Dr Alexander Marshall

  • Senior Lecturer (History)

telephone: 01413308581
email: Alexander.Marshall@glasgow.ac.uk

History, Room 406, 1 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0378-654X

Research interests

Latest publication: Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way (Yale University Press, ISBN: 978-0300154573)

Research interests:

  • Russian/Soviet military and political history
  • M.A. Suslov (1902-1982), the 'Grey Cardinal' of Soviet Ideology
  • The Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Afghanistan
  • Radicalism and the History of Ideas
  • The Global Cold War

Publications

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Number of items: 28.

2024

Marshall, A. (2024) The Russian empire and the first world war: Russian strategy and the philosophy of war in the postwar writings of A. E. Snesarev and A. A. Svechin. In: Steinberg, J. W., Carlson, M., Heywood, A. J., Marshall, A. and McDonald, D. M. (eds.) RGWR V5 B5: The Wider War, Strategy, Planning and Leadership, 1914-22. Slavica Publishers, pp. 419-444. ISBN 9780893575328 (doi: 10.52500/ARZU2797)

Marshall, A. (2024) Bolshevising the borderlands: Mikhail Suslov in Lithuania, 1944–1946. Europe-Asia Studies, (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2024.2421477) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Marshall, A. (2023) Counter-insurgency and the Russian 'way of war'. In: Thomas, M. and Curless, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 44-62. ISBN 9780198866787 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198866787.013.3)

2020

Roach, A. P. and Marshall, A. (2020) The dynamics of the drugs trade: a model for the study of the medieval trade in slaves? In: Gruszczynski, J., Jankowiak, M. and Shepard, J. (eds.) Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland. Series: Routledge archaeologies of the Viking world. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9781138293946 (Accepted for Publication)

Marshall, A. (2020) The shadow and the substance of Lenin after 150 years. Mir Rossii, 29(4), pp. 134-149. (doi: 10.17323/1811-038X-2020-29-4-134-149)

Marshall, A. (2020) 100 years of the Russian Revolution: centenary perspectives on regionalism and internationalism in troubled times. In: Prokopenko, S. and Lipatova, N.V. (eds.) 1917-1922gg: Revoliutsii. Kriziz. Provintsii. Tsentr strategicheskiikh issledovanii ulianovskoi oblasti: Ulianovsk, pp. 42-51. ISBN 9785604399590

2019

Marshall, A. , Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (Eds.) (2019) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution. Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 9780893574321

Marshall, A. (2019) Into the abyss: the arc of revolution and the "World Crisis". In: Marshall, A., Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (eds.) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution (6). Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780893574321

Marshall, A. (2019) Lenin and World revolution, 1917-24. In: Marshall, A., Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (eds.) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution (6). Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana, pp. 25-62. ISBN 9780893574321

2017

Marshall, A. (2017) Missionaries of modernity. Advisory missions and the struggle for hegemony in Afghanistan and beyond, by Antonio Giustozzi and Artemy Kalinovsky. With Paul Robinson, Bob Spencer, and Alfia Sorokina. London, Hurst & Company, 2016, 496 pp., £50 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84904-480-6. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 28(3), pp. 662-665. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2017.1307618)[Book Review]

2016

Marshall, A. (2016) From civil war to proxy war: past history and current dilemmas. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 27(2), pp. 183-195. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2015.1129172)

2015

Marshall, A. , Gomez, A., Chouvy, P.-A., van der Veen, H., Kipnis, E., Spiteri-Cornish, L., Geiss, R., Wisehart, D., Goodhand, J. and Mansfield, D. (2015) Grasping the Links in the Chain: Understanding the Unintended Consequences of International Counter-Narcotics Measures for the EU. Project Report. University of Glasgow on behalf of the LINKSCH Consortium.

2014

Marshall, A. (2014) From Drug War to Culture War: Russia’s Growing Role in the Global Drug Debate. Other. Swansea University, Swansea.

Marshall, A. (2014) Lenin's Imperialism nearly 100 years on: an outdated paradigm? Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, 42(3), pp. 317-333. (doi: 10.1080/03017605.2014.972615)

2012

Marshall, A. (2012) Global Commodity Chains and LINKSCH. Working Paper. University of Glasgow on behalf of the LINKSCH Consortium.

2011

Bird, T. and Marshall, A. (2011) Afghanistan: How the West Lost its Way. Yale University Press: New Haven, CT. ISBN 9780300154573

Marshall, A. (2011) Russian views on the future of transatlantic relations. In: Dorman, A.M. and Kaufman, J.P. (eds.) The Future of Transatlantic Relations : Perceptions, Policy and Practice. Series: Stanford Security Series. Stanford University Press, pp. 174-190. ISBN 9780804771962

2010

Marshall, A. (2010) Imperial nostalgia, the liberal lie, and the perils of postmodern counterinsurgency. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 21(2), pp. 233-258. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2010.481407)

Marshall, A. (2010) The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule. Series: Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, 12. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415410120

2009

Marshall, A. (2009) The Terek people's republic, 1918: coalition government in the Russian revolution. Revolutionary Russia, 22(2), pp. 203-221. (doi: 10.1080/09546540903274717)

Marshall, A. and Rofe, J.S. (2009) An aborted special relationship: US-Russian relations in the post-Cold War world, 1989-2007. In: Dumbrell, J. and Schäfer, A.R. (eds.) America's 'Special Relationships': Foreign and Domestic Aspects of the Politics of Alliance. Series: Routledge studies in US foreign policy. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 132-151. ISBN 9780415483766

2007

Marshall, A. (2007) Russian intelligence during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904-05. Intelligence and National Security, 22(5), pp. 682-698. (doi: 10.1080/02684520701718096)

Marshall, A. (2007) Managing withdrawal: Afghanistan as the forgotten example in attempting conflict resolution and state reconstruction. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 18(1), pp. 68-89. (doi: 10.1080/09592310601173238)

Marshall, A. (2007) Imperial Russian war planning for the Eurasian space and the impact of the Russo-Japanese war, 1900-1914. In: Kowner, R. (ed.) Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Volume1: Centennial Perspectives. Global Oriental: Folkestone, UK, pp. 291-306. ISBN 9781905246038

2006

Marshall, A. (2006) The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1800-1917. Series: Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, 4. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415355612

2005

Marshall, A. (2005) Islam in Russian and western security studies, 1980-2005. UNISCI Discussion Papers, 7,

2004

Marshall, A. (2004) Russian military intelligence, 1905-1917: the untold story behind tsarist Russia in the First World War. War in History, 11(4), pp. 393-423. (doi: 10.1191/0968344504wh307oa)

2003

Marshall, A. (2003) Turkfront: Frunze and the development of Soviet counter-insurgency in Central Asia. In: Everett-Heath, T. (ed.) Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Series: Central Asia research forum. RoutledgeCurzon: London, UK, pp. 5-29. ISBN 9780700709564

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Jump to: Articles | Books | Book Sections | Book Reviews | Edited Books | Research Reports or Papers
Number of items: 28.

Articles

Marshall, A. (2024) Bolshevising the borderlands: Mikhail Suslov in Lithuania, 1944–1946. Europe-Asia Studies, (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2024.2421477) (Early Online Publication)

Marshall, A. (2020) The shadow and the substance of Lenin after 150 years. Mir Rossii, 29(4), pp. 134-149. (doi: 10.17323/1811-038X-2020-29-4-134-149)

Marshall, A. (2016) From civil war to proxy war: past history and current dilemmas. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 27(2), pp. 183-195. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2015.1129172)

Marshall, A. (2014) Lenin's Imperialism nearly 100 years on: an outdated paradigm? Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, 42(3), pp. 317-333. (doi: 10.1080/03017605.2014.972615)

Marshall, A. (2010) Imperial nostalgia, the liberal lie, and the perils of postmodern counterinsurgency. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 21(2), pp. 233-258. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2010.481407)

Marshall, A. (2009) The Terek people's republic, 1918: coalition government in the Russian revolution. Revolutionary Russia, 22(2), pp. 203-221. (doi: 10.1080/09546540903274717)

Marshall, A. (2007) Russian intelligence during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904-05. Intelligence and National Security, 22(5), pp. 682-698. (doi: 10.1080/02684520701718096)

Marshall, A. (2007) Managing withdrawal: Afghanistan as the forgotten example in attempting conflict resolution and state reconstruction. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 18(1), pp. 68-89. (doi: 10.1080/09592310601173238)

Marshall, A. (2005) Islam in Russian and western security studies, 1980-2005. UNISCI Discussion Papers, 7,

Marshall, A. (2004) Russian military intelligence, 1905-1917: the untold story behind tsarist Russia in the First World War. War in History, 11(4), pp. 393-423. (doi: 10.1191/0968344504wh307oa)

Books

Bird, T. and Marshall, A. (2011) Afghanistan: How the West Lost its Way. Yale University Press: New Haven, CT. ISBN 9780300154573

Marshall, A. (2010) The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule. Series: Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, 12. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415410120

Marshall, A. (2006) The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1800-1917. Series: Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, 4. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415355612

Book Sections

Marshall, A. (2024) The Russian empire and the first world war: Russian strategy and the philosophy of war in the postwar writings of A. E. Snesarev and A. A. Svechin. In: Steinberg, J. W., Carlson, M., Heywood, A. J., Marshall, A. and McDonald, D. M. (eds.) RGWR V5 B5: The Wider War, Strategy, Planning and Leadership, 1914-22. Slavica Publishers, pp. 419-444. ISBN 9780893575328 (doi: 10.52500/ARZU2797)

Marshall, A. (2023) Counter-insurgency and the Russian 'way of war'. In: Thomas, M. and Curless, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 44-62. ISBN 9780198866787 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198866787.013.3)

Roach, A. P. and Marshall, A. (2020) The dynamics of the drugs trade: a model for the study of the medieval trade in slaves? In: Gruszczynski, J., Jankowiak, M. and Shepard, J. (eds.) Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland. Series: Routledge archaeologies of the Viking world. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9781138293946 (Accepted for Publication)

Marshall, A. (2020) 100 years of the Russian Revolution: centenary perspectives on regionalism and internationalism in troubled times. In: Prokopenko, S. and Lipatova, N.V. (eds.) 1917-1922gg: Revoliutsii. Kriziz. Provintsii. Tsentr strategicheskiikh issledovanii ulianovskoi oblasti: Ulianovsk, pp. 42-51. ISBN 9785604399590

Marshall, A. (2019) Into the abyss: the arc of revolution and the "World Crisis". In: Marshall, A., Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (eds.) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution (6). Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780893574321

Marshall, A. (2019) Lenin and World revolution, 1917-24. In: Marshall, A., Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (eds.) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution (6). Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana, pp. 25-62. ISBN 9780893574321

Marshall, A. (2011) Russian views on the future of transatlantic relations. In: Dorman, A.M. and Kaufman, J.P. (eds.) The Future of Transatlantic Relations : Perceptions, Policy and Practice. Series: Stanford Security Series. Stanford University Press, pp. 174-190. ISBN 9780804771962

Marshall, A. and Rofe, J.S. (2009) An aborted special relationship: US-Russian relations in the post-Cold War world, 1989-2007. In: Dumbrell, J. and Schäfer, A.R. (eds.) America's 'Special Relationships': Foreign and Domestic Aspects of the Politics of Alliance. Series: Routledge studies in US foreign policy. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 132-151. ISBN 9780415483766

Marshall, A. (2007) Imperial Russian war planning for the Eurasian space and the impact of the Russo-Japanese war, 1900-1914. In: Kowner, R. (ed.) Rethinking the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Volume1: Centennial Perspectives. Global Oriental: Folkestone, UK, pp. 291-306. ISBN 9781905246038

Marshall, A. (2003) Turkfront: Frunze and the development of Soviet counter-insurgency in Central Asia. In: Everett-Heath, T. (ed.) Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Series: Central Asia research forum. RoutledgeCurzon: London, UK, pp. 5-29. ISBN 9780700709564

Book Reviews

Marshall, A. (2017) Missionaries of modernity. Advisory missions and the struggle for hegemony in Afghanistan and beyond, by Antonio Giustozzi and Artemy Kalinovsky. With Paul Robinson, Bob Spencer, and Alfia Sorokina. London, Hurst & Company, 2016, 496 pp., £50 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84904-480-6. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 28(3), pp. 662-665. (doi: 10.1080/09592318.2017.1307618)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Marshall, A. , Steinberg, J. W. and Sabol, S. (Eds.) (2019) The Global Impacts of Russia's Great War and Revolution: Book 1: The Arc of Revolution, 1917-24. Series: Russia's Great War and Revolution. Slavica Publishers: Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 9780893574321

Research Reports or Papers

Marshall, A. , Gomez, A., Chouvy, P.-A., van der Veen, H., Kipnis, E., Spiteri-Cornish, L., Geiss, R., Wisehart, D., Goodhand, J. and Mansfield, D. (2015) Grasping the Links in the Chain: Understanding the Unintended Consequences of International Counter-Narcotics Measures for the EU. Project Report. University of Glasgow on behalf of the LINKSCH Consortium.

Marshall, A. (2014) From Drug War to Culture War: Russia’s Growing Role in the Global Drug Debate. Other. Swansea University, Swansea.

Marshall, A. (2012) Global Commodity Chains and LINKSCH. Working Paper. University of Glasgow on behalf of the LINKSCH Consortium.

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Grants

  • 'Asian Security in Trans-National Perspective, 1800-2006' - one year grant from the British Academy (£2,000) commenced 1st January 2006.
  • ‘Asian Security in Trans-National Perspective, 1800-200’ - one year grant (£400), Control Risks Group, commenced 1st March 2006.
  • ‘Soviet Rule in the Caucasus’ - one year grant from the British Academy (£2,000) commenced 1st January 2008.
  • Chancellor's Fund grant (University of Glasgow), 2011 (£2,000).
  • Kelvin-Smith Fellowship (University of Glasgow), 2011.
  • LINKSCH project (European Commission 7th Framework programme of research): Grasping the links in the chain - understanding the unintended consequences of international counter-narcotics measures for the EU.

Supervision

  • Russell Smith 'West Indian and Black Caribbean RAF service volunteers'
  • Christina Chatzitheodorou 'Women’s roles in left-wing resistance movements: a comparative analysis of Greece, Italy, and France during the Second World War.'
  • Moroch, Dylan
    ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!: The Guerrilla Culture and Military Exceptionalism of Socialist Cuba
  • Jack Anderson (full-time MRes): The Stalin cult and the ideological rite of passage
  • Allan Gillies (full-time PhD funded by a Kelvin Smith Studentship): Reducing the Flow of Cocaine into the UK?  The politics of counter-drug measures on the Andean transit-chain, 2000-2010
  • Steinar Skaar (full-time PhD funded by a scholarship from the Norwegian Defence University College): Does Coercive Theory Pass the Test? A theoretical Examination and Case Study of the Utility of Coercive Theory in Contemporary Conflicts with emphasis on the Afghan conflict'
  • Richard Burklund (part-time PhD) 'Corpses in the Grass: Strategic Culture and Combat Effectiveness in the Pacific War. A Case Study of the US 7th Infantry division.'
  • Yin Lam Ethan Chan (full-time MPhil) 'The Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund in Halle-Neustadt.'

Teaching

Honours Courses:

  • 'The Rise of Nineteenth Century Socialism'
  • 'The Radical Fringes of Interwar Europe, 1919-1939'
  • 'Russian/Soviet Conceptions of National Security in a Changing World, 1856 to the Present.’
  • Honours Special Subject - 'Lenin and Leninism.  History is not a Neutral Subject'

Postgraduate courses:

  •   The Global Cold War

Additional information

Scholarly activities

  • Member of editorial board of Europe-Asia Studies
  • Member of editorial team of the multi-volume centenary project ‘Russia's Great War and Revolution, 1914-1922: The Centennial Reappraisal’ (Project leaders Dr John W. Steinberg, Georgia Southern University and Dr Anthony Heywood, Aberdeen University). 
  • Organizer of the 'Study Group for the Russian Revolution' annual conference at Glasgow in January 2011 and 2012.

Alex Marshall