SEMINARS
CHANGING CHARACTER OF WAR SEMINAR SERIES
The Changing Character of War Seminar Series is designed to bring strategic experts from around the globe together with Army officers to enable the Chief of Army's aspiration to be the best small Army in the world.
| DATE | VENUE | SPEAKERS | TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Oct 09 | Badcoe Hall | Professor Ian Beckett | 1500 | 'British Historical Experience of COIN' |
The LWSC and ADFA are pleased to welcome Professor Ian Beckett to present the second seminar in the LWSC's Changing Character of War Seminar Series.
Professor Beckett is Honorary Professor of Military History at the University of Kent, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Chairman of the Council of the Army Records Society. He has previously held chairs at the universities of Luton and Northampton, as well as having been Major General Matthew C Horner Professor of Military Theory at the US Marine Corps University and Visiting Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College.
His many publications include 'The Great War, 1914-1918' (2nd ed. 2007), 'The First World War: The Essential Guide to Sources in the UK National Archives' (2002) and 'Modern Insurgencies and Counter-insurgencies' (2001).