Sir Michael Quinlan

Sir Michael Quinlan

Sir Michael Quinlan, GCB (born in August 11, 1930) is a distinguished former British defence strategist and former Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Ministry of Defence, who has written and lectured on defence and matters of international security, especially nuclear weapon policies and doctrine, and also on concepts of ‘Just War’ and related ethical issues.

Offices held

References

* [http://www.iiss.org/staffexpertise/list-experts-by-name/sir-michael-quinlan Biography] on the website of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

* [http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/bios/quinlan.asp Another biography] at the website of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the ‘Changing Character of War’.


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