Gian Gentile is a senior historian at RAND, and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His research focuses on U.S. Army total force policy, military doctrine and organization, history, innovation and transformation, and strategy. Gentile completed 32 years of active service in the U.S. Army where he served in a variety of command and staff assignments in the United States, Korea, and Europe. Prior to his time at RAND, he was director of the Military History Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gentile did two combat tours in Iraq: In 2003 he was a Brigade Combat Team executive officer in the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, and in 2006 he commanded a cavalry squadron in the 4th Infantry Division in west Baghdad. He has published widely in professional and scholarly journals, and in major national and international media. He has been a visiting fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University, an M.M.A.S. from the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), and a B.A. in history from the University of California at Berkeley.
Ph.D. in history, Stanford University
