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James Doyne Dawson (born 27 November 1941 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is an American historian and former US Army officer. As of 2008, he was Professor of International Affairs at Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, where he taught in the Asian Studies Program.
Dawson received a PhD in ancient history from Princeton University, and then trained at West Point to become a US Army officer.
He has written about group selection and warfare, and also about theological history.
He taught at Reed College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, High Point University and Chosun University.
Books
- Dawson, Doyne (1992). Cities of the Gods: Communist Utopias in Greek Thought. Oxford University Press.
- Dawson, Doyne (1996). The Origins of Western Warfare. Routledge. ISBN 0367318814.
- Dawson, Doyne (2001). The first armies. Cassell. ISBN 0304352888.