Eric Allan Sibul
Riia 13 - 18
51013 Tartu Estonia
(372) 529 1416
Eric.sibul@bdcol.ee or easibul@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
University of York, UK
PhD. History
2004 - 2009
Dissertation: “Forging Iron Horse and Iron Men: Railway Transport in the Korean War and the
Influence of the US Army Transportation Corps on the Development of the Korean National Railroad ”
Golden Gate University, San Francisco CA USA
Graduate Certificate in Import – Export Management
1992
San Jose State University, San Jose CA USA
M.A. in History
1989
Thesis: “The Origins of Estonian Foreign Policy, 1917 – 1921: The Roles of Robert Kaarel Pusta,
Antonius Piip, and Jaan Poska ”
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA USA
B.A. International Affairs
Minors: History and Geography
1986
EXPERIENCE
Baltic Defence College, Tartu Estonia
2006 - Present
Academic – Defence Studies – Military History and Military Theory
Responsibilities include teaching activities in military theory, international relations,
counterinsurgency, and small states and military power. Lectures provided include purpose of military
theory, the principles of war, introduction to strategy, insurgent theory, naval history, sea power
theory, history of air power, riverine operations, operations in a jungle environment, operations in a
desert environment, historical development of the management movem ent and the military, the
revolution in military affairs concept, and war, past, present, future. Developed case studies on small
states and the use of military force, counterinsurgency – the Malayan Emergency 1948 – 1960, and
military advisory missions
1999 to 2007
Central Texas College, Killeen TX USA
Adjunct Professor – History and Business Administration
Responsibilities included instruction in the classroom and through internet based distance education.
Courses taught include military theory – the historical principles of war, history of the United States
to 1865, history of the United States since 1865, world civilization to 1648, would civilization since
1648, history of Texas, introduction to management , introduction to office administration
2003 – 2004
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown PA USA
Assistant Professor – History
Responsibilities consisted primarily of instruction of undergraduates. Courses taught included western
civilization to 1648, western civilization since 1648
Republic of Korea Army Language School, Songnam, R epublic of Korea
1994 – 1998
Instructor – Military English Course
Provided instruction to ROK military personnel from senior non-commissioned officer to colonel/navy
captain and Department of National Defense civilian personnel. In charge of refresher course for
defense attaches prior to posting.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
United States Navy and Naval Reserve
Petty Officer First Class
Experience in naval administration, transportation, operations, construction
and supply.
1992 – 2006
Kutztown Fire Company, Kutztown PA USA
Volunteer Firefighter
Responded to fire, rescue, hazardous materi als and medical emergency calls.
2003 – 2004
MEMBERSHIPS
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International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility
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Society for Military History
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Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies
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Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
“Irregular Engineers: The use of Indigenous Labor i n the Rebuilding of Critical Infrastructure during the
Korean W ar, 1950 – 1953,” in Richard C. Davis (ed.) The US Army and Irregular Warfare 1775 – 2006.
(W ashington DC: Center for Military History. 2008): 171 – 179
Book Reviews
“Book Review: Donald Stoker, Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic 1919 – 1939:
Grand Strategy and Failure,” Baltic Security and Defence Review. (2007): 267 – 272
“Book Review: The Railroad and the State: War, Politics and Technology in Nineteenth Century Ame rica
by Robert G. Anglevine,” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. (2006): 189 - 192
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Irregular Engineers: The use of Indigenous Labor in the Rebuilding of Critical Infrastructure during
the Korean W ar, 1950 – 1953,” 2007 Conference of Army Historians, Washington DC USA, 7 – 9
August 2007
“Kongozen Electric Railway,” Third Annual T2M Conference, York , UK, 6–9 October 2005
“China and the Baltic Countries,” Annual Conference Association for the Advancement Baltic Studies,
Toronto ON, June 1991
“Relations between Estonia and Japan, 1918 - 1940,” Annual Conference Association for the
Advancement Baltic Studies, Seattle WA, June 1990
“Baltic Soldiers in France, 1916 – 1919” Annual Conference Association for the Advancement Baltic
Studies, College Park MD, June 1988
“The Estonian Navy and the Landeswehr War of 1919,” Annual Conference Association for the
Advancement Baltic Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1987
“Soviet Low – Intensity W arfare against Northern Europe” US Naval Academy Annual Foreign Affairs
Conference, April 1986