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Dr. Ferris, formerly the Head of the History Department at The
University of Calgary is a specialist in military and diplomatic
history, as well as in intelligence. He continues to work on the
formation of strategic policy and on the value and limits to
intelligence in decision-making.
He has written widely about British diplomacy and strategy between the
1870's and 1945, and on the history of British code-breaking. He has
also published on topics like sea power between the World Wars,
American intelligence, strategic air defence, and western perceptions
of Japanese military power.
John Ferris has recently published three studies on contemporary
intelligence and the RMA, and intelligence in the Gulf War of 2003. At
present, John Ferris is writing books on Anglo-Japanese strategic
relations, 1900-1945, British signals intelligence, 1890-1945, and on
how policy makers can use intelligence.
Keywords: Strategy, intelligence, military history,
international relations, contemporary US military policy.
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