Specializations
U.S. Military History and the Art of War
World War II
Gender and War
Weapons of Mass Destruction
History of Firearms and Tactics
Education
Ph.D., The George Washington University
M.A., The George Washington University
B.A., Seattle University
David Walker received a BA in History at Seattle University (1996) and his MA (1999) and PhD (2004) from The George Washington University. His doctoral dissertation was titled “Eisenhower’s New Look, Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Limited War, with a Case Study of the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958.”
Dr. Walker’s publications include: “The Early Nuclear Age and Visions of Future War” part of the anthology The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives; “RMAs, Hybrid Wars, and the Gaza Flotilla Incident” part of the anthology Drawing a Line in the Sea, the 2010 Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; ” “An agonizing death”: 1980s U.S. policy on Iraqi chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War” in the Journal of the Middle East and Africa; “American Military Culture and the Strategic
Seduction of Remote Warfare” in the Journal of War and Culture Studies; “Foundations in Tactical Nuclear Warfare” in the US Military History Review.
Office Hours:
Most often Wednesday: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Contact
Office: L187
davidwalker2@boisestate.edu