William C. Martel
William C. Martel | |
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| Born | July 15, 1955 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 2015 (aged 59) Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Education | B.A. from St. Anselm College, Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Years active | 1983–2015 |
| Employer(s) | International Security Studies Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University |
| Known for | Researcher of the leadership and policymaking processes in organizations, strategic planning, cyber and space, and technology innovation |
| Notable work | Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy (2007); The Technological Arsenal: Emerging Defense Capabilities (editor & author) (2001) |
| Title | Associate Professor of International Security Studies |
William C. Martel (July 15, 1955 – January 12, 2015) was a scholar who specialized in studying the leadership and policymaking processes in organizations, strategic planning, cyberwarfare and militarisation of space, and technology innovation. He taught at the U.S. Air War College and U.S. Naval War College, and performed research for DARPA and the RAND Corporation. He later become Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a position he held until his death in 2015.
Martel served as an adviser to the National Security Council, to the U.S. Air Force, and to Governor Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential campaign, as co-chair of Romney's Russia Working Group.