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Major Edgar O'Ballance (17 July 1918, Dublin, Ireland – 8 July 2009, Wakebridge, Derbyshire, England〔(Obituary - Derby Telegraph )〕〔(''The Times'' obituary )〕) was a British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems. He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941.〔London Gazette 13 March 1942〕 As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948.〔London Gazette 7 January 1949〕 He served in the army until 1948. In April 1953 he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Captain, serving with the Sherwood Foresters.〔London Gazette 2 June 1963〕 He was promoted Major in March 1955.〔London Gazette 31 May 1955〕 In June 1963 he transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the General List.〔London Gazette 27 July 1963〕 In July 1965 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration.〔London Gazette 16 July 1965〕 In 1968 he transferred from the General List (Territorial Army) to the General List (Regular Army Reserve of Officers) and having achieved the age limit on 17 July 1968 (his 50th birthday) retired retaining the rank of Major.〔London Gazette 12 November 1968〕 He worked as a journalist for a US Wire Agency from 1948 to 1962, and was thereafter a freelance journalist. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on international relations, defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Chairman of the London-based Military Commentators' Circle. He wrote many articles for military journals and was the author of over forty books. ==Mad dog of the Middle East== O'Ballance was the originator of the phrase "mad dog of the Middle East" when referring to Muammar al-Gaddafi while on the lecture circuit in the USA. The then-U.S. president, Ronald Reagan, picked it up and used the phrase himself in April 1986. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar O'Ballance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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