Williamson Murray
| Williamson Murray | |
|---|---|
| Residence | United States |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | military historian (History of warfare, World War I) |
Williamson Murray is an American historian and author. He served in the United States Air Force, taught at a variety of universities, worked as a consultant, and has authored numerous works on history and strategic studies.[1]
As of 2012, he is professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University.[2]
Background
Murray received his undergraduate degree in history and PhD in military-diplomatic history from Yale University.[3] Murray has taught at the United States Air War College, the United States Military Academy, and the Naval War College.[4] According to the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, he "also served as a Secretary of the Navy Fellow at the Navy War College, the Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, the Matthew C. Horner Professor of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University, the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, and the Harold K. Johnson Professor of Military History at the Army War College".[5]
Books
- 2014: The Iran-Iraq War (co-author with Kevin Woods)
- 2014: Successful Strategies, Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present (co-edited with Richard Sinnreich)
- 2012: Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present (co-edited with Peter Mansoor)
- 2011: The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War (co-editor with Richard Hart Sinnreich and James Lacey)
- 2011: War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness
- 2011: Military Adaptation in War: With Fear of Change
- 2009: Conflicting Currents: Japan and the United States
- 2009: The Making of Peace: Rulers, States, and the Aftermath of War (co-editor with James Lacey)
- 2007: Calculations, Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II (co-author with Allan R. Millett)
- 2006: The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession (co-editor with Richard Sinnreich)
- 2003: The Cambridge History of War (contributing editor)
- 2003: The Iraq War: A Military History (co-author with Major General Robert Scales, Jr.)
- 2001: A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War (co-author with Allan R. Millett)
- 2001: The Dynamics of Military Revolution: 1300-2050 (co-editor with MacGregor Knox)
- 1999: War in the Air: 1914-1945
- 1996: Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (co-editor with Allan R. Millett)
- 1995: The Air War in the Persian Gulf
- 1994: The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War (co-editor with MacGregor Knox and Alvin Bernstein)
- 1992: Calculations, Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II (co-editor with A Allan R. Millett)
- 1992: German Military Effectiveness
- 1991: Military Effectiveness: Three volumes: The First World War, The Interwar Period, and the Second World War (co-editor with Allan R. Millett)
- 1985: Luftwaffe
- 1984: The Change in the European Balance of Power, 1938-1939: The Path to Ruin
References
- ↑ Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "Williamson Murray, PhD, Academic Fellow". 2011. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Strategic Studies Institute (14 September 2011). "Dr. Williamson Murray". Strategic Studies Institute. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Navy Warfare Development Command. "Dr. Williamson Murray" (PDF). United States Navy. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "Williamson Murray, PhD, Academic Fellow". 2011. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "Williamson Murray, PhD, Academic Fellow". 2011. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
External links
- Youtube. "Prof. Williamson Murray on Grand Strategy". Youtube. Retrieved 19 June 2011.