Carter Malkasian

Carter Malkasian directs the Small Wars Program at the Center for Naval Analyses. Prior to his current job, Carter Malkasian was assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force as an advisor on counterinsurgency. He deployed with I MEF to Iraq from February to May 2003, February 2004 to February 2005, and February 2006 to August 2006. His writings include three articles: Signaling Resolve, Democratization, and the First Battle of Fallujah, Journal of Strategic Studies; The Role of Perceptions and Political Reform in Counterinsurgency, Small Wars & Insurgencies; and Toward a Better Understanding of Attrition, Journal of Military History. He has also written two books, A History of Modern Wars of Attrition (Praeger) and The Korean War, 1950–1951 (Osprey). He completed his doctorate in the history of war at Oxford University.