J.B.E. Hittle
Jon B.E. Hittle (born 1951) is an historian and author focusing on military and intelligence history of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was born in Iowa and received his M.A. degree in Modern European Intellectual History and Political Theory from Louisiana State University where he worked under David Lindenfeld and Cecil Eubanks. His thesis focused on the polemics of Irish Marxist James Connolly. He is a noted authority on guerrilla warfare, low intensity conflict, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, counterproliferation and foreign intelligence matters. He has published articles since the 1980s in such journals as Studies In Intelligence and Proceedings, and he is the author of the book, Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War: Britain's Failed Counterinsurgency, published in 2011 by Potomac Books Inc. He has served as an historical advisor for television productions, including the popular and longstanding British TV program Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC.
Hittle is a decorated former intelligence analyst and operations officer and he.also served as an Intelligence Specialist and Boarding Officer in the United States Coast Guard. His awards and decorations include the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, the Iraq Operations Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the US Coast Guard Achievement Medal.