Carter Malkasian
American historian and military adviser
Carter Malkasian is an American historian who advised American military commanders in Afghanistan. He wrote The American War in Afghanistan.
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British Born 1975
About Carter Malkasian
Carter Malkasian, born in 1975, is an American historian who has chaired the defense analysis department at the Naval Postgraduate School. His doctorate, from Oxford University, is in the history of war. Between 2015 and 2019 he worked for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as special assistant for strategy. He also worked at the Center for Naval Analyses, where he led the Stability and Development Program, and he advised on counterinsurgency with the I Marine Expeditionary Force. He deployed to Iraq three times, mainly in Al Anbar province. Alongside The American War in Afghanistan, he has written War Comes to Garmser and Illusions of Victory.