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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> | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *KCL [[Insurgency Research Group]] member<ref>http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/new-book-on-coin/</ref> | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:34, 30 June 2008
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]
Affiliations
- KCL Insurgency Research Group member[8]
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
- ↑ http://kingsofwar.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/new-book-on-coin/
