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 Richard Hutton

Richard Hutton

PhD Student

Department of International History

Languages
English
Key Expertise
Military History, Imperial History, East and Southeast Asia

About me

Richard Hutton is an active-duty officer in the United States Army and is studying as a full-time PhD candidate in International History at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Richard's research focuses on British defence and imperial strategy in East and Southeast Asia in the interwar period. Richard is a graduate of the University of Richmond, where he studied history, and holds MAs in History from Georgetown University and the US Army Command and General Staff College. His previous research focused on US foreign and defence policy in post-independence Indonesia. He is studying at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ by way of a US Army Fellowship, the Goodpaster Scholars Program, administered by the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Richard's studies at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ are supervised by Professor Matthew Jones and Professor Antony Best. He is the happily married father of three small children.

Provisional thesis title: "The Threats We Face: British Imperial Defence and the Far East, 1925-1934."

Expertise Details

US Foreign Policy; British Empire; British Defence Strategy; Anglo-American Relations; World War II; Grand Strategy; Cold War; Decolonization in Southeast Asia

Publications

  • (Army University Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 2019).