Gian P. Gentile | |
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Born | October 9, 1957 | (age 67)
Education | Ph.D., History, Stanford University, 2000 |
Occupation(s) | US Army officer, history professor at West Point |
Known for | Critique of US Army counter-insurgency doctrine |
Gian P. Gentile (October 9, 1957) is a retired US Army colonel, who served for many years as a history professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gentile has also been a visiting fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations[1] and a senior historian at the RAND Corporation.[2] He is a leading critic of U.S. military counter-insurgency doctrine.