Aaron B. O'Connell, Assistant Professor

Cold War and United States Marine Corps

Email:  aoconnel@usna.edu
Phone: 410-293-6298

Education:

• Ph.D - Yale
• Certificate in Security Studies - Yale
• M.Phil - Yale
• M.A. - Yale
• M.A. - Indiana University
• B.A. - Trinity College, Hartford, CT

 Research Interests:

American military policy and grand strategy. Military and national security components of globalization. American civil-military relations. American military culture, doctrine, and strategy. The Cold War.

 Recent Publications  

Underdogs: Power Culture and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps (forthcoming from Harvard University Press)

 “A Harsh and Spiritual Unity: A New Look at Culture and Battle in the Marine Corps’ Pacific War,”  International Journal of Naval History, volume 7, number 3, December 2008.

 “Saving Private Lynch: A Hyperreal Hero in an Age of Postmodern Warfare,” War, Literature and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, Fall, 2005.

 “Understanding Anti-Americanism in a Cross-Cultural Context: Cultural Friction and the War in Iraq.”  Occasional Paper Series, International Security Studies, Yale University, Fall 2004.

 Book Reviews

Beth Bailey, America’s Army: Building the All-Volunteer Force. Reviewed for International Journal  Spring 2010

Steven S. Evans, U.S. Marines and Irregular Warfare, 1898-2007: Anthology and Selected Bibliography. Reviewed for Journal of Military History, July 2009.