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Charles Knight

Biography

Dr Charles Knight is a senior operations analyst conducting wargaming for land capability. He has an enduring interest in urban warfare, sparked by being tasked to prepare his UK Parachute Regiment unit to defend the German city of Hildesheim against the Soviets in the 1980s. His PhD examined coercion during counterinsurgency, and as a university lecturer he taught subjects including strategic security, unconventional/asymmetric warfare, and terrorism. He remains affiliated with Charles Sturt University and the Theresian Military Academy in Austria. His research is informed by fieldwork during the Lebanese civil war and in Cambodia, as well as by operational service with several overseas militaries. In Australia he commanded 2/17RNSWR, served for over a decade with the Special Forces, and as a reservist is the SO1 Urban in the AARC.

Contributions

Title Date Published Content Type
Sexuality, Cohesion, Masculinity and Combat Motivation: Designing Personnel Policy to Sustain Capability Journal article
Urban Warfare Capability: A Call for Professional Debate Land Power Forum Article
Urban Warfare Capability: A Background to the Challengesand a Call for Professional Debate Journal article
The Poised Force: Latency and Preparedness for Accelerated Warfare Land Power Forum Article
Seize, defy and discredit: a potent asymmetric strategy Land Power Forum Article
The Urban Challenge Outcome
The Marawi Crisis – Urban Conflict & Information Operations - Dr Charles Knight & Katja Theodorakis Outcome
Analysing the Urban Attack: Insights from Soviet doctrine as a ‘model checklist’ Land Power Forum Article
Rethinking Urban War for an Army in Motion: introducing the challenge Land Power Forum Article
Interactive Scenario: Concept for Clearing Hobart Land Power Forum Article
Swiss Military Cost-Effectiveness in the Cold-War: Insights for Land Capability Land Power Forum Article
Tailored Capability and Modest Competencies: the U.K.’s Cold War Territorial Army as a cost-effective model for Australian Army expansion? Land Power Forum Article
Urban Warfare: A Practitioners Annotated Bibliography Publication
Urban Warfare: A Practitioner’s Annotated Bibliography Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century Journal article
‘Holding the Door Open’ – Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region’ - Part Three Land Power Forum Article
‘Holding the Door Open’ – Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region’ - Part Four Land Power Forum Article
‘Holding the Door Open’ – Securing a Point of Entry to Facilitate Littoral Manoeuvre in the Near Region’ - Part Five Land Power Forum Article
Book Review - Battle of the Cities Journal article
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