Col. [[Alexander Alderson]] charged with revising the British Army's counterinsurgency handbook. | + | Daniel Marston is a counterinsurgency theorist who in 2007 was one of a team of four lead by Col. [[Alexander Alderson]] charged with revising the British Army's counterinsurgency handbook. Marston reportedly lives 'outside of Boston, Massachusetts'<ref>[http://www.companyreports.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/04-11-2008/0004791248&EDATE=FRI+Apr+11+2008,+05:39+PM New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention] NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ </ref>, but seems to have jobs in four continents. He: |
*is reported on 11 April 2008 by his publishers as a 'Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst'<ref>[http://www.companyreports.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/04-11-2008/0004791248&EDATE=FRI+Apr+11+2008,+05:39+PM New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention] NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ </ref>(Though Oxford University says he 'was' at Sandhurst).<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref>; | *is reported on 11 April 2008 by his publishers as a 'Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst'<ref>[http://www.companyreports.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/04-11-2008/0004791248&EDATE=FRI+Apr+11+2008,+05:39+PM New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention] NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ </ref>(Though Oxford University says he 'was' at Sandhurst).<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref>; | ||
*Dr. Marston will be a 'Visiting Research Fellow with the [[Changing Character of War Programme]] for the 2007/8 academic year'.<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref> | *Dr. Marston will be a 'Visiting Research Fellow with the [[Changing Character of War Programme]] for the 2007/8 academic year'.<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref> | ||
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:Dr Marston was responsible for overseeing the counter-insurgency modules for [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and the [[Field Army]]. He has lectured widely on the principles and practices of counter-insurgency to units of the American, Australian, British and Canadian armed forces, as well as serving as a reviewer of and contributor to counter-insurgency doctrine for all of the above. Dr Marston is currently engaged in research into the lessons of counter-insurgency for the Australian and British armies from the 1960s to the present.<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref> | :Dr Marston was responsible for overseeing the counter-insurgency modules for [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and the [[Field Army]]. He has lectured widely on the principles and practices of counter-insurgency to units of the American, Australian, British and Canadian armed forces, as well as serving as a reviewer of and contributor to counter-insurgency doctrine for all of the above. Dr Marston is currently engaged in research into the lessons of counter-insurgency for the Australian and British armies from the 1960s to the present.<ref>[http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/marston.asp Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University]</ref> | ||
| − | ===Affiliations== | + | ==Counterinsurgency doctrine and academic analysis== |
| − | *KCL [[Insurgency Research Group]] member | + | [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]] and [[Tom Mills]] discuss the revision of [[British Army]] counterinsurgency doctrine by [[Alexander Alderson]], [[Gavin Bulloch]], Daniel Marston and [[Marcus Good]] as an example of the integration of academic expertise into military work. Their identification of the team draws on Alderson’s 2007 account.<ref>[[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]] and [[Tom Mills]], [https://drdavidmiller.org/images/docs/36927255-counterinsurgency-and-terror-expertise-the-integration-of-social-scientists.pdf Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort], ''Cambridge Review of International Affairs'', 23(2), June 2010, pp. 214–215, doi:10.1080/09557571.2010.481664. The team identification is sourced there to [[Alexander Alderson]], “Revising the British Army’s Counter-Insurgency Doctrine”, ''[[RUSI Journal|The RUSI Journal]]'', 152(4), 2007, pp. 6–11, especially p. 10; cited indirectly.</ref> |
| + | The [[Insurgency Research Group]]’s own historical membership list includes Daniel Marston, alongside the other three members of the doctrine-revision team.<ref>[[Insurgency Research Group]], [https://insurgencyresearchgroup.wordpress.com/members/ IRG Members], undated historical membership list, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *KCL [[Insurgency Research Group]] member<ref>http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/new-book-on-coin/</ref> | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
*Seven Years War, Routledge, 2001 | *Seven Years War, Routledge, 2001 | ||
Latest revision as of 17:44, 7 November 2026
Daniel Marston is a counterinsurgency theorist who in 2007 was one of a team of four lead by Col. Alexander Alderson charged with revising the British Army's counterinsurgency handbook. Marston reportedly lives 'outside of Boston, Massachusetts'[1], but seems to have jobs in four continents. He:
- is reported on 11 April 2008 by his publishers as a 'Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst'[2](Though Oxford University says he 'was' at Sandhurst).[3];
- Dr. Marston will be a 'Visiting Research Fellow with the Changing Character of War Programme for the 2007/8 academic year'.[4]
- In January and February 2008 'he worked as a visiting fellow at the United States Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center of Excellence in Iraq, where he briefed marines on counterinsurgency fundamentals and historical case studies for incoming battalions'.[5];
- a Research Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.[6]
Teaching counterinsurgency to the Western military
A biographical note on the Oxford University Changing Character of War Programme website states:
- Dr Marston was responsible for overseeing the counter-insurgency modules for Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Field Army. He has lectured widely on the principles and practices of counter-insurgency to units of the American, Australian, British and Canadian armed forces, as well as serving as a reviewer of and contributor to counter-insurgency doctrine for all of the above. Dr Marston is currently engaged in research into the lessons of counter-insurgency for the Australian and British armies from the 1960s to the present.[7]
Counterinsurgency doctrine and academic analysis
David Miller and Tom Mills discuss the revision of British Army counterinsurgency doctrine by Alexander Alderson, Gavin Bulloch, Daniel Marston and Marcus Good as an example of the integration of academic expertise into military work. Their identification of the team draws on Alderson’s 2007 account.[8] The Insurgency Research Group’s own historical membership list includes Daniel Marston, alongside the other three members of the doctrine-revision team.[9]
Affiliations
- KCL Insurgency Research Group member[10]
Publications
- Seven Years War, Routledge, 2001
- French and Indian War, Routledge, 2002
- American Revolution, Routledge, 2002
- Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army and the Burma Campaign, Praeger, 2003
- Pacific War Companion, Osprey, 2005
- A Military History of India and South Asia, edited with Chandar Sundraham, Praeger, 2007
- Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare by Daniel Marston, Carter Malkasian 304 pages, Publisher: Osprey Publishing (10 April 2008) ISBN-10: 1846032814, ISBN-13: 978-1846032813
Notes
- ↑ New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
- ↑ New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
- ↑ Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University
- ↑ Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University
- ↑ New Book Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare Provides Case Studies for Combating Insurgents Receives National Review Attention NEW YORK, April 11 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
- ↑ Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University
- ↑ Dr. Daniel Marston Research Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Australian National University
- ↑ David Miller and Tom Mills, Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 23(2), June 2010, pp. 214–215, doi:10.1080/09557571.2010.481664. The team identification is sourced there to Alexander Alderson, “Revising the British Army’s Counter-Insurgency Doctrine”, The RUSI Journal, 152(4), 2007, pp. 6–11, especially p. 10; cited indirectly.
- ↑ Insurgency Research Group, IRG Members, undated historical membership list, accessed 7 November 2026.
- ↑ http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/new-book-on-coin/