Overview
I specialize in the industrialized total wars of the 20th century and the asymmetric responses (guerrilla warfare, insurgency, and terrorism) to those wars that evolved after 1945. I have written books on the , the , the , and .
I'm the series editor for Cornell University Press'
Research Focus
Military History and Policy
Publications
Recently:
From me: Beatrice de Graaf, Ozan Ozavci, and Erik de Lange, eds. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024).
From Battlegrounds: Terrence G. Peterson, (Cornell University Press, 2024).
Battlegrounds, awards: The to Nicole Eaton, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2023).
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- After three years of war in Ukraine, Cornell experts assess endgame
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- North Korean troop deployment aimed at cementing alliance with Russia
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- Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling like ‘cocking a gun in an old western movie’
- Iranian strike against Israel seemed more spectacle than attack, says prof.
- Ukraine’s mobilization bill sign of ‘desperation’ and ‘rationalization’
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- Iran has little incentive to dissuade proxy attacks against US troops
- Without aid, Ukraine’s ability to continue fighting ‘deeply in question’
- U.S.-supplied, long-range missiles of ‘limited utility’ for Ukraine
- Kim Jong-un ‘taking advantage’ of Russian need for artillery shells
- If verified, drone strike against Putin could be a significant turning point
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- Russia’s quest for Bahkmut could lead to greater losses elsewhere
- After one year of war, how to break the stalemate in Ukraine?
- Germany weighing decision to deliver modern battlefield tanks to Ukraine
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- U.S. information warfare ‘fundamentally shapes conflict’ in Ukraine
- China must protect own interests in decision to provide Russia aid
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