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Mark Irvan Choate FRHistS is an American academic and retired colonel and diplomat. He is a history professor at Brigham Young University and adjunct research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, specializing in international relations, the history of migration and colonialism, and grand strategy. He emphasizes the relationships between international emigration, immigration, and colonialism, and transnational influences in the fields of diplomacy, trade, currency exchange, and military power.
Mark I. Choate | |
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Alma mater | Yale University (Bachelor of Arts) Yale University (Master of Arts) Yale University (Master of Philosophy) Yale University (Ph.D.) U.S. Army War College (Master of Security Studies) |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | Frank M. Snowden III |
Other academic advisors | Paul Kennedy, John M. Merriman, Geoffrey Parker (historian) |
After living in Pago Pago, American Samoa, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a child, Choate grew up in rural Osage County, Oklahoma, and graduated from Charles Page High School in Sand Springs. While a freshman at Yale College, he enlisted as a medic in the 179th Infantry Regiment (United States), Army National Guard, using the G.I. Bill to help pay for school.[1]
He has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2008,[2] and a fellow of the Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea since 2009.[3] He was a visiting fellow at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales at Sciences Po, Paris, in 2014–2015.[4]
2017: Daniel M. Lewin Cyber-Terrorism Technology Writing Award, U.S. Army War College[5]
2009: Howard R. Marraro Prize[6]
2010: Council for European Studies Book Award[7]
2010: BYU Class of 1949 Young Faculty Award teaching prize[8]
2002: Hans W. Gatzke Prize, Yale University[9]
1998-1999: Fulbright Fellow in Italy[10]
Allegiance | United States of America |
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Service/ | United States Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan Insurgency in the Maghreb |
Awards | Bronze Star[1] Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal |
Choate enlisted in 1989 as a Private first class in the Oklahoma National Guard. He completed basic training at Fort Jackson and advanced individual training as a medic at Fort Sam Houston. Choate ended his enlistment at the rank of staff sergeant upon being commissioned as a mustang officer through Officer Candidate School in 1994.
As a United States defense attaché, he served in United States embassies in Khartoum, Sudan; Bangui, Central African Republic; and N'Djamena, Chad. [11] [12] [13]
Rank | Date |
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Second Lieutenant | 1994 |
First Lieutenant | 1997 |
Captain | 2001 |
Major | 2007 |
Lieutenant Colonel | 2013 |
Colonel | 2018 |
Choate's decorations and badges include the following:[1][11]
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