Allan English has been researching and teaching topics in military history for over thirty years, with a focus on military culture and leadership, human behaviour in war, and veteran and family health. Much of his work has explored these topics within a Canadian context and some of his publications are listed below. His latest book, From Failure to Failure: The Canadian Military's Attempts to Manage Its Sexual Misconduct Crises, 2000-2022, consolidates and applies key insights from his past research to analyze the various attempts made by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) from 2000 to 2022 to "manage" its sexual misconduct crises that, according to General Wayne Eyre, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff from 2021 to 2024, threatened to make the military "irrelevant" in Canadian society if they were not dealt with properly. Drawing on his past work, the book concludes with the critical insights needed to enact practical change in the CAF to deal with these crises.
His understanding of the Canadian military culture, necessary to recognize the true meaning of the words and actions of CAF personnel as well as the basic assumptions that are the foundation of this culture, come not only from his scholarly work, but also from his 25 years service in the Royal Canadian Air Force and CAF in various operational and instructional positions as an air navigator.
He completed his MA in War Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada in 1987 and afterwards taught in the Military Psychology and Leadership Department there until he retired from the CAF in 1991. He completed his PhD in history at 巨乳视频 in 1993 after which he started teaching at Queen鈥檚. In November 2015 he was given the Queen鈥檚 University Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in the Social Sciences and Humanities. He continues to research and write in the field of Canadian military history.
Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare
Networked Operations and Transformation: Context and Canadian Contributions
Understanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective
The Changing Face of War: Learning from History
The Cream of the Crop: Canadian Aircrew 1939-1945
Books and Articles
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"The 2024 Defence Policy Update and its Predecessors: Why the CAF is in a 鈥楧eath Spiral.鈥" Canadian Military History 33, 1 (2024),
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鈥淎fter Arbour 鈥 鈥楻eimagining鈥 RMC,鈥 Canadian Military Journal 23, no. 2 (Spring 2023), 45-53,
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鈥淭he Forgotten Decade: Women and the RCAF 1952-1962.鈥 In On The Wings of War and Peace: The RCAF During the Early Cold War, Randall Wakelam, et al., eds., 205-27. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 2023,
鈥淔rom Combat Stress to Operational Stress: The CF's Mental Health Lessons from the 鈥楧ecade of Darkness.鈥欌 Canadian Military Journal 12, no. 4 (Autumn 2012), 9-17,
Command and Control of Canadian Aerospace Forces: Conceptual Foundations. Trenton, ON: CF Aerospace Warfare Centre, 2008,
with John Westrop. Canadian Air Force Leadership and Command: The Human Dimension of Expeditionary Air Force Operations. Trenton, ON: CF Aerospace Warfare Centre, 2007,
- Editor with James C. Taylor. The Operational Art - Canadian Perspectives: Health Service Support. Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2006,
- Editor. The Operational Art - Canadian Perspectives: Leadership and Command. Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press,2006,
- Editor with Daniel Gosselin, Howard Coombs, and Laurence M. Hickey. The Operational Art - Canadian Perspectives: Context and Concepts. Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2005,
Understanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-巨乳视频 Press, 2004,
鈥淟eadership and Operational Stress in the Canadian Forces.鈥 Canadian Military Journal 1, no. 4 (Autumn 2000), 33-8,
Queen鈥檚 University Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in the Social Sciences and Humanities (2015)
- Canadian Military History, including historical aspects of military, veteran and family health
- human behaviour in war; military leadership and command
- air warfare
