The Roots of Military Doctrine: Change and Continuity in Understanding the Practice of Warfare

Dr. Aaron P. Jackson is a Doctrine Desk Officer at the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Joint Doctrine Centre. In this appointment he has been project manager and/or lead author of six doctrine publications, including Australian Defence Doctrine Publication (ADDP) 00.1-Command and Control, edition 2, and ADDP 5.0- Joint Planning, edition 2. He has also contributed in various ways during the development of fifteen other joint doctrine and related publications, including interagency projects such as the Guide to Defence and Australian Federal Police (International Deployment Group) Interoperability for Offshore Operations, for which he was the ADF's primary representative and key content authority, and a contributing author. Aaron has also served in the Australian Army Reserve for over ten years. He has deployed on operations in Timor Leste and has served on exercise or exchange in the United States, New Zealand and the Philippines. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (International Relations) and is appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia. He is the author of Doctrine, Strategy and Military Culture: Military-Strategic Doctrine Development in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, 1987-2007 (Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre, 2013), Keystone Doctrine Development in Five Commonwealth Navies: A Comparative Perspective (Sea Power Centre-Australia, 2010), and several peer-reviewed journal articles and other academic papers.