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Michel Goya (born 19 April 1962 in Montaut, Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a former colonel des troupes de marine, teacher, scientific researcher and author, specializd into military history and conflict analysis. Michel Goya, a former colonel in the French army, teaches military history at the world-renowned Sciences Po university in Paris and is the author of a series of ground-breaking studies of modern warfare including Res militaris: de l'emploi des forces armes au XXIe sicle, Irak: Les armes du chaos and La chair et l'acier: l'invention de la guerre moderne.He is associate researcher at the The Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (Foundation for Strategic Research, FRS), a non-profit organization, is the main French center of expertise on international security and defense issues. Known recently in France for his regular production on modern conflicts analysis and learning experience, his latest works habe translated in English and found a broader audience. His work on WW1 have been praised by many authors on WW1.

« Michel Goya formulates sophisticated arguments for understanding how armies learn, change and adapt which have ongoing resonances and relevance. I have been urging British publishers to translate Flesh and Steel during the Great War since it first came out, and congratulate Pen and Sword not only on doing so but also on securing Andrew Uffindell to do the work. He has produced a text that is accurate and fluent. In its new incarnation Flesh and Steel will attract fresh readers, among them not only historians of the First World War but also those concerned with the continuing challenges of military innovation and the processes by which it is achieved » Sir Hew Strachan

Family
Michel Goya is the son of Luis, spanish road racing cyclist and Jeanne, textile worker

he is married et father of 3 children.

Academic career
He passed his baccalaureate series A (letters) in 1980, then he did the  literary preparation in the entrance exam to the Special military school of Saint- Cyr at military high school of Aix-en-Provence from 1980 to 1983. He obtained his DEUG in modern letters at  faculty of Aix-en-Provence in 1983. He resumed his studies later, obtaining his staff diploma and his military {English 2nd degree} certificate in 2000, then his technical higher military studies certificate (BEMS / T) in 2003. It is part of the 2003-2004 promotion of the Joint Defense College (War School) at the Military School in Paris. He supported his DEA in modern and contemporary history in 2003, then his  doctorate in modern and contemporary history in 2008 (at  Paris -IV)

Military career
Engaged in the Army in 1983, he joined the qualification group of non-commissioned officers at the  School of application of infantry  from Montpellier from 1983 to 1984. He became sergeant, with the position of chief of group (then assistant non-commissioned officer) from 1984 to 1988, at [ [170th infantry regiment | 170th regiment infantry]] of Épinal. From October 1985 to April 1986, he was sent to Nouméa with his group to protect sensitive sites, in the context of tensions between New Caledonians. Entered in 1988 at the École Militaire Interarmes of Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, he graduated from the promotion "Valmy" in 1990. He was named lieutenant in 1990. When he left, he chose the weapon of naval troops.

He then served in the 21st Regiment Marine Infantry (21st RIMa) of Fréjus, as Chief of  section, from 1991 to 1994. He was deployed with his section in Rwanda during Operation Noroît from June to August 1992; then he participated in the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Sarajevo, then under siege, from July 1993 to January 1994.

appointed captain in 1994, he was assigned to the Pacific - New Caledonia naval infantry regiment barracks at Nandaï camp (near Bourail), from 1994 to 1996. He then went on to the 2nd Marine Infantry (2nd) quartered at the Auvours camp (near Le Mans), where he exercises the functions of assistant officer, then company commander and finally editor in the operations office training, from 1996 to 2001. He was again deployed to Sarajevo from October 1996 to March 1997, this time in the Implementation Force (IFOR) and then in the Stabilization Force (SFOR) with the function of assistant officer. He participated in Operation Cigogne in the Central African Republic from February to April 1998. Finally, he commanded the forest company of the 9th Marine Infantry (9th), responsible for surveillance along the river Maroni, from July to September 1999. He rose to the rank of battalion chief in 2001 [1].

Finally, he commanded the forest company of the 9th Regiment Marine Infantry (9th RIMa), responsible for surveillance along the river  Maroni, from July to September 1999. He rose to the rank of battalion chief in 2001.

Fields research and published works
After this operational experience, Michel Goya was appointed in 2004 to the Center for Doctrine of employment of forces (CDEF) at École Militaire, as a processing officer in the Research Experience Feedback Division (DREX) responsible for the Asia, Middle and Near East region. He was appointed to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 2005. In 2007, he became military assistant to the Chief of the Defense Staff on the questions of doctrine then in 2009 director of the field "new conflicts" at the Strategic Research Institute of the Military School (IRSEM). He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 2009.

He is a member of the editorial committee of the bimonthly review  Wars & History  launched in 2011.

Battle

 * Second Battle of the Marne (15 July – 6 August 1918)
 * Counter-attack of Montdidier-Noyon (11-13 june 1918)
 * Battle of Saint-Mihiel (12–15 September 1918)
 * Offensive of Champagne (26 october 1918)

Books

 * The French Air Force in the First World War (Images of War) – Ian Sumner - Pen and Sword Military (February 23, 2018) - ISBN-13: 978-1526701794