Robert J. O'Neill
| Robert O'Neill | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Robert John O'Neill |
| Born |
6 November 1936 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Awards |
Rhodes Scholarship (1961) Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1978) Officer of the Order of Australia (1988) Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (2008) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne (BE) University of Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
| Thesis title | The relationship between the German Army and the Nazi Party, 1933–9 |
| Thesis year | 1965 |
| Doctoral advisor | N. H. Gibbs |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions |
University of Oxford (1987–01) International Institute for Strategic Studies (1982–87) Australian National University (1969–82) Royal Military College, Duntroon (1968–69) |
| Doctoral students | David Horner |
| Main interests | Military history Strategic studies |
| Notable works | Australia in the Korean War 1950–53 |
Robert John O'Neill AO, FASSA (born 5 November 1936) is Chair of the International Academic Advisory Committee at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, was director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London, 1982–1987, and Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford from 1987 to 2000.
O'Neill graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1958, and from 1958 to 1969, served as an officer in the Regular Australian Army, during which time as an infantry captain he was Mentioned in Despatches during the Vietnam War. In 1965, he completed his D.Phil. thesis at the University of Oxford on The relationship between the German Army and the Nazi Party, 1933–9 under the direction of one of his predecessors as Chichele Professor of the History of War, Professor N. H. Gibbs.
O'Neill served as Senior lecturer in History, Royal Military College, Duntroon, 1968–69. He was head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University in 1971–82, Senior Fellow in international Relations, 1969–1977, Professorial Fellow, 1977–1982. Australian official historian of the Korean War from 1970 until 1982, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (1982–87), and Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford (1987–2001).
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