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Biography

Edward J. Erickson - Author

 

Lt. Col. Edward J. Erickson, US Army (retired) has a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on the Ottoman Army during the early twentieth century.
Lt. Col. Erickson and his wife live in Norwich, New York.

 


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

United States Army Foreign Area Officer (48G) specializing in the Middle East

United States Army Field Artillery Officer (13A) specializing in plans, ops, and training

 

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

Dept. Head - Operations, Training, & Staff Development, Fort Leavenworth, 1986 - 1988

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

Global History and Geography I and II (World History), Norwich High School

American History and Government, Norwich High School

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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