Talk:David Kilcullen

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Contents 1 Questionable Author 2 Doctorate 3 Work needed 4 Retired? On Loan?

[edit] Questionable Author

Who actuually wrote this, the author is closey aligned or somehow trying to enhance this persons reputation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.15.97.138 (talk) 04:02, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doctorate

Does anyone know from where he received his doctorate? This would seem to be vital information. OPen2737 01:14, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

According to the database at http://adt.caul.edu.au/, it would appear to be the University of New South Wales, in 2000. The title was "The political consequences of military operations in Indonesia 1945-99 : a fieldwork analysis of the political power-diffusion effects of guerilla conflict" and it's at the Academy Library, University of NSW@ADFA. Bungo77 14:19, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

As our article on Australian Defence Force Academy says, it "is associated with the University of New South Wales, which is the awarding body for ADFA qualifications." (Nicely put.) So his PhD thesis is officially from UNSW, though presumably he worked on it at ADFA. Cheers, CWC 14:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Work needed

This article needs some work. For instance, the awards section has no links or explanations. The External Links section is badly formatted. And then there's the POV-pushing ...

I've made a start on "wikifying" the article, but much work remains. It would be really good if someone could find an official bio of Lt Col Kilcullen on the web. I tried googling for one, but just found lots of papers he's written. (If he were a full-time academic, that would be an impressive publications list ... and he would have a home page.) Cheers, CWC 21:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Retired? On Loan?

Can anyone clarify what his status with the Australian gov't is? Is he an Australian officer tasked to help the Americans? Is he a retired Australian working for the Americans? http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/12/18/061218fa_fact2?currentPage=2 The last sentence of the first paragraph here states that he is "on loan" and I've heard other places state similarly. Shawn 02:14, 28 June 2007 (UTC)