RUPERT SMITH

'General Sir Rupert Smith' KCB DSO & Bar OBE QGM (born 1943) was an officer in the British Army until his retirement in 2002. He was educated at the Haileybury and Imperial Service College and later at Sandhurst.
Smith enlisted in 1962 and was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1964. He has served in East and South Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, Europe and Malaysia. As a major general, Smith commanded the British 1st Armoured Division during the Gulf War (1990-1991). He became the first Assistant Chief of Defence Operations and Security at the UK Ministry of Defence in 1992. While there he was intimately involved in the UK's development of the strategy in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1995 he was Commander UNPROFOR in Sarajevo, and was responsible for breaking the siege of the city by creating the UN Rapid Reaction Force -- and ultimately thereby bringing the war to an end. 1996-1998 he was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland. His final assignment was as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1998-2001, covering NATO's Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo war, and the development of the European Security and Defence Identity.
He is the author of ''The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World'' (2005, ISBN 0-7139-9836-9), a treatise on modern warfare.
On January 22, 2007, Smith appeared on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show With Jon Stewart''.

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★ Interview: Jasper Gerard meets General Rupert Smith for ''The Times Online''

★ ''The Utility of Force'', book review at ''The Times Online''

★ General Sir Rupert Smith talks about The Utility of Force Video interview, video of speech, and speech transcript, Carnegie Council, Jan 24, 2007