Dan Harvey retired from the Defence Forces with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in June 2017 following 40 years’ service. He is now a full time military history researcher and author, and has established his own publishing company, H-Books Cork Concepts Limited. Much of Dan's military service involved a wide and far reaching involvement in overseas military peace keeping/enforcing, including operations in South Lebanon, Central Africa, the Balkans and the South Caucasus with the United Nations, EU, NATO/PfP, and the OSCE. Dan's academic qualifications include a Masters in Management, Leadership and Defence Studies (NUIM) 2007, and he is currently pursuing a PhD from Caen University, France. He is the author of a number of military related publications, most recently HOBO - A History of Irish Defence Forces Bomb Disposal in September 2020.