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Group Captain [[David Bolton]] is a former director of the [[Royal United Services Institute]]. | Group Captain [[David Bolton]] is a former director of the [[Royal United Services Institute]]. | ||
| − | Bolton is a former head of Central planning at the Ministry of Defence.<ref>Tom Easton, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue33/lob33-02.htm The British American Project for the Successor Generation], Lobster 33, Summer 1997.</ref> | + | Bolton is a former head of Central planning at the Ministry of Defence. According to journalist Tom Easton, he joined the [[British Atlantic Committee]] in 1981.<ref>Tom Easton, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue33/lob33-02.htm The British American Project for the Successor Generation], Lobster 33, Summer 1997.</ref> |
| − | Bolton was one of the first recruits to the advisory board of the [[British-American Project]] in the early 1980s: | + | Bolton was one of the first recruits to the advisory board of the [[British-American Project]] in the early 1980s, according to [[Martin Vander Weyer]]'s history of the project: |
| − | ::Group Captain David Bolton, director of the Royal United Services Institute, Britain's senior defence forum, was also brought in, with a different professional perspective on traditional links across the Atlantic: even in the military sphere, he felt, "connections had faded". With the reduction in the size of forces and the opportunities to serve together, the number of personal contacts was greatly diminished. "The Americans, to some extent, felt they had much less need of us, and we had far fewer means of influencing them. It was a sin of omission that needed to be repaired." But Bolton never wanted the Project to have a military flavour; he was convinced that it should be inter-disciplinary, with as wide a spectrum of political opinion as possible.<ref>Martin Vander Weyer, [http://www.baponline.org/historyp4.html A Common Bond: The Origins of the British-American Project, British American Project, December 1998, accessed 27 July 2010.</ref> | + | ::Group Captain David Bolton, director of the Royal United Services Institute, Britain's senior defence forum, was also brought in, with a different professional perspective on traditional links across the Atlantic: even in the military sphere, he felt, "connections had faded". With the reduction in the size of forces and the opportunities to serve together, the number of personal contacts was greatly diminished. "The Americans, to some extent, felt they had much less need of us, and we had far fewer means of influencing them. It was a sin of omission that needed to be repaired." But Bolton never wanted the Project to have a military flavour; he was convinced that it should be inter-disciplinary, with as wide a spectrum of political opinion as possible.<ref>Martin Vander Weyer, [http://www.baponline.org/historyp4.html A Common Bond: The Origins of the British-American Project], British American Project, December 1998, accessed 27 July 2010.</ref> |
He stepped down as Director of RUSI in July 1994.<ref>Court Circular, The Independent, 30 July 1994, p.45.</ref> | He stepped down as Director of RUSI in July 1994.<ref>Court Circular, The Independent, 30 July 1994, p.45.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:44, 20 July 2010
Group Captain David Bolton is a former director of the Royal United Services Institute.
Bolton is a former head of Central planning at the Ministry of Defence. According to journalist Tom Easton, he joined the British Atlantic Committee in 1981.[1]
Bolton was one of the first recruits to the advisory board of the British-American Project in the early 1980s, according to Martin Vander Weyer's history of the project:
- Group Captain David Bolton, director of the Royal United Services Institute, Britain's senior defence forum, was also brought in, with a different professional perspective on traditional links across the Atlantic: even in the military sphere, he felt, "connections had faded". With the reduction in the size of forces and the opportunities to serve together, the number of personal contacts was greatly diminished. "The Americans, to some extent, felt they had much less need of us, and we had far fewer means of influencing them. It was a sin of omission that needed to be repaired." But Bolton never wanted the Project to have a military flavour; he was convinced that it should be inter-disciplinary, with as wide a spectrum of political opinion as possible.[2]
He stepped down as Director of RUSI in July 1994.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Tom Easton, The British American Project for the Successor Generation, Lobster 33, Summer 1997.
- ↑ Martin Vander Weyer, A Common Bond: The Origins of the British-American Project, British American Project, December 1998, accessed 27 July 2010.
- ↑ Court Circular, The Independent, 30 July 1994, p.45.
