Rod Thornton

Rod Thornton
Academic work
Main interestsWarfare, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency
Notable worksBooks and articles on counter-insurgency

Rod Thornton is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London.[1] He previously taught at the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Erbil, Iraq[2] and in the University of Nottingham's department of Politics and International Relations. He was suspended from the University of Nottingham in spring 2011 after publishing an article critical of the University's handling of the arrest of one of its students. He subsequently left the university by "mutual agreement" with the university.[3]

  1. ^ "King's College London - Thornton, Dr Rod". kcl.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "University of Kurdistan". Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  3. ^ Lowman, Caroline (18 June 2012). "Dr Rod Thornton leaves the university after 'mutual agreement'". Impact Magazine. University of Nottingham Students’ Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.