CV JAMES S. CORUM, PhD Demographic Information James Sterling Corum, PhD. Dean Baltic Defence College Riia 12 51013 Tartu, Estonia Tel: country code (372) 717 6014 Fax 372 717 6050 Email:
[email protected] Since January 2009: Dean of the Baltic Defence College, The school for higher military education of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Baltic Defence College has a year-long general staff course and offers several other courses including a higher commander course and a course for Ministry of Defence civilian officials. The Dean is responsible for the academic programs.
Education 1990 PhD
(History) Queen’s University, Canada
1984 M. LITT. (Master of Letters: 3-year graduate course with dissertation and comprehensive exams) (History) Oxford University, England 1976 MA
(History) Brown University, RI
1975 BA
(History & German double major) Gonzaga University, Washington
1974-1975
Immatriculated at Karl Ruprecht University Heidelberg, Germany Passed German University language certificate exam
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Professional Academic History 2005 - 2008 Associate Professor, US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas I taught courses on Strategy, US defense policy and operational art. I also taught a course on counterinsurgency strategy and operations. Another major duty was to serve as advisor/reader for four to five students in the MA program. 2006
2004- 2005
1991 – 2004
One of the main authors of the US Army/US Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Doctrine, FM 3-24. Written while serving under General Petreaus, then Commanding the US Army Combat Arms Command. The Counterinsurgency doctrine was published in December 2006. Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University. I was Concurrently a fellow of the Levershulme Programme in War Studies, part of the Oxford University. I was concurrently a fellow in the Levershulme Programme- part of the Department of International Politics. I gave a lecture series on current strategic issues at Oxford University. I also was a distinguished visiting lecturer at the British Joint Services Staff College where I lectured on counterInsurgency strategy. Professor of Comparative Military Studies School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Air University Maxwell AFB, AL Served as faculty member for the USAF advanced school for strategists. Taught courses in military history and thought; developed and taught courses in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Advised student MA theses in a vide variety of subject concerning defense policy, military history, airpower doctrine.
1988 - 1991
Instructor, History Department Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario Canada Taught undergraduate courses including Western Intellectual History, the Social History of War, and Modern Revolutions.
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1986 - 1987
Instructor, Mater Dei College New York State Taught undergraduate courses in American history, Modern European History, American politics.
1983 - 1986
Assistant Professor of Military Studies Department of Military Studies St. Lawrence University, New York State. Taught undergraduate courses in Revolutionary Warfare. Created and taught courses in American military history and Conflict in the Middle Ages. Created a multi-department senior course on NATO and served as head instructor for the course. Course involved three departments. Served as trainer and advisor for 40 ROTC students.
1979 - 1981
History Faculty Tutor of German Oxford University Tutored Oxford University history students in German as preparation for the Oxford University language examinations.
Military Background 2002- 2004
Retired from the Army Reserve at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with the last assignment as a faculty instructor at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks PA, where I taught courses on strategy And defense policy for senior military and civilian Defense Department personnel during the summer term. From 2002 to 2004 I produced numerous special studies relating to the Coalition occupation of Iraq. In 2004 I served in Iraq and was assigned to the Coalition Military Training and Advisor Team (CMATT) and worked with the Iraqis to develop future army and air force organizational structures.
1977-2002
Served a total of six years on active duty in the US Army in the US, Germany and Central America. On my first active duty assignment from 1977-79 I served as an intelligence officer in Germany and was directly involved in counterterrorism work and conducted liaison with the German
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police and Bundeswehr. I served for 20 years as a Reserve officer and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. I have various awards and decorations including the Meritorious Service Medal (2x), Army Commendation medal and Army Achievement Medal.
Military Education 1998 1994 1994 1990 1984 1977
Graduated Air War College, Residence Course. Maxwell AFB Graduated US Army Command and General Staff Course Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB AL US Army Ordnance Officer Advanced Course First Army Combat Intelligence Operations Course, Ft. Bragg NC Graduated Intelligence Officers Course and Tactical/Strategic Intelligence Officers’ course
Publications Books The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1992) Reprinted Several Times and in paperback as well as hardcover. Published in Italian by LEG Publications, Gorizia Italy, 2004. The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War 1918-1940 (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1997) Still in print, Also in paperback. The Luftwaffe’s Way of War: German Air Doctrine 1911-1945. co-author Dr. Richard Muller. (Baltimore: Nautical and Aviation, 1998). Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists. Co-author Wray Johnson (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003). Fighting the War on Terror: A Counterinsurgency Strategy. (St. Paul: Zenith Press, 2007). Bad Strategies: How Great Powers Fail in counterinsurgency (St. Paul: Zenith Press, 2008) Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen: Master of the German Air War (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008) Rearming Germany, editor and co-author, (Leiden NL: Brill Publishing, 2011). Brill’s Encyclopedia of the First World War, 2 Vols. Editor in chief, Translation and revision of the original Der Ersten Weltkrieg Encyclpaedie (Paderborn, 2006) (Leiden: Brill, 2012)
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Articles “Training and Equipping Counterinsurgency Air Forces” in Zeszyty Naukowe (Scientific Journal). Vol. 17, No. 2, Deblin 2011. 103-128. “Air Power and Small Wars: Current Operations,” Baltic Security and Defence Review, Summer 2010, Vol. 11. No. 1, 126-157 “The Persistent Myths of Guernica,” Military History Quarterly Summer 2010 Vol. 22, No. 4 pp. 16-22. “Future Battlespace and the U.S. Response,” in Baltic Security and Defence Review, Vol. 11, Nr. 2 2009 pp. 21-39. “Special Feature: Historical Document: Operations Order for the German Navy for the Invasion of Saaremaa, September 1917,” in Baltic Security and Defence Review Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 146-155 “Devil’s Bargain: How Germany Conspired With Russia 1919-1933,” in World War II, FebMar 2009. pp. 50-57. “Chaco War: Battle in the Barrens,” Military History Quarterly, Summer 2009, pp. 52-64. “On Airpower, Land Power and Counterinsurgency--Getting the Doctrine Right,” Joint Forces Quarterly, Issue 49, April 2008, 93-97. “The Year Air Power Came of Age” (on the 1917 air campaigns). Military History Quarterly, Winter 2008. 18-27. “Rethinking US Army Counterinsurgency Doctrine” Contemporary Security Policy Vol. 28 No. 1 (April 2007) 1-16. Also published as a book chapter in Dimensions of CounterInsurgency: Applying Experience to Practice, eds. Tim Benbow and Rod Thornton, London: Taylor and Francis, 2007. 121-136. “Peace is Hell: The First Six Months of the Occupation of Germany,” World War II Magazine, June 2007. 60-67. “Training Indigenous Forces in Counterinsurgency: A Tale of Two Insurgencies” Monograph (Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 24 March, 2006). “Myths of Blitzkrieg—The Enduring Mythology of the 1940 Campaign” in Historically Speaking (Journal of the Historical society) vol. VI, No. 4 March/April 2005, 11-13.
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Essays, 2,500 words each, in History in Dispute, Vol. 18: The Spanish Civil War, eds. Kenneth Estes and Daniel Kowalsky, Detroit: St. James Press, 2004. Essays: Was the Spanish Civil War the First Round of World War II? (Yes), Was the Spanish Civil War a Total War? (Yes), Did the Italians Germans and Soviets View the Spanish Civil War as an Opportunity to Test Weaponry? (Yes) Did the Great Powers Gain Useful Information from the Use of Air Power During the War? (Yes) Was Franco Unduly Cautious in his conquest of Spain? (No) “La Guerra Prolongada de Guatemala” (“The Guatemalan Civil War”), Air and Space Power Journal, Spanish edition, Third Quarter/August 2004. “Uncharted Waters: Information in the First Modern Joint Campaign—Norway 1940”, Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 27 No. 2, June 2004, 347-371. “To Stop Them on the Beaches: Luftwaffe Operations Against the Allied Landings in Italy”, RAF Air Power Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 Summer 2004, 47-68. “Building a New
Luftwaffe: The United States Air Force and Bundeswehr Planning for Rearmament, 1950-1960.” Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 27, No1, March 2004, pp 89113. “The Luftwaffe and its Allied Air Forces in World War II: Parallel War and the Failure of Strategic and Economic Cooperation” Air Power History Vol. 51, Summer 2004 4-19. “Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists- No Shortcuts to Success” Op-ed essay for the Army Strategic Studies Institute Newsletter. May 2004 “Luftwaffe: Missing in Action.” Military History Quarterly, Summer 2004, 16-25. “La Guerra en el Caribe—el Poderio Aereo en contra de los Submarinos Alemanes en Aguas Latinoamericanas” in Air and Space Power Journal- Edicion Espanol, Fall 2003. “Establishing the Bundesluftwaffe as a Modern Air Force, 1955-1960.” Air Power History Vol. 50, Summer 2003, 16-29. “Starting from Scratch: The Luftstreitkräfte Builds a Bomber Doctrine 1914-1918.” RAF Air Power Review, Vol. 6, March 2003, 61-78 “Airpower in the Chaco War”, El Poderio Aerio en la Guerra del Chaco.” Air and Space Power Journal, Spanish Edition, Fall 2002, 73-88. Also in Portuguese edition. Spring 2003.
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“Argentine Airpower in the Falklands War: An Operational View.” Air and Space Power Journal, Fall 2002 – also published in the Spanish and Portuguese editions of Air and Space Power Journal. “Latin American Nations and Airpower’s Role in the War on Terrorism.” WHINSEC Occasional Papers Series #1, Nov. 2001. “The Evolution of US Army Doctrine and Current Trends: A Return to Doctrinal Roots.” New Zealand Army Journal, No. 23, July 2000. “The Myth of Air Control; Reassessing the History.” Aerospace Power Journal, Winter 2000—reprinted for the Royal Air Force RAF Air Power Review June 2001. “Airpower and Peace Enforcement.” CALL Bulletin (Center for Army Lessons Learned, Ft. Leavenworth KS, Fall 2000. “The Air War in El Salvador.” Airpower Journal. Summer 1998. – Also published in the Spanish and Portuguese editions of Airpower Journal. “The Spanish Civil War: Lessons Learned and Not Learned by the Major Powers.” Journal of Military History. Spring 1998. “Aschaffenburg Under Swedish Occupation During the Thirty Years’ War.” Review Internationale D’Histoire Militaire 1997 (Published paper of the Conference of the International Commission for Military History 1997). “Development of Strategic Air War Concepts in Interwar Germany 1918-1939.” Air Power History. Winter 1997-98. “Air Power in Peace Enforcement.” Airpower Journal. December 1996.—Also translated and reprinted in the Spanish and Portuguese editions of the Airpower Journal. “From Biplanes to Blitzkrieg: German Interwar Air Doctrine.” War in History. January 1996. “The Luftwaffe and the Coalition Air War in Spain, 1936-1939.” Journal of Strategic Studies. March 1995. “The Development of the Luftwaffe’s Army Support Doctrine, 1934-1941.” The Journal of Military History. January 1995. “The Old Eagle as Phoenix: The Luftstreitkräfte Creates an Operational Air Doctrine.” Air Power History. Spring 1992.
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Encyclopedia Articles and Textbook Articles For Elite Forces, 2011. Chapters on JG1 von Richthofen’s circus, The US Navy Seals (pp 184-189), the Green Berets (pp. 190-193) 12 Essays for The Readers Guide to Military History, Ed Charles Messenger, Fitzroy Dearborn: London, 2001 Each article is a bibliographical essay of 1,000-3,000 words Articles: World War II, Western Front, Denmark and Norway World War II, The Battle of Britain Kesselring, Albert , 1885-1960 World War I: Air Warfare, General World War I, Aviation, Western Front World War I, Naval Aviation The Spanish Civil War The Chaco War Vietnam, Air War World War II Armed forces, French Air Force World War Ii Armed Forces, Italian Air force World War II, Campaigns, The Gothic Line College Textbook: Four articles, each 2,500 words, for History in Dispute ed. Dennis Showalter, Charleston SC: Manly Publications, 2000. Four Articles – each dealing with a question: “Was the So-called Blitzkrieg a limited phenomenon?” – Viewpoint yes. “Should the West have intervened on the side of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War?”Viewpoint No. “Were the bombings of civilians by the two sides during the war uninhibited?’-Viewpoint yes. “Was the Luftwaffe an Effective Military machine?”- Viewpoint yes. Article on Hans von Seeckt for The Reader’s Companion to Military History. Eds. Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker. NY: Houghton Mifflin. 1996. Articles on General Groener, Wolfram von Richthofen, Hans von Seeckt, and Hugo Sperrle for The Garland Dictionary of German History. New York. 1996. Articles (From 1,000 to 3,000 words each) on Lt. Gen. Brereton, General James Newman, Ninth US Air Force, IX Engineer Command, IX Air Force Service Command, IX Air Defense Command, General William Richardson, and General Myron Wood for The DDay Encyclopedia. Ed. James Collins. NY: Simon and Schuster. 1994. Newspaper- Op-Ed 8
“War from the Top Down”, New York Times op-ed article (1,500 words) 2 June, 2005.
Book Chapters “U.S. Air Force Doctrine: The Search for Decisive Effect” in Airpower in 20th Century: Doctrines and Employment—National Experiences, Col. Mattteo Paesano ed. (Hague NL: International Commission for Military History, 2011) 333-349. “Latin American Air Wars” in A world of Airpower: History of Global Airpower, ed. John Olsen, Washington: Potomac Press, 2011). “The Debate on Counterinsurgency and Some Recent Books” in Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Irregular Warfare from 1800 to the Present, Thijs Zaalberg, Jan Hoffenaar, Alan Lemmers eds. (The Hague: Netherlands Institute of Military History, 2011) 255-264. “Air Power in Small Wars: 1913 to the Present” in A History of Air Warfare, ed. John Olsen (Washington DC: Potomac Books, 2010) 327-350 “No simple formula: the use of military force in counterinsurgency,” in Modern War and the Utility of Force, .eds. Jan Angstrom and Isabelle Duyvesteyn (London: Routledge, 2010) 159180 of modern counterinsurgency theory and doctrine ,” in Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Warfare, ed. George Kassimeris John Buckley (Ashgate: UK, 2009) “Development
“Airpower Roles and Missions in Counterinsurgency” in: No Clear Flight Plan: Counterinsurgency and Air Power, ed. James Fergusson (Winnipeg: Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, 2008) pp. 203-220 “Building the Malayan Army and Police—Britain’s Experience During the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960,” Security Assistance: U.S. and International Historical Perspectives ed. Randall Gott (Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2006) 291-314. “The RAF in Imperial Defence 1919-1956” in Old World Order: Themes in British Imperial Defence 1856-1956, ed. Greg Kennedy (London: Frank Cass Publishers, forthcoming 2007). “Luftwaffe Intelligence: How it Viewed the United States Army Air Forces.“ in Winged Crusade: The Quest for American Air and Space Power“ ed. Michael Terry, Chicago: Imprint Publications, 2006.
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“Der Bürgerkrieg in El Salvador 1980-1992” in Heisse Krieg im Kalten Krieg, eds. Bernd Greiner, Christian Th. Müller, Dierk Walter, Insitut für Sozialforschung, Hamburger Edition, Hamburg, Germany, 2006. “The Luftwaffe in the Normandy Campaign” in The Normandy Campaign 1944: Sixty Years On, ed. John Buckley, London: Routledge, 2006. “Defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945”, in Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat ed. Robin Higham, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006, pp. 203-226. “Aerospace Power in Current and Future Small Wars”, in Aerospace Power: Beyond 100 Years of Theory and Practice, ed. James G. Fergusson, Winnipeg: The Centre for Defence and Security Studies, 2005. 67-84. “Uncharted Waters: Information in the First Modern Joint Campaign- Norway 1940”, in Information and Revolutions in Military Affairs, ed. Emily O. Goldman, London: Routledge, 2005, 151-175. “The Air Campaign of the Present and Future—Using Airpower Against Insurgents and Terrorists.” In Air Campaigns in the New World Order, Allan D. English, ed. Winnipeg: Centre for Defence and Security Studies, 2005. 25-42. “The Luftwaffe and Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War.” in Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo, Eds. Sebastian Cox and Peter Gray, London: Frank Cass, 2003. 66-92. Forward (long essay) to On the German Art of War: Truppenfűhrung, an English translation of Die Truppenführung (Troop Leadership, the German Army Operational Doctrine of World War II). Translators and editors, Bruce Condell and David Zabecki, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. “Die Luftwaffe und Kriegsverbrechen im Zweiten Weltkrieg.” in Kriegsverbrechen im 20. Jahrhundert, (Festschrift für Manfred Messerschmidt), ed. Gerd Überschär, Wolfram Wette, Potsdam: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, 2001. “Deutschlands erste entscheidende Niederlage im Zweiten Weltkrieg: die Luftschlacht um England 10. Juli bis 31. Oktober 1940.” in Schlachten: Von Salamis bis Sinai Eds. Stig Förster, Wolfram Wette, Germany: C.H. Beck Verlag, 2001. “A Comprehensive Approach to Change: Reform in the German Army in the Interwar Period,” The Challenge of Change: Military Institutions and New Realities 1918-1941. Ed. Harold Winton. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2000.
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“Preparing the Thunderbolt: Luftwaffe Training Exercises Before World War II.” 294-302 in 1998 National Aerospace Conference; The Meaning of Flight in the Twentieth Century, ed. John Fleischaer, Dayton OH: Wright State University, 1999. “Stärken und Schwächen der Luftwaffe Führungsqualitäten und Führung im Zweiten Weltkrieg,” Die Wehrmacht: Mythos und Realität. Ed. Rolf-Dieter Mueller. Potsdam: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt. 1998. “Continental Air Theory and Doctrine Between the World Wars,” The Paths of Heaven. Ed. Phillip Meilinger. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press. 1997. “A Clash of Military Cultures: German and French Approaches to Technology Between the World Wars,” Tooling for War. Ed. Stephen Chiabotti. Chicago: Imprint Publications. 1996. “Airpower in Peace Enforcement Operations,” Luftmakt 1996. Ed. Rune Bjerkas. Oslo: Institutt For Forsvarsstudier. 1996. “Operational Problems in UN Peacekeeping,” Peacekeeping in Africa, Vol. 2. Ed. Jakkie Cilliers. Pretoria. 1995 “Supporting UN and Regional Peacekeeping Efforts,” Challenge and Response. Ed. Karl Magyar. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press. 1994. Monographs and Special Studies Allenby and the Palestine Campaign, September-October 1918 (36 pages) For SAIC, “Project Tempo Study”, May 2005 Rommel and the North African Campaign, March-June 1941 (35 pages) For SAIC, “Project Tempo Study”, May 2005 General Lauris Norstad—SACEUR and Strategic Leader. A special study for use in the Leadership Course of the US Army War College. 2003. Theses: The Reichswehr and the Concept of Mobile War in the Era of Hans von Seeckt, 450 pages. Queen’s University. 1990. The Study of Geography and Cosmography at Reichenau and St. Gall 700-1050, 250 pages. Oxford University. 1984. Aschaffenburg in the Thirty Years’ War, 50 pages. Gonzaga University. 1975.
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A Selection of Papers Presented “The U.S. Air Force Confronts Counterinsurgency: Sixty Years of Conflict between Official and Unofficial Doctrine,” Society for Military History Conference, Murfreesboro TN, April 2009 “Winning the War- Not Just the Battle. Building, Training 3rd World Counterinsurgency Forces,” Partnerships for peace Conference, Munich Germany, May 2009. “Revising Counterinsurgency Doctrine for Future Operations,” International Society for Military Sciences annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 2009. “Neue Amerikanische Doktrin fuer Aufstandsbekämpfung,” Vorlesung Serie, Ősterreichisches National Verteidigungs Akademie, Vienna, June 2009 “Building the Malayan Army and Police—Britain’s Experience during the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960”, Combat Studies Institute History Conference, August 2006, Ft. Leavenworth, KS. “The Flanders Air Campaign 1917- High Point of the German Air Service”, May 2006, Society for Military History Conference, Manhattan, Kansas. (Accepted for publication in the Military History Quarterly) “US Army Counterinsurgency Doctrine”, UK Joint Military Staff College Conference on COIN, Joint Military Staff College, Shrivenham, UK, September 2005. “Historical Perspective: Airpower and Small Wars”, 2005 Air and Space Strategy Conference, Alexandria Virginia, March 2005. “The Luftwaffe’s
Campaign against the Allies in Normandy”, International Conference “DDay, Sixty Years On”, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England. July 2004 “The Civil War in El Salvador in the Context of the Cold War”, Conference on Cold War History, Institut für Sozialwissenschaft, Hamburg, Germany. May 2004. (Published as “Der Bürgerkrieg in El Salvador 1980-1992” in Dierk Walter, Bernd Greiner eds. Heisse Kriege im Kalten Krieg, Hamburg, 2006). “The Air Campaign of the Future: Airpower against Insurgents and Terrorists.” Canadian Forces College Air Symposium, Toronto, Canada, March 2004. (Published as a book chapter).
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“The Role of Airpower in Current and Future Small Wars.” Aerospace Power Forum, Winnipeg, Canada, November 2003. (Published as a book chapter) “Luftwaffe Intelligence and how it viewed the USAAF.” 20th Military History Symposium, US Air Force Academy, October, 2003. (Published as a book chapter) “To Stop Them on the Beaches: Luftwaffe Operations Against the Allied Landings in Italy.” Society for Military History Conference, Knoxville TN, May 2003. “Building a New Luftwaffe: The US Air Force and Bundeswehr Planning for Rearmament, 1950-1960.” German Studies Assoc. San Diego CA Oct. 2002 “Uncharted Waters: Information in the First Modern Joint Campaign—Norway 1940.” Conference on Information in War sponsored by Andy Marshall’s Office, Washington DC, March 2002. “Starting From Scratch: Creating the West German Air Force.” SHOT (Society for the History of Technology) Conference, San Jose CA, October 2001 “The Luftwaffe in Spain- Lessons Learned and Not Learned.” Royal Air Force History Conference, London, UK, July 2001. “Argentine Airpower in the Falklands: An Operational View.” Society for Military History Conference, Calgary, Canada, May 2001. ‘Starting from Scratch: The Luftstreitkräfte Builds a Strategic Bomber Doctrine 1914-1917.” Society for Military History Conference, Calgary, Canada, May 2001 “Getting it Right: German Army Doctrinal Reform in the Interwar Era”, Canadian Army Staff College Doctrine Symposium, Kingston, Canada, May 2001. “Current Trends in Latin American Military Aviation.” US Army School of the Americas’ 10th conference on Latin American Affairs, Ft. Benning GA, Nov. 2000. “The Luftwaffe’s 1940 Campaign: A Case Study of Handling Innovation in Wartime.” Siena College conference on World War II, Albany NY, June 2000. “The Myth of Colonial Air Control.” Society for Military History Conference, Quantico VA, April 2000. “The Future of Military Aviation in Latin America”, US Army School of the Americas’ 9th Conference on Latin American Affairs. Ft. Benning GA, Nov. 1999.
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“Problems in Conducting UN Peacekeeping Operations.” Keynote speech at the Military Studies institute 2nd Annual conference on Military Affairs. Massie University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. ‘Airpower in the Chaco War.” at the Society for Military History annual conference, Pennsylvania, 1999. “Luftwaffe Operational Exercises in the 1930s.” National Aerospace History Conference, Dayton OH, Sept. 1998. “The Luftwaffe and its Allied Air Forces in World War II.” German Studies Association, Salt Lake City, Oct. 1998. “Doctrinal Debate in Peacetime: Lessons from the Past.” CSIS Conference. Washington, DC. June 1998. “Aschaffenburg under Swedish Occupation during the Thirty Years’ War.” Conference of the International Commission for Military History. Prague, Czech Republic. August 1997. Of the 30-plus member national organizations belonging to this international group each country can present a maximum of two papers at the yearly conference. I was chosen to present one of only two papers from the United States. “Airpower in the Spanish Civil War” New York Military Affairs Symposium. New York, NY. April 1997. “The Problems of Providing Effective Support to Peacekeeping Operations.” US Army South, Latin American Communications conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1997. “The German Campaign in Norway 1940 as a Joint Operation.” Society for Military History Conference. Montgomery, Ala. April 1997. “The Concept of Strategic Air War in Germany in the Interwar Period.” German Studies Association Conference. Seattle, Wash. October 1996. “Lessons Learned and Not Learned by the Major Power in the Spanish Civil War.” Siena College World War II Conference. Albany, NY. May 1996. “Airpower in Peace Enforcement Operations.” Airpower Conference of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Luftkrigsskollen, Trondheim, Norway. February 1996. “The Luftwaffe’s Operations against the Normandy Landing.” Ohio Valley History Conference. Murray, Ky. October 1995.
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“Operational Problems in UN Peacekeeping.” Institute for Defence Policy Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa. July 1995. “The US Military Occupation of Bremerhaven 1949-1953.” Society for Military History Conference. Gettysburg, Penn. May 1995. “A Clash of Military Cultures: The French and German Approaches to Technology in the Interwar Period.” US Air Force Academy History Symposium. September 1994. “Ninth Air Force Operations in the D-Day Campaign.” New York Military Affairs Symposium Conference on D-Day. New York, NY. June 1994. “Crisis in the Luftwaffe High Command in the spring of 1944.” Siena College Conference on World War II. Albany, NY. June 1994. “Conflicting Visions of War: The General Staff and Nazi Approaches to Military Theory.” Society for Military History Conference. Washington, DC. May 1994. “The Air War in North Africa, December 1941-June 1942.” American Airpower Heritage Symposium. Midland, TX. November 1993. “The UN and Multi-National Peace Enforcement: The US Experience.” The Organization for International Studies Conference. October 1993. “From Biplanes to Blitzkrieg: German Interwar Air Doctrine.” Northern Great Plains History Conference. Pierre, SD. September 1993. “German Air Doctrine in World War I.” New York Military Affairs Symposium, New York, NY. May 1993. “The Luftwaffe and the Coalition Air War in Spain, 1936-1939.” Society for Military History Conference. Kingston, Ontario. May 1993. “The Development of Luftwaffe Army Support Doctrine, 1934-1941.” Society for Military History Conference. Fredericksburg, Va. April 1992. “Pre-War Japanese Naval Strategy.” American Airpower Heritage Symposium. Midland, TX. December 1991. “The Early Church and the Roman Army.” American Academy of Religion Conference (Eastern Division). Hamilton, Ontario. May 1984.
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“Mapmaking in the Middle Ages.” Plymouth State College Medieval Conference. Plymouth, NH. May 1984. Television Documentaries Television Documentary Consultant: October 2009- Consultant to UK Channel 4 for program: “Blitz Street” on the German bombing of the UK during World War II. Documentary to air in 2010. On air commentator: Several times: Newsweek Magazine online weekly news program with David Alpern- Producer Consultant to Lucas Films in 2005-2006 on two documentaries concerning World War I aviation. The first on Manfred von Richthofen and the second on Anthony Fokker, aircraft designer. Documentaries completed in 2007. Consultant to the BBC for a documentary about the strategic bombing of Germany (specifically the bombing of Wűrzburg) March 1944—documentary aired in late 2001 Chief consultant and on camera commentary for ‘Terror from the Skies: The Bombing of Guernica”, a 1-hour documentary for the “Turning Points of history Series” for The History Channel (Canada), Aired in Canada Oct 2000. Consultant to Greystone, Inc. on a documentary about the Battle of Britain aired 2000. Chief consultant for Süddeutsche Rundfunk documentary, “Göring’s letzte Angebot: Die Rammjäger.” (“Göring’s Last Orders to the Luftwaffe: The ‘Ram Fighters’.”) Aired by Süddeutsche Rundfunk in late 1996. On-camera expert and research consultant for The Arts and Entertainment Channel’s threehour series on D-Day, which first aired in June 1994. On-camera expert and research consultant for a documentary on German elite units, produced by Greystone, Inc. This documentary has been aired by both The Arts and Entertainment Channel and the History Channel, 1996-1998. Book Reviews Numerous book reviews for Airpower Journal, the Journal of Military History, War in History, the Alabama Journal, The Historian, the German Studies Review and Slavic Review.
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Fellowships:
Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University, January-July 2005. One of 19 international senior scholars elected in the 2004-2005 year. Visiting Fellow of the Levershulme Programme on the Changing Nature of War, January-July 2005. Department of International Politics, Oxford University.
Book Award:
The Roots of Blitzkrieg was awarded the Goodzeit Prize as the best military history book published in 1992 by the New York Military Affairs Symposium.
Book Club Selection:
The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War was chosen by the History Book Club to be a main selection of the in August 1997.
Book Club Selection:
The Roots of Blitzkrieg was chosen by the History Book Club as a club selection to be offered in Spring/Summer 1994.
Article Awards:
Four articles including “Aerospace Power in current and Future Small Wars” and “The Civil War in El Salvador”The US Army Command and Staff College Silver Pen Faculty Writing Award. May 2006 “New York Times Op-Ed piece on Iraq”- The Command General Staff College Bronze Pen Faculty Writing Award. May 2006 “Argentine Airpower in the Falklands: An Operational View.”-- “Wings Over America Prize as best article in Portuguese ed. of Airpower Journal 2002 “Airpower in Peace Enforcement.”-- awarded the Ira Eaker Prize for best article in Airpower Journal in December 1996. “The Air War in El Salvador” won the Ira Eaker award for Airpower Journal’s best article of the year – 1999.
Research Paper Award:
“Inflated by Air: Common Perceptions of Civilian
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Casualties Caused by Aerial Bombardment,” research paper for the Air War College, was awarded the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association Award (one of the Air War College’s 2 major writing awards) in June 1998. Scholarships:
Other Distinctions:
Queen’s University Dean’s Scholarship 1988-90. Queen’s University Bursary Scholarship 1988-90. Played for the All Souls College Fellows Cricket Team 2005. Baltic Defence College medal of Merit- Bronze, 2010
Academic / Professional Activity President ISMS: From November 2010 to November 2011 Dr. Corum served as the president of the International Society for Military Sciences, an organization composed of eight staff colleges and national defense academies (Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Baltic Defence College) that serves to support the research programs of the institutions. Board member—ISMS 2009-2011 Editorial:
Currently editor of the Baltic Security and Defence Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal dealing with security issues and military history of the Baltic Region. For 8 years I was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Strategic Studies. Currently a member of the editorial board of the Air And Space Power Journal.
I regularly review article manuscripts for suitability and recommendations for editorial changes for Air Power History, the Journal of Military History, Aerospace Power Journal. I review book manuscripts for several of the top academic presses including University Press of Kansas, Brasseys, University of Alabama Press, Smithsonian Institution Press. Special Lecturer at other Institutions: In March 2007 I presented two major talks on strategy and counterinsurgency at the Philippine Army Senior Leaders conference—the annual meeting of all the generals of the Philippine Army. Have been a guest lecturer at several major institutions including the CIA, MIT, The
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British Joint forces Staff College, The Air War College; The USMC Staff College; the U.S. Naval War College, the Norwegian Air Force Staff College; New Zealand Army Staff College, the Canadian Forces Staff College, the Zimbabwe Army Staff College, the South African Staff College, the Paraguayan Air Force Staff College, the Austrian National Defence Academy.
Professional Organizations US Commission for Military History Society for Military History German Studies Association Airplane Owners and Pilots Association United Oxford and Cambridge Universities Club Oxford University Society Codrington Society, All Souls College, Oxford University.
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