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Temple University

Dr. Gregory Urwin

U.S. Military History
International Military Cooperation
Civil-Military Relations
European Military History
Military Intelligence
East Asia

Attachés In Albion

Tyler Bamford is a Ph.D. student at Temple University, and his research interests encompass World War II and the interwar period. He graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette College with a B.A. in History and a minor in Art History. His undergraduate honors thesis, “Conceptualizing the Generalissimo: The Rise, Fall, and Rehabilitation of Chiang Kai-Shek in American Media and Scholarship,” examined the dynamic nature of the media’s depictions of China’s nationalist leader in the 1930s and 40s. This project encouraged him to study international military collaboration and cultural relations prior to the official U.S. entry into WWII, which he is now pursuing at Temple University. In 2011, Tyler received a prestigious Beinecke Scholarship to support his graduate studies. Tyler’s dissertation examines Anglo-American military cooperation during the interwar period. Using the experiences of military attachés and their contacts, Tyler reevaluates the process of fostering effective military cooperation outside the strictures of formal treaties and high-level political negotiations.