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Albert Palazzo


Albert Palazzo is an adjunct professor at UNSW Canberra in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was formerly the long-serving Director of War Studies for the Australian Army. He completed his PhD in military history at The Ohio State University, and published his dissertation as Seeking Victory on The Western Front: The British Army and Chemical Warfare in World War I. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he migrated to Australia in 1996 and commenced his career in the school of history at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has written more than twenty books and monographs on the art of war, Australian military history and national security policy.

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