David Strachan-Morris is a Lecturer in Intelligence and Security at the University of Leicester. He wrote his PhD thesis on the US Marine Corps in Vietnam and retains a keen interest in Marine Corps history. His other publications on the corps include From the Banana Wars to the Three Block War: Warrior Scholars in the US Marine Corps; and a chapter in the book Warrior Scholars in Counterinsurgency. He has also spoken about the US Marines in Northern Ireland during the Second World War on BBC Radio Ulster. He served in the British Army before earning his PhD at the University of Wolverhampton and becoming a full-time academic. Recent publications include Threat and Risk: What is the Difference and Why Does it Matter; Intelligence and National Security (27 February 2012, pp. 172-186); and Leadership Decapitation: Al Qa’ida in Iraq as a Case Study’ (RUSI Journal, August/September 2010, pp. 32-26). In his spare time he takes part in historical re-enactments and enjoys watching rugby and ice hockey - being a keen supporter of his local teams.
...takes on the heavyweight challenge of explaining the deeply felt conflict between the Marine Corps and U.S. Army early in the war. -- The VVA Veteran