Horner was born in Adelaide,South Australia,on 12 March 1948.[1] He was raised in a military household—his father,Murray Horner,had served in New Guinea during the Second World War. Like Murray,David Horner attended Prince Alfred College.[2] Horner was a prefect and served on numerous committees including the yearbook,debating,cadets,and student christian movement.[3]
Horner has a Diploma of Military Studies from Duntroon,a Master of Arts (Honours) from the University of New South Wales,and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy from the ANU in 1980. His doctoral thesis,supervised by Robert O'Neill and completed while a serving major in the army,concerned Australian and Allied strategy in the Pacific War and formed the basis for his second book,High Command:Australia and Allied Strategy,1939–1945 (1982).[7][8]
Historian and academic
Horner was appointed to a position at the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in 1990.[4] In 1998 he was described as "one of Australia's most respected military historians",[9] and in 1999 was made Professor of Australian Defence History at the ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (later the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs);[10] a role he served in until 2014.[7]
Horner has written or edited 32 books and more than 75 journal articles,reports and chapters in books.[5] In 2009,he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his "service to higher education in the area of Australian military history and heritage as a researcher,author and academic."[5] Horner retired from full-time academia in 2014,and was appointed an emeritus professor at the ANU.[10] He was made a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2015.[7]
— (1998). Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9781864487343.
— (2000). Defence Supremo: Sir Frederick Shedden and the Making of Australian Defence Policy. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN978-1865082806.
— (2001). Making the Australian Defence Force. The Australian Centenary History of Defence. Vol.4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780195541175.
— (2002). The Pacific. Second World War. Vol.1. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN978-1841762296.
— (2005). Strategic Command: General Sir John Wilton and Australia's Asian Wars. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780195552829.
—; Thomas, Neil (2009). In Action with the SAS. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9781741755527.
— (2011). Australia's Military History for Dummies. Milton, Queensland: Wiley Publishing Australia. ISBN9781742169835.
—; Connor, John (2014). The Good International Citizen: Australian Peacekeeping in Asia, Africa and Europe 1991–1993. Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations. Vol.3. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9781107021624.
— (2014). The Spy Catchers. The Official History of ASIO. Vol.1. Allen & Unwin. ISBN9781743319666.
—; Bou, Jean; Breen, Bob; Pratten, Garth; de Vogel, Miesje (2018). The Limits of Peacekeeping: Australian Missions in Africa and the Americas, 1992–2005. Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations. Vol.4. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9781107101968.
— (2022). The War Game: Australian War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq. Crows Nest, New South wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN978-1-76106-595-8.
—; O'Neill, Robert, eds. (1982). Australian Defence Policy for the 1980s. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. ISBN0702217816.
—, ed. (1984). The Commanders: Australian Military Leadership in the Twentieth Century. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9780868614960.
—, ed. (1986). Australian Higher Command in the Vietnam War. Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ISBN0867848936.
—, ed. (1990). Duty First: The Royal Australian Regiment in War and Peace. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9780044422273.
—; Bou, Jean, eds. (2008). Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment (2nded.). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9780044422273.
—, ed. (1991). Reshaping the Australian Army: Challenges for the 1990s. Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ISBN0731511921.
—; Ball, Desmond, eds. (1992). Strategic Studies in a Changing World: Global, Regional and Australian Perspectives. Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ISBN0731513711.
—; Penglase, Joanna, eds. (1992). When the War Came to Australia: Memories of the Second World War. St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN1863733205.
—, ed. (1993). The Army and the Future: Land Forces in Australia and South-East Asia. Canberra: Directorate of Departmental Publications, Defence Centre for Director of Army Activities and Public Affairs. ISBN0644290048.
—, ed. (1994). The Battles That Shaped Australia: The Australian's Anniversary Essays. The Australian Series. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9781863737043.
—, ed. (1995). Armies and Nation-Building: Past Experience – Future Prospects. Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ISBN0731523008.
—, ed. (2002). SAS Phantoms of War: A History of the Special Air Service. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN9781865086477.
—, ed. (2004). Australia's Strategic Involvement in the Middle East: An Overview. Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. ISBN9789948006657.
—; Londey, Peter; Bou, Jean, eds. (2009). Australian Peacekeeping: Sixty Years in the Field. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN9780521516068.
References
Citations
1 2 "Horner, David Murray". Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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