Donald J. Stoker
Donald J. Stoker (born August 26, 1964 ) is an American military scientist .
Life
Stoker studied English at Bainbridge State College in Bainbridge, Georgia (AA 1987) and history at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia (BA 1989, MA 1990). A stay abroad took him to the University of Sunderland in Sunderland, England. His Ph.D. he made in 1997 in diplomacy and military history at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
He initially taught at Bainbridge State College, Florida State University and Yellowstone Baptist College before joining the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California in 1999 . In 1999 he was Adjunct Lecturer and in 2002 Visiting Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy at the College of Distance Education at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. In 2002 he completed the Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program, Phase I. In 2005, he became Professor of Strategy and Policy at the NPS.
In 2012 he gave the Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series at the United States Army War College .
He published in u. a. Military History Quarterly , Naval History, and North & South .
Awards
- 2010: Fletcher Pratt Award
Fonts (selection)
- Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939: Grand Strategy and Failure . Frank Cass Publishers, London 2003, ISBN 0-7146-5319-5 .
- (Ed. With Jonathan Grant): Girding for Battle: The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815-1940 . Praeger Press, Westport 2003, ISBN 0-275-97339-5 .
- (Ed.): Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815–2007 . Routledge, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-77015-6 .
- (Ed. With Frederick Schneid, Harold Blanton): Conscription in the Napoleonic Era: A Revolution in Military Affairs? Routledge, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-34999-4 .
- (Ed. With Kenneth J. Hagan, Michael McMaster): Strategy in the War for American Independence: A Global Approach . Routledge, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-415-36734-9 .
- The Grand Design: Strategy and the US Civil War, 1861-1865 . Oxford University Press, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-537305-9 .
- Carl von Clausewitz. His Life and Work . Oxford University Press, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-935794-9 .
Web links
- Search for Donald J. Stoker in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Donald J. Stoker at US Naval War College
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stoker, Donald J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American military scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1964 |