Dr. Meighen Mccrae

Biography

Associate Professor at the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University and Deputy Director (Higher Degree Research) at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Meighen McCrae is an expert in international history with a focus on war strategies and coalitions. Her primary research interests lie in the dynamics of how coalitions fight, the concept of victory, and individual perceptions of future war during periods of significant international tension. Since joining the SDSC in June 2018, she has taught various defense issues at the Australian War College in Acton. Before her current role, she served as a lecturer in military history, strategic studies, and intelligence studies at the Centre for Intelligence and International Security at Aberystwyth University. McCrae has also taught at King's College London Joint Services Command Staff College. Her publication, "Coalition Strategy End World War: Supreme War Council War Planning, 1917-1918," published by Cambridge University Press, examines the coordinated efforts of the Allies during the final year of World War I and has received multiple awards including the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award. She is currently working on a monograph about British sea power and naval coalitions during the Great War.

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