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Dr David Stevens AM

Dr David Stevens AM

Visiting Fellow
UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Dr David Stevens AM is a graduate of the Royal Australian Naval College, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Australian National University (ANU). He served for twenty years as a naval warfare officer before becoming the RAN’s historian in 1994. Thereafter he contributed articles and essays on maritime strategy and naval history to a wide range of Australian and international publications.

Areas of interest

Since 2016 David has been working as an author on the Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. His volume, In for the long haul: Australia’s operations in the War on Terror is expected to be published before the end of this decade.

His current research interests focus on naval and naval air operations, 1914-18.

 
Email

stevensmob58@gmail.com

    • U-Boat Far From Home (1997),
    • The Royal Australian Navy, Volume III, The Australian Centenary History of Defence (2001), edited
    • The Navy and the Nation (2001 with John Reeve),
    • The Royal Australian Navy in World War II (2004),
    • Sea Power Ashore and in the Air (2007 with John Reeve),
    • Strength through Diversity: The Combined Naval Role in Operation Stabilise (2007),
    • Presence, Power Projection and Sea Control: The RAN in the Gulf 1990-2009 (2009 with John Mortimer);
    • Naval Networks: The Dominance of Communications in Maritime Operations (2012).
    • In All Respects Ready: Australia’s Navy in World War I, (2014). Winner of the Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime Book Prize in 2015.