Dr. Colton Campbell

Dr. Colton "Colt" C. Campbell – DOD

Professor, National Security Strategy

Colton C. Campbell is Professor and Associate Dean of Academics at the National War College, National Defense University.  He has worked in the offices of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), and Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA).  Prior to joining the National War College, he was an analyst in American national government at the Congressional Research Service and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida International University.  He has authored or edited 16 books on Congress, most recently Under the Iron Dome: Congress from the Inside (Routledge, 2022). 

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Books

Under the Iron Dome: Congress from the Inside (with Paul Herrnson and David Dulio, eds.)

Routledge, Editor, 20 September 2021

Leadership in the U.S. Senate: Hearding Cats in the Modern Era

Routledge, Editor, 14 August 2018

Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying

SUNY Press, Editor, 20 August 2018

Congress and Civil-Military Relations (with Dr. David P. Auerswald, ed.)

Georgetown University Press, Editor, 3 March 2015

Congress and the Politics of National Security (with Dr. David P. Auerswald, ed.)

Cambridge University Press, Editor, 2012

Impeaching Clinton: Partisan Strife on Capitol Hill (with Nicol C. Rae)

University Press of Kansas, 21 January 2004

War Stories from Capitol Hill (with Paul S. Herrnson)

Pearson, 23 August 2003

Campaigns and Elections: Issues, Concepts, Cases (with Robert P Watson, ed.)

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Editor, 1 January 2003

Congress and the Politics of Foreign Policy (with Nicol C. Rae and John)

Pearson, 25 August 2002

Congress Confronts the Court: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Authority in Lawmaking (with John F. Stack Jr.,ed.)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Editor, 9 May 2002

Congress and the Internet (with James A. Thurber)

Pearson College Div, 1 January 2002

Congress and the Politics of Emerging Rights (with John F. Stack Jr.,ed.)

Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, Editor, 4 December 2001

Discharging Congress: Government by Commission

Praeger, 30 November 2001

The Contentious Senate: Partisanship, Ideology, and the Myth of Cool Judgement (with Nicol C. Rae, ed.)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Editor, 13 December 2000

New Majority or Old Majority? – The Impact of Republicans on Congress (with Nicol C. Rae, ed.)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Editor, 13 December 2000

Book Chapters

The National Security Enterprise – Navigating the Labyrinth (Second Edition)

Part IV: The President's Partners and Rivals

Chapter 13: Congress: The Other Branch (pp 281-299) (with Dr. David P. Auerswald)

Georgetown University Press, July 2017