Dr. John Furman Daniel, III serves as Professor of Political Science at Concordia University Chicago. A prolific scholar, he has authored dozens of publications spanning topics such as international relations theory, the influence of fiction on foreign policy decision-making, Edmund Burke, Carl von Clausewitz, General George Patton, technology diffusion, space colonization, horology, and even home-field advantage in Major League Baseball.

He is the author of seven books: 21st Century Patton: Strategic Insights for the Modern Era (2016), The First Space War: How Patterns of History and Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form (2019), Patton: Battling with History (2020), and Blood, Mud and Oil Paint: The Remarkable Year that Made Winston Churchill (2024).

Degrees

BA, (with Honors), History and Political Science - The University of Chicago; Chicago, IL

PhD, Government - Georgetown University; Washington DC

Areas of Research/ Expertise

  • International Relations Theory
  • War Studies
  • MLB
  • Pop Culture
  • War Gaming

Publications:

  • J. Furman Daniel, III and Brian A. Smith, Machiavelli’s Labyrinth, (Encounter, Forthcoming May 2027).

  • J. Furman Daniel, III, Burn New York: Confederate Terrorism in the Heart of America’s Greatest City, (Bloomsbury, Forthcoming January 2027).

  • J. Furman Daniel, III, Restoring Clausewitz: A Critical Companion to On War, (Amhurst, NY: Cambria, 2025).

  • J. Furman Daniel, III, Blood, Mud, and Oil Paint: "The Remarkable Year that Made Winston Churchill," (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2024).

  • J. Furman Daniel, III, Patton: Battling with History, (Columbia, MO: The University of Missouri Press, 2020). Paperback 2025.

  • J. Furman Daniel, III and Tom Rogers, The First Space War: How the Patterns of History and Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019). Paperback, May 2023.

  • J. Furman Daniel, III, 21ST Century Patton: Strategic Insights for the Modern Era, (Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2016).