Robert R. Leonhard, Ph.D., LTC(R), Author, Academic

Dr. Bob Leonhard is a principal professional staff member of the National

Security Analysis Department (NSAD) at the Johns Hopkins University Applied

Physics Laboratory.  He researches and writes on matters relating to

national security.  His recent publications include "Visions of Apocalypse:

What Jews, Christians, and Muslims Believe About The End Times And How Those Beliefs Affect Our World" (JHUAPL 2010); "The China Relief Expedition:

Joint, Coalition Warfare in China, 1900" (JHUAPL, 2008); "The Evolution of

Strategy in the Global War on Terror" (JHUAPL, 2005) and his doctoral

dissertation entitled "Enlightened Defense:  The National Security Policy of

Thomas Jefferson." He recently completed leading a study of capability gaps

in the Asia/Pacific Theater and another on interagency coordination at the

COCOM level.  Dr. Leonhard wrote case studies on Hizbullah and the PLO in

support of JHUAPL's "Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategy Series.

He also edited and wrote Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and

Resistance Warfare-an updated version of a 1963 work by the Special

Operations Research Office.  In the past several years, he organized policy

games for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and wrote policy papers

that examine various foreign policy challenges.  Currently he is leading an

effort to renovate training scenarios for USSOCOM and conducts training in

the Joint Operational Planning Procedure for Special Forces students.

LTC(R) Leonhard came to NSAD following a career as a United States Army

infantry officer.  He was a war planner and strategist, having graduated

from the Army's School of Advanced Military Studies.  A veteran of the Gulf

War, he also has extensive experience in combat developments, and his

projects included robotics, anti-armor weaponry, and digitization.  LTC(R)

Leonhard also trained defense analysts for the CIA for five years before

coming to JHUAPL.

LTC(R) Leonhard has a doctorate in US History from West Virginia University.

He received masters degrees in international relations (Troy State

University) and military arts and sciences (US Army Command and General

Staff College), as well as a bachelor's degree in history (Columbus

University).  LTC(R) Leonhard is widely published in military circles and

has authored three books on modern warfare, including his latest, The

Principles of War for the Information Age (Presidio Press, 1998).  His

recent articles include "Sun Tzu's Bad Advice:  Urban Warfare in the

Information Age", and "Factors of Conflict in the Early 21st Century", both

published in Army Magazine.

He is married to the former Suzanne E. Hickman, a novelist and screenwriter.

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

The Art of Maneuver:  maneuver warfare theory and AirLand Battle.  Novato,

CA:  Presidio Press, 1991.

Fighting by Minutes:  time and the art of war.  New York:  Praeger, 1994.

The Principles of War for the Information Age.  Novato, CA:  1998.

Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and Resistance Warfare. Laurel,

MD, 2011.

Articles:

"Sun Tzu's Bad Advice:  Urban warfare in the information age", Army.  (TBP)

"The Factors of Conflict in the Early 21st Century", Army.  Washington DC:

AUSA, Jan, 2003.

"The Sine Wave of Command", Army.  Nov, 2002.

"Classical Fire Support Vs. Parallel Fires", Army.  Apr, 2001.

"Garcia Who? A Crisis in Command Guidance", Army.  2000.

"The Death of Mission Tactics", Army.  1993.

"Physical Training for the Information Age", Army.  Nov, 1997.

"The Man in the Light Theory", Army, Feb, 1997.

Essays:

"The Evolution of Strategy in the Global War on Terror" (JHUAPL, 2005)

"The China Relief Expedition: Joint, Coalition Warfare in China, Summer,

1900" (JHUAPL, 2008)

"Visions of Apocalypse:  What Jews, Christians, And Muslims Believe About

The End Times, And How Those Beliefs Affect Our World" (JHUAPL, 2010)

Concepts

Joint Operational Warfighting Concept  Suffolk:  Joint Forces Command, 2002.

TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, Capstone Operational Concept, Fort Monroe:  1998.

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