Jeffrey M. Shaw, Ph.D.
Professor College of Distance Education
Biography
Jeff Shaw is the author of “The Ethiopian-Adal War, 1529-1543” (Helion, 2021), the first book published in any language to cover the fourteen-year conflict, which nearly resulted in the conquest of Christian Ethiopia in the sixteenth century. He wrote “Illusions of Freedom: Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on Technology and the Human Condition” (Wipf & Stock, 2014). His other works include the 3-volume “War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict,” which was selected by the American Library Association as a Best Reference Source in 2018. Professor Shaw's book chapters include The Ogaden War in “Peripheries of the Cold War, Comparative Studies from a Global Perspective Vol. 3.”
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- A2/AD
- Aerospace
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Air Defense
- Air Warfare
- Amphibious Warfare
- Arctic
- Artillery
- Asia-Pacific
- Asymmetrical Warfare
- China
- Civil War
- Civil-Military Relations
- COIN
- Cold War
- Command and Control
- Conflict Resolution
- Counterdrug Operations
- Counterterrorism
- Cyber Warfare
- Desert Storm
- Deterrence
- Diplomacy
- Economics
- Electronic Warfare
- Ethics
- Europe
- Foreign Policy
- Gender Studies
- Geopolitics
- GITMO
- Ground Warfare
- GWOT
- HA/DR
- Homeland Security
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- India
- Indian Ocean
- Information Operations
- Intel
- International Law
- International Relations
- Iran
- Iraq
- Irregular Warfare
- Islamic Studies
- Japan
- Joint Operations
- JPME
- Korean War
- Koreas
- Latin America
- Leadership
- Littoral Warfare
- Maritime History
- Maritime Strategy
- Middle East
- Military Planning
- Military Technology
- Military Theory
- Mine Warfare
- National Security
- NATO
- Nuclear
- Oceanography
- Operational Warfare
- Pakistan
- Peace Operations
- Philippines
- Piracy
- Policy
- Revolutionary War
- Rules of Engagement
- Russia
- Search and Rescue
- Security Cooperation
- South China Sea
- Southeast Asia
- Space
- Special Operations
- Submarine Warfare
- Surface Warfare
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Terrorism
- UAVs/Drones
- UNCLOS
- United Nations
- Vietnam
- Vietnam War
- War of 1812
- Wargaming
- Weapon Systems
- WMD
- Women, Peace, and Security
- WWI
- WWII
Related Credentials
Author of illusions of Freedom: Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on Technology and the Human Condition
2014
Wipf and Stock
Research Contributions and Publications
An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Technology
The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, December 2014
"War and Technology: Nanotechnology, Precision, and Globalization" in The Means to Kill - On the Interrelationship of War and Technology from Ancient Rome to the Age of Drones
2015
McFarland
"The Ogaden War" in Peripheries of the Cold War, Comparative Studies from a Global Perspective
2015
Königshausen & Neumann
External Memberships and Associations
Seamen's Church Institute, Newport, RI
Member of the Board of Directors
Heterodox Academy
Member
The Ellul Forum
Editor
Naval War College Foundation
Life member
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