Thomas Keaney, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies; Associate Director of the Strategic Studies Program; Senior Adjunct Professor

Expertise

Issues
air power | American defense policy | irregular warfare | military history | military power and strategy

Background and Education
Former professor of military strategy at the National War College and director of its core courses on military thought and strategy; during a career in the U.S. Air Force, served in positions including associate professor of history at the U.S. Air Force Academy, planner on the Air Staff, forward air controller in Vietnam and B-52 squadron commander; Ph.D., history, University of Michigan

Publications
Understanding Irregular Warfare, co-editor (2010); War in Iraq: Planning and Execution, co-editor (2007); The Armed Forces in the Contemporary Middle East, co-editor (2001); U.S. Allies in a Changing World, co-editor (2000); Revolution in Warfare? Air Power in the Persian Gulf (1995); other books and articles on air power and military strategy