David Tucker Associate Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School 589 Dyer Road Monterey, CA  93943 (831) 656-3754 dtucker@ashbrook.org

Education:

• Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
• B.A., Marlboro College

Courses Taught:

• AHG 501: The American Revolution (Syllabus)
• AHG 510: Great American Texts: Franklin's Autobiography and Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Syllabus)
• AHG 603: Colonial Era (Syllabus)
• AHG 604: Early Republic
• AHG 622: Religion in American History and Politics (Syllabus)
• AHG 630: American Statesmen - Hamilton and Jefferson

Books:

• United States Special Operations Forces, co-written with Christopher Lamb, (Columbia University Press, 2007).
• Skirmishes at the Edge of Empire, The United States and International Terrorism (Praeger, 1997).
• Statecraft and Power, co-editor with Christopher Harmon (University Press of America, 1994).

Selected Publications:

• "John Quincy Adams on Principle and Practice," chapter in History of American Political Thought Bryan-Paul Frost and Jeffrey Sikkenga, eds., (Lexington Press, 2003).
• "What's New about the New Terrorism and How Dangerous Is It?," in Terrorism and Political Violence (Autumn, 2001).
• "American Support for Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 1980s: Lessons for the Future," chapter in Statecraft and Power, eds. David Tucker and Christopher Harmon (University Press of America, 1994).
• "Jefferson and the Practice of Empire," chapter in Natural Right and Political Right, eds. Thomas B. Silver and Peter W. Schramm (Carolina Academic Press, 1984).