ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D. in
History, School of History, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2005
M.A.T.,
History/Education, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 1998
M.Ed.,
Education, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, NY 1983
BS, History,
Empire College, SUNY, Albany, NY 1979
Graduate, US
Army Command & General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS 1988
Graduate,
Turkish, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA 1985
BOOKS
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in W.W.I: A Comparative Study,
London: Routledge. In press and
forthcoming winter 2006
Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans,
1912-1913, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger
Publishers, 2003
Size Ölmeyi Emrediyorum! Bininci Dünya Savaş'nda Osmanlı Ordusu,
Istanbul: Kitap Yayinevi, 2003
(Turkish edition of
Ordered To Die, translated by Tanju Akad).
Ordered To Die, A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War,
Westport, Connecticut:
Greenwood Publications Group, 2000
The
Euphrates Triangle,
Security Implications of the Southeast Anatolia Project,
Co-author with F.M.
Lorenz, Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 1999
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Armenian
Massacres, New Records Undercut Old Blame” in The Middle East
Quarterly, Vol. XIII,
Number 3, Summer 2006
“Bayonets
on Musa Dagh, Ottoman Counterinsurgency Operations-1915” in The
Journal of Strategic
Studies, Volume 28, Number 3, June 2005
“Turkey
as Regional Hegemon - 2014, Strategic Implications for the United
States” in Turkish Studies,
Volume 5, Number 3, Autumn 2004
“La
Batalla de Taji, y El Mando de Batalla en Movimiento” in
Military Review (Hispano-American),
January-February 2004
“From
Kirkilisse to The Great Offensive: Turkish Encirclement Operations
1912-1922” in Middle
Eastern Studies, Volume 40, Number 1, January 2004
“The
Turkish Official Military Histories of the First World War, A
Bibliographic Essay” in Middle
Eastern Studies, Volume 39, Number 3, July 2003
“The
Battle of Taji and Battle Command on the Move” in Military
Review, July-August 2003
“Strength
Against Weakness, Ottoman Military Effectiveness at Gallipoli, 1915”
in The Journal of
Military History, Number 65, October 2001
“One
More Push, Forcing the Dardanelles in March 1915” in The Journal
of Strategic Studies, Volume
24,
Number 3, September 2001
CHAPTERS, ESSAYS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Adrianople”
(entry) in The Encyclopedia of Europe 1789-1914, eds. John
Merriman & Jay Winter,
New York:
Scribners, 2006
“The
Eastern Question” (entry) in The Encyclopedia of Europe
1789-1914, eds. John Merriman & Jay
Winter, New York: Scribners, 2006
The
Strength of an Army, Ottoman Military Effectiveness in the First
World War,
Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2005
“Leadership
and Organizational Architecture” (conference paper) in
Uluslar Arası Liderlik
Sempozyumu:Bildiriler,
Ankara: Kara Harp Okulu Basım Evi, 2004
Thread of Life, A Survey of Hydropolitics and Security in the
Tigris-Euphrates,
Second Edition, Co-
author
with F.M. Lorenz, Tacoma: International Research Associates, Inc.,
2004
Thread of Life, A Survey of Hydropolitics and Security in the
Tigris-Euphrates,
(strategic study for
USEUCOM) Co-author with F.M. Lorenz, Tacoma: International Research
Associates, Inc., 2003
“Turkey
as Regional Hegemon - 2013, Strategic Implications for US European
Command” (paper)
Tacoma: International Research Associates, Inc., 2003
“The
Battle of Taji and Battle Command on the Move” in The US Army
Professional Writing Collection,
Vol.
1, Issue 9, 2004. Originally published in Military Review,
July-August 2003
Endorsement of Islam at War, A History by George F. Nafziger
and Mark Walton (2003) for Praeger
Publishers, 2003
“Gallipoli”
(essay) in History in Dispute: The First World War, ed. Dr.
Dennis Showalter, Detroit: St.
Martins Press, 2002
“The
Ottoman Empire” (essay) in History in Dispute: The First
World War, ed. Dr. Dennis Showalter,
Detroit: St. Martins Press, 2002
“Salonika”,
(essay) in History in Dispute: The First World War, ed. Dr.
Dennis Showalter, Detroit:
St. Martins Press, 2002
“The
Arab Revolt” (essay) in History in Dispute: The First World
War, ed. Dr. Dennis Showalter,
Detroit: St. Martins Press, 2002
“The
Armenian Genocide” (essay) in History in Dispute: The First
World War, ed. Dr. Dennis
Showalter, Detroit: St. Martins Press, 2002
“Very
Good Indeed, Ottoman III Corps Effectiveness at Gallipoli”
(conference paper) in The First World
War: Middle Eastern Perspective,
Tel Aviv: Israeli Society for Military History, Tel Aviv University,
2001
“Turkey:
Armed Forces” (bibliographic essay) in The Reader's
Guide to Military History, ed. Charles
Messenger, London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001
“WW1:
Armed Forces, the Balkan Countries” (bibliographic essay) in
The Reader's Guide to Military
History,
ed. Charles Messenger, London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001
“Turkey
Prepares for War, 1913-1914” in Relevance, The Quarterly Journal
of the Great War Society,
Volume
9, Number 2, Spring 2000
Strategic Vision for the US Navy, Europe,
Center for Naval Analysis, Wash DC, 1997, contributor
Born of War, A History of the Sixth Army,
Presidio of San Francisco, 1995, contributor
Gunners at War, 2nd Battalion 3rd Field
Artillery in Desert Storm
(US Army unit history), 1991, author
REVIEWS
Review
of The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide,
by Guenter Lewy (2005)
for
The Middle East Journal, Vol. 60, Number 2, Spring 2006.
Review
of The Great Game of Genocide, Imperialism, Nationalism, and the
Destruction of the Ottoman
Armenians,
by Donald Bloxham (2005) for The Middle East Journal, Vol. 60,
Number 1, Winter 2006.
Review
of A Soldier's Story, From Ottoman Rule to Independent Iraq, The
Memoirs of Jafar Al-Askeri
(1885-1936),
edited by Willaim Facey and Najdat Fathi Safwat, translated by
Mustafa Tariq Al-
Askeri
(2005) for H-Turk@ H-Net.MSU.edu.
Review
of Guns for the Sultan, Military Power and the Weapons Industry
in the Ottoman Empire, by
Gábor
Ágoston (2005) for The Middle East Journal, Vol. 59, Number 4,
Autumn 2005.
Review
of The Turkish Front, The Campaigns in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and
in Palestine by Field
Marshal Lord Carver (2003) for The Journal of Military History, Vol.
68, No. 3, July 2004
Review
of The Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Prelude to the First World War
by Richard C. Hall (1999) for
The
Journal of Military History, Vol. 65, No. 2, April 2001
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & INVITED LECTURES
“Blood
& Oil: World War One in the Middle East,” PBS documentary
(Commentator and Consultant),
Third
Coast Films, 2006
“Chemical Warfare in the Middle East in World War One,”
International Symposium (Discussant),
University of Salford, Manchester, UK, July 2004
“Organizational Leadership, Strategies for the 21st
Century,” International Leadership Symposium,
Turkish
Military Academy, Ankara, Turkey, April 2004
“Putting a Face on the Ottoman Army, Identity in the First World
War,” Lecture Series, Department of
History, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, April 2004
“Kut
Al Amara as an Encirclement Campaign 1915,” Great War Society Annual
Seminar, Kansas City, April 2004
“Turkish Military Effectiveness at Çanakkale,” Lecture Series,
Department of History, Bilkent
University, Ankara, Turkey, December 2002
“Turkish Effectiveness at Gallipoli,” Department of Middle Eastern
Studies Seminar Lecture, University
of
Manchester, UK, February 2002
“Learning to Fight, A.E.F. Performance in France, 1917-1917,”
Guernsey Library Military History
Lecture Series, Norwich, New York, April 2001
“Very
Good Indeed, Ottoman III Corps Effectiveness at Gallipoli,”
Turkish-Israeli Military History
Colloquy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 2000
“United States Military Policy in Iraq,” Dept. of Peace Studies
Lecture Series, Colgate University, April 1998
“Command and Control in Peacekeeping Operations,” (Discussant)
International Symposium, NATO
Analysis Center, The Hague, Netherlands, December 1997
“Understanding the Dayton Peace Accords,” NATO Commander’s
Conference, IFOR Headquarters,
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, February 1996
WORK IN PROGRESS
The
Sultan's Army, A History of the Ottoman Military, 1300-1923,
Co-author with Mesut Uyar,
Westport, Connecticut: Praeger
Publishers. Contracted and forthcoming 2007 (Book)
“Enemies
Within, Ottoman National Security and the Armenian Insurrection,
1915” presently
under review with War in History (editor: Hew Strachan) (Article)
CERTIFICATIONS
School
District Administrator - New York State Permanent Certification
Social
Studies Teacher, Grades 7-12 – New York State Permanent
Certification
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCES
Social
Studies Teacher, Norwich High School, Norwich, NY 2004 - Present
Dean
of Students, Norwich High School, Norwich, NY - 2003-2004
Political Advisor to the CG, 4th Infantry Division,
Tikrit, Iraq - 2003
Principal, Regional Summer School - HS/MS, Oxford & Greene, NY, 2001
& 2002
Social
Studies Teacher, Norwich High School, Norwich, NY 1998 - 2003
International Affairs Advisor, NATO, Naples, Italy &
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1995 - 1997
Department Head - Plans & Emergency Operations, Sixth US Army, San
Francisco, 1995
Coordinator - Current Operations, NATO, Izmir, Turkey 1992 - 1994
Director of Curriculum, Training & Operations, US Army Brigade,
Germany 1989 - 1992
Commander, Army Base and Artillery Detachment, US Army,
Çorlu,
Turkey 1988 - 1989
Chief
of Intelligence & Security, US Army Base,
Çakmakli,
Turkey
1985 - 1986
Assistant Professor of Military Science, St. Lawrence University
1981 - 1984
Commander, Artillery Battery, US Army, Idar-Oberstein, Germany,
1979-1981
Infantry/Field Artillery Assignments, NATO, Germany/USA 1972 - 1978
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
US
History Since 1865, SUNY Morrisville, Norwich Campus
Strategy and Tactics through the Ages, St. Lawrence University
Revolutionary Warfare, St. Lawrence University
Military Studies II & III (ROTC), St. Lawrence University
Kipling’s Empire, St. Lawrence University
English Composition, Central Texas College
Social
Studies, Academic Intervention Services, Norwich High School
Global
History and Geography 1 (summer school compression), DCMO BOCES
Operations Procedures, Staff Officers Orientation Course, NATO,
Turkey
RESEARCH GRANTS
Research Institute for Crimes Against Humanity, Center for Eurasian
Strategic Studies, 2006, Ottoman
National
Security and the Armenian Rebellion,
$10,000 for research and travel in 2007
US
Army Environmental Policy Institute, 1997, Security Implications
of the SE Anatolia Project, $10,000 for research
& travel
(co-awarded with F.M. Lorenz)
MILITARY AWARDS
Bronze
Star Medal (1st Oak Leaf) - Fourth Infantry Division,
Tikrit, Iraq, 2003
Bronze
Star Medal - Third Armored Division, Safwan, Iraq, 1991
Legion
of Merit - NATO Hqs, Naples, Italy, 1997
Joint
Service Commendation Medal - NATO Hqs, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 1996
Defense Meritorious Service Medal - NATO Hqs, Izmir, Turkey, 1994
Meritorious Service Medal (five awards) - Germany, Turkey, USA
Army
Commendation Medal (four awards) - Germany, USA
Numerous campaign and service medals
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