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Dr. Conrad C. Crane

Crane is the Senior Historian at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). He was the chief of analysis and research for the US Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks. He arrived at the Army War College in 2000 after a 26-year career in the Army. He previously served in SSI and as the director of the Military History Institute. He holds a bachelor of science from the US Military Academy and a master of arts and PhD from Stanford University. He has authored or edited books and monographs on the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, and has written and lectured widely on airpower and landpower issues.

Before leaving SSI, he coauthored a prewar study on reconstructing Iraq that influenced Army planners and has attracted much attention from the media. He was the lead author for the groundbreaking Army-USMC counterinsurgency manual which was released in December 2006. In November 2008, he was named the international Archivist of the Year by the Scone Foundation. He published two books in 2016, one for Naval Institute Press about the creation and application of American counterinsurgency doctrine, entitled Cassandra in Oz: Counterinsurgency and Future War, and another for University Press of Kansas titled American Airpower Strategy in World War II: Bombs, Cities, Civilians, and Oil. Also in 2016 he was awarded the Society for Military History Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime contributions to the field of military history.

 

Publications

“From the Acting Editor in Chief“, Parameters, vol. 53, no. 1, Spring 2023, pp. 5-6.

“From the Acting Editor in Chief“, Parameters, vol. 52, no. 4, Winter 2022-23, pp. 3-4.

Korean War Biological Warfare Allegations Against the United States: A Playbook for the Current Crisis in Ukraine“, US Army War College Press 2022.

“Matthew Ridgway and the Value of Persistent Dissent“, Parameters, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer 2021, pp. 7-18.

“Matthew Ridgway and the Battle of the Bulge“, Parameters, vol. 49, no. 3, Fall 2019, pp. 65-78.

Creating Great Expectations: Strategic Communications and American Airpower, US Army War College Press, 2018.

“The Lure of Strike“, Parameters, vol. 43, no. 2, Summer 2013, pp. 5-12.

Precedents, Variables, and Options in Planning a U.S. Military Disengagement Strategy from Iraq, US Army War College Press, 2005.

“Beware of Boldness“, Parameters, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer 2006, pp. 88-97.

Precedents, Variables, and Options in Planning a U.S. Military Disengagement Strategy from Iraq, US Army War College Press, 2005.

Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario, US Army War College Press, 2003.

Avoiding Vietnam: The U.S. Army’s Response to Defeat in Southeast Asia, US Army War College Press, 2002.

Facing the Hydra: Maintaining Strategic Balance while Pursuing a Global War against Terrorism, US Army War College Press, 2002.

Transforming Defense an Era of Peace and Prosperity, US Army War College Press, 2001.

Landpower and Crises: Army Roles and Missions in Smaller-Scale Contingencies During the 1990s, US Army War College Press, 2001.

Alternative National Military Strategies for the United States, US Army War College Press, 2000.

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. Carol V. Evans – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Mr. Tom Kardos – Deputy Director
Mr. Ryan Grimes – Administrative Officer
Melissa Holley – Administrative Support Assistant

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Eric Hartunian – Director
COL George Shatzer – Chairman
LTC (P) Robert Greiner – Deputy, SRAD
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
James D. Scudieri – Senior Research Historian
Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Robert E. Hamilton – Research Professor
Mr. Nathan Freier – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. M. Chris Mason – Associate Professor of National Security
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Ron Gurantz – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the Institutional Army

USAWC Press

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Editor in Chief
Dr. Conrad C. Crane – Acting Editor in Chief
Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Ellie Foster – Copy Editor
Mrs. Kristen Taylor – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Crane, Dr. Conrad C. – Acting Editor in Chief
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Editor in Chief
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Evans, Dr. Carol V.  – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor
Foster, Ms. Ellie – Copy Editor
Freier, Mr. Nathan – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs

G – J

Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Greiner, LTC (P) Robert – Deputy, SRAD
Grimes, Mr. Ryan – Administrative Officer
Gurantz, Dr. Ron – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Hamilton, Dr. Robert E. – Research Professor
Hartunian, COL Eric – Acting SRAD Director
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Support Assistant
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Kardos, Mr. Tom – Deputy Director
Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Lynch, Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of The Institutional Army
Mason, Dr. M. Chris – Associate Professor of National Security
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Scudieri, James D.– Senior Research Historian
Shatzer, COL George – Chairman, SRAD
Taylor, Mrs. Kristen – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager