Philip A. G. Sabin | |
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![]() Philip Sabin umpiring a simulation of Zama using his Lost Battles system | |
Academic work | |
Main interests | military history, including air power; ancient warfare |
Notable ideas | Lost Battles system |
Philip A. G. Sabin is a British military historian who is currently Professor of Strategic Studies in the War Studies Department of King's College London.
Sabin is a member of the CAS Air Power Workshop, a small working group of scholars and other theorists convened by the Chief of Air Staff. [1] He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies.[ citation needed ] His books on modern warfare include: The Future of United Kingdom Air Power (1988). His works on ancient warfare include: Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World (2008), which the Michigan War Studies Review called "engaging and fresh", [2] and The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (with fellow editors Hans van Wees and Michael Whitby, 2008). The latter has been praised in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review , which reported: "The editors as well as the authors can be congratulated on their efforts in producing this important reference work" which is an "accomplished work ... teeming with numerous fascinating details". [3]
Among Sabin's articles are: ”The Mechanics of Battle in the Second Punic War”, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Vol. 41, No. 67 (February 1996), pp. 59–79; [4] and "Perspectives within the Profession." Air Power Review Vol. 8 No. 4 (Winter 2005), pp. 21–34.
In 2010, Sabin published a RAF CAPS (Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies) Discussion Paper entitled: "The Current and Future Utility of Air and Space Power". [5] This Discussion Paper was republished as a 'viewpoint' in Air Power Review, Volume 10 Number 3 (2010), pp. 155–173. [6]
In 2011, Sabin published "The Benefits and Limits of Computerization in Conflict Simulation" in Literary & Linguistic Computing, Volume 26 Number 3, pp. 323–328.
His most recent book is Simulating War: Studying Conflict Through Simulation Games (Continuum, 2012. ISBN 978-1441185587). The Times Higher Education's reviewer wrote: "Sabin has written the most readable book on this topic to appear in a long time. It is well written, entertaining and presents a lot of original material and new ideas on war-game design." [7]
Sabin has published books, articles and conference papers including:
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