Reid Kirby - Innovator, Catalyst, Intrapreneur

Military Historian

And Consultant to Government, Scholars, Publishers & Television Documentarians

Using Yesterday Today for Tomorrow.

Military Historian

And Consultant to Government, Scholars, Publishers & Television Documentarians

Acumen

  • Operations Research
  • Archival Research
  • Museum Research
  • Oral Histories
  • Wargaming
  • Combat Modeling
  • Technical Writing
  • Technical Illustration
  • Multimedia Presentation

Education

Lindenwood College 1990

  • Minor in Biology (36 hours) with specialized studies in behavior toxicology and biotechnology.

Seminars & Symposia on Biotechnology Process Engineering, Emergency Disease Response, Arms Control, and Counterproliferation.

Over 30 years focused on cross-domain study on CBRN technology, history, and doctrine.

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Biography

Military historian and consultant to government, scholars, publishers, and television documentarians.

His focus is on the history of chemical biological weapons technology development and doctrine. He is currently working on a historical study of American Cold War biological weapons relating to airpower doctrine and nuclear weapons.

Publications

Acknowledgments, Consulting & Interviews

  • Deutsche Welle (DW) (2018, 5 February) “Germany’s Cold War Chemical Weapons: Military Planned to Stockpile Arsenal in 1960s.” [Radio Broadcast]
  • CBS Radio San Francisco (KCBS) (2017, 15 August) 5-minute Interview on North Korean Chemical Weapons by Rebecca Corral.
  • [Documentarian] (2017) A Documentary on the Army Psychochemical Program.
  • [Scholars] (2017) Chemical Weapons Effects Analysis of Khan Shaykhun Chemical Attack on 4 April 2017.
  • [Scholars] (2017) VX Toxicology Regarding Kim Jung-Nam Assassination on 13 February 2017.
  • [Scholars] (2016) Financial Feasibility of Carfentanil as a Chemical Weapon.
  • [Scholar] (2016) Counter-Value Chemical War Plans: History & Analysis.
  • Moon, J. E. C. V. (2015 – 2017) History of United States Biological Warfare Program. [Not published]
  • [Scholars] (2015) Debate on E73 Feather Bomb and Korean Germ War Allegations.
  • [Scholars] (2015) Biological Weapons Workshop for Harvard Sussex Program, Sussex University.
  • [Students] (2015) CB Weapon Effects Discussion for Air Force Counter Proliferation Center, Air University.
  • [Scholars] (2013) Sarin Quantity Estimation and Chemical Weapon Effects Analysis of Ghouta Chemical Attack on 21 August 2013.
  • Leitenberg, M., Zilinskas, R. A., & Kuhn, J. H. (2012). “The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History.” Harvard University Press.