Colonel Norvell B. De Atkine, U.S. Army (Retired), is a former foreign area specialist who has taught Middle Eastern political-military affairs within the special operations community for the last 17 years. A graduate of the masters program at the American University of Beirut, he lived for 8 years in the Arab world and traveled extensively throughout the region. He was the military attaché in Amman, Jordan at the time of the 1970 Jordanian civil war and director of Army programs in the Office of Military Cooperation from 1981 to1983 as Egypt began its conversion from Soviet to U.S. military armament.

Articles by Norvell B. De Atkine

WHITE HOUSE (ERIC DRAPER)

Nothing New? Don't Be Too Sure

By Colonel Norvell B. "Tex" DeAtkine, USA (Ret.)
February 2007
President Bush's new strategy for Iraq was fully sliced and diced by analysts and talking heads within 24 hours of his announcing it on 10 January. Apparently few minds were ...
U.S. ARMY (KEVIN L. MOSES SR.)

Iraq Withdrawal: A Tragedy in Slow Motion

By Colonel Norvell B. De Atkine, USA (Ret.)
March 2006
According to an expert on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, a hasty pull-out from Iraq is not the best strategy-for the security of the region and the world.