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Alan Malcher
Alan Malcher (born 1952) is a military historian and journalist living in London who specialises in unconventional warfare.

Life
Alan Malcher was born in Fulham, London England. He served as a member of the Parachute Regiment and saw active service in Northern Ireland. In 2014 he graduated from the University of London with a master's degree in Social and Cultural History and his dissertation was the Modernisation of Japan. Prior to studying for his master's he had been awarded a BA (hons) in modern History covering British Empire and commonwealth, Revolution and counter-revolution, European history, American Cultural history and the history of the Third Reich and prior to becoming an undergraduate he already held a university certificate in Medieval history. As an associate student of the Open University he studied Computers sciences and systems analysis and also gain a City of Guilds in electronics.

In 1983 Alan Malcher started writing for a number of academic journals and specialising in international defence and security and was also a regular guest speaker on Sky Television News, BBC television and radio. He continues to write from his home in central London and is also a member of the Washington dc baed think tank Strategic Narratives which specialises in information warfare and deception.

Works
Special Operations In Occupied France, Amazon July 2010

The Virtual World of Modern Terrorism: Social Media Mapping to Understand Behaviour, Amazon 2016

Narratives: Pathways to Domestic Radicalisation and Martyrdom, International Terrorism, Amazon 2014

Russian Spetsnaz: Ukraine's Deniable Little Green Men (Modern Diplomacy 10 May 2015)

Increasing Survival During an Aircraft Hijack (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.3, issue 5

Analysis of Aircraft Hijackings and Government Response (International Security Review 1994, Intersec Journal of International Security Vol.1, Issue 2, 1994)

Modern Terrorist Technology and the Means to Counter it (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.4, Issue 6, June 1994)

MI5 and the IRA: Some Aspects of the reorganisation of counter-terrorists activity in the UK (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.8, issue 3, March 1993)

Highgrove: Never on Her Majesty's Secret Service (The Independent Newspaper 13 May 1993)

Hostage Survival: An outline of concerns (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol3, Issue 3, June 1993)

The Illegal Arms Trade during and since the Cold War (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.3, issue 4, June 1993)

Private Security: How good is it? (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.2, Issue5, October 1992)

Improvised Personal Security (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol.2, Issue 6, November 1992)

The Master Bomb-maker and his methods, forwarded by Major-General Julian Thompson (Intersec Journal of International Security, Vol. 8, issue 3, March 1989)

Missiles Available Illegally (Flight International 20 March 1989)

The 1990's: The Decade of International Unrest? (Aspects of Criminology May 1989, republished by Sage Publications)

VIP Close Protection and the Private Security Industry: An International Problem? (The Police journal 1989 {wrongly titled with Phd} republished by Sage Publications)

Author Goes on Shopping Spree in International Illicit Arms Market (Armed Forces Journal International, Vol.46, August 1989)

Sophisticated Weapons and their availability (The Police Journal 1989, republished by Sage publications)

The Loyalist Paramilitaries: For God and Ulster (The Criminologist 1989)

Soviet Stingers? (Air Force Monthly 1988)