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		David Baker Aerospace/Aviation/Military History & Espionage IAA, FBIS, FRHistS

Coming from:		Brede, Nr. Rye, East Sussex UK

British born, Dr David Baker has had a lifelong involvement with the NASA space programme, helping send men to the Moon in the 1960's, working to develop the re-usable Shuttle in the 1970's, helping countries around the world use space applications in their everyday lives during the 1980's, advising on space policy during the 1990's and lecturer and historian in the new century. An award-winning author David has written more than 100 books, academic and popular, on many aspects of science, aviation, space, defence and astronomy and the development of the technologies and the politics that underpinned the Cold War.


		Ian Beckett Modern and Military History PhD, FR Hist S

Coming from:		Penzance, Cornwall UK

Ian retired as Professor of Military History from the University of Kent (UK) in 2015. Previously Ian held chairs in both the UK and the US, including the Horner Chair in Military Theory at the US Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia as well as being Visiting Professor at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He was also on the academic staff of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst for 15 years. Ian has an international reputation for his work on the First World War and on the history of the British Army. On cruise ships, however, he speaks more widely on modern and contemporary history.


		Sir Andrew Burns World Affairs & International Diplomacy KCMG Retired Ambassador

Coming from:		Minehead, Somerset UK

Sir Andrew Burns is a retired British Diplomat with extensive experience of South and SE Asia and China/Hong Kong, Israel and the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, the US and Canada. His final post was as High Commissioner to Canada, having previously been Ambassador to Israel and Consul-General in Hong Kong and Macau. Sir Andrew lectures on historical, cultural and foreign policy subjects in a tailor-made way that illuminates the geographic region of each cruise and draws on his own experiences as a diplomat with an eye for the humorous.


		Edward Butler History, Genealogy, Law & Travel Award winning author of history/genealogy/family history books

Coming from:		San Antonio, Texas USA

Judge Ed Butler was a Ford Foundation Scholar at Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he graduated with honors. For many years he was a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney by both the Texas and National Boards. He is a retired federal judge; retired Naval Intelligence Commander; & former law school professor. His honors include the DAR Medal of Honor, SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal, and he was selected to the Texas Genealogical Hall of Fame. He's listed in Who's Who in America & Who's Who in the World. He is a world traveler who has visited over 200 countries.


		John Douglas Chapman WW2 Historian & Bletchley Park Expert Welcome Host Gold : Tourism Marketing

Coming from:		Halesowen, West Midlands UK

Since 1992, John became a volunteer at Bletchley Park, the World War 2 home of the Code-Breakers, and founded the world famous Bletchley Park Post Office. John has been a Senior Tour Guide at Bletchley Park since 1998, entertaining thousands of visitors with anecdotes and revealing stories. As a member of the Guild of Battlefield Tour Guides, John assists the War Research Society with the Centenary Commemorative Tours in Belgium and France. His many lectures include WW2 Code-Breaking activities, Alan Turing, Winston Churchill, Women at War, Spies and Espionage and Ian Fleming.


		Dr Jack Clarke Military History and Current Events

Coming from:		Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria Germany

Dr. Jack Clarke is the senior national security and military professor at the Marshall Center in Germany. He is a recognized expert on current world events, including the war in Ukraine. Dr. Clarke is recognized as a leading expert on the role of military forces in Homeland/Civil Security. He has developed and taught over 130 courses on national security strategy, cyber security, counter terrorism, homeland security, crisis and consequence management, risk management and stability operations. He most recently served as the Senior Eisenhower Research Fellow of the NATO Defence College in Rome, focusing on cyber security.


		Tony Coutts-Britton Battlefield Guide & Historian First & Second World Wars

Coming from:		Westbury, Wiltshire UK

Anthony is an experienced battlefield guide and military history lecturer, specialising in the World Wars and the Napoleonic period. His other interest areas encompass the English Civil War, the Roman Army and Political and Social History of the United Kingdom. He served in the Army, commanding a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and in senior staff posts. His lecture subjects continue to grow and he is regularly engaged as a dinner speaker and cruise ship lecturer on a wide variety of subjects. He is an elected Fellow of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides.


		Michael Crowe History \| Great Lakes \| Caribbean \| Cuba \| South America

Coming from:		Huntington Beach, California USA

Michael Crowe is originally from England and a Veteran of the Royal Air Force. He has lectured on Ancient History of the Greeks Romans & Mesopotamia in Europe and other interesting Maritime subjects and other popular Ports of call around the world including Caribbean, South Africa & South America. He has sailed on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He shares his interactive programs on ships throughout the Great Lakes, America�s Rivers, Cuba ,the Caribbean and has sailed extensively throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Michael brings a wealth of personal stories, experiences and insightful knowledge to share with your guests.


		Donald Daniel World affairs \| Military and Naval History Professor emeritus (Ph.D)

Coming from:		Chevy Chase, Maryland USA

Donald C.F. Daniel is Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University as well as Milton E. Miles Professor Emeritus at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He has held many senior positions in the USA, London, Stockholm and Geneva. He has directed numerous political-military simulations involving participants from all regions of the world. He has authored or edited 11 books and published over 60 articles. Donald holds a Ph.D. from Georgetown University and was a Vietnam era naval officer. Since his retirement he has lectured widely abroad and in the USA on historical and contemporary topics.


		Martin Farr British History, Foreign Relations & Politics BA, PhD; British history since WWI, foreign relations, monarchy

Coming from:		Newcastle, Tyne and Wear UK

Martin teaches modern and contemporary British history at Newcastle University. With degrees in politics and history, he is particularly interested the applications of contemporary history. He has extensive media experience, both national and international, print and broadcast, as a commentator on current affairs. He can offer talks on a wide variety of subjects relating to British history and Britain's foreign relations since the First World War, and on any aspects of current affairs, including the Monarchy, the changing nature of the British state and society.


		Aldon Ferguson Military Aviation Historian & Russia Expert FRICS, MRAeS

Coming from:		Reading, Berkshire UK

Aldon was brought up in the North West of England developing a strong interest in aviation. After a period in the RAF he graduated as a Chartered Surveyor. He specialised in commercial property in London and then set up the first property company in post-Communist Russia. Initially opening in Moscow and quickly expanding into St Petersburg and Kiev in Ukraine. Simultaneously, Aldon's love of all things aviation and related buildings led to him becoming one of the leading experts in RAF history.


		Peter Harrington Military History & Archaeology

Coming from:		Barrington, Rhode Island USA

Peter Harrington, a military historian and archaeologist, is Curator of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection in the John Hay Library at Brown University where he has worked for over 34 years. A native of Manchester, England, he studied at London, Edinburgh, Simmons College and Brown, and has lived and worked in the United States since 1981. His research over the past three decades has focused on artists and images of war, and for many years he taught a distance learning graduate course on the subject. Peter has been a guest speaker on many alumni trips and cruises, and presents frequent talks at conferences and meetings.


		Bart Howard Military & Naval Historian US and European Military and Naval History

Coming from:		DPO, AE Portugal

Colonel (Retired) Bart Howard is a retired US Army officer, historian and expert on strategic leadership. He holds a Bachelor�s from Santa Clara University, a Master of Military Studies from American Military University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He has lectured on leadership and history at the Institute for International Strategic Studies, Cornell University, Santa Clara University and the Air Force Academy. Bart's presentations bring to life the fascinating history of the region and allow his fellow passengers to better understand the strategic decisions of famous military and political leaders.


		Mike Jernigan History

Coming from:		Auburn, AL USA

Mike Jernigan has lived in and traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean and has been a lecturer on board many cruise ships since 2007. After a first career that ended with early retirement as editor of the alumni magazine of Auburn University, he taught for 14 years at the community college level and as an AP European and World History instructor. Since retiring from teaching he has returned to freelance writing, where he has contributed articles on the Caribbean and other travel destinations to a number of periodicals. As an enrichment lecturer he specializes in destination history, particularly as it relates to the First and Second World


		Dr Theodore Karamanski World History \| Maritime History \| History of Exploration

Coming from:		Chicago, IL USA

Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of Public History at Loyola University. He is author of ten books and numerous articles related to history, archaeology, historic preservation, and maritime history. He has been a heritage consultant for the USA National Park Service, the BBC, The History Channel, Travel Channel, Weather Channel, and National Geographic Magazine. His work has been featured in numerous international outlets including the New York Times and Newsweek. He has twice been named teacher of the year at Loyola University and has received a lifetime achievement award from the American Historical Association.


		L.Douglas Keeney World Affairs \| History \| Celebrities \| Historic figures

Coming from:		Louisville, Kentucky USA

L. Douglas Keeney is the bestselling author of 22 books on American and world history. He is published by Simon & Schuster, St. Martin�s, Wm. Morrow, and Lyons Press. Keeney has been well reviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Christian Science Monitor, salon, Newsweek, Gannet newspapers, and others. Keeney is a frequent speaker at universities, corporate events, and on numerous cruise ships. His talks are entertaining as well as informative.


		David Kingrea Destination Historian Viking Resident Historian

Coming from:		Marietta, Georgia USA

As an experienced ship destination lecturer and historian, Dave draws on a rich background including teaching, engineering, military service, corporate business and consulting. Dave weaves stories about history from his travel insights, research, experiences and knowledge. History is not just about dates and facts but about people, relationships and life stories. Dave tells their stories with a unique style blending travel experiences to over 130 countries, creative narratives, humor, and engaging trivia (he was even a four time champion on the TV program �Jeopardy�).


		Mark Lane Historian World War II

Coming from:		Argentan, Lower Normandy France

Mark�s eclectic life includes degrees in Art and Design Communication (Auburn, University), Museum Studies (Columbia, University), a Future Studies master�s degree (University of Houston), and Teaching English as a Second Language (Chiangmai, Thailand). After a career as a museum director and since 2014, he�s guided private tours built around personal interviews with veterans of Normandy�s D-Day beaches. Recently, he finished a master�s in World War II Studies (Arizona State University and the WWII Museum in New Orleans), which provides a worldwide context for his WWII stories.


		Dr Tom Lewis OAM Military History \| Naval History

Coming from:		Jerrabomberra, NSW Australia

Dr Tom Lewis OAM is a consultant military historian, a best-selling author, and an on-screen presenter and scriptwriter. He is also a retired naval officer who served in combat; a retired secondary school teacher, scuba divemaster, and the author of 20 books. He was the Director of Darwin Military Museum in its redevelopment from 2009 to 2013. His Order of Australia was bestowed on him for services to naval history. He has won numerous prizes for his literary works, the most recent being as the national winner of the 2021 Australian Naval Institute�s Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize for �Teddy Sheean VC�.


		Joseph Micallef Age of Exploration, Military and Maritime History Published Author, Fox News and CNN Commentator, Keynote Speaker

Coming from:		Tualatin, Oregon USA

Joseph V. Micallef is a historian, best selling author, keynote speaker and commentator on military and international affairs. He has produced, directed or written dozens of documentary programs on military history and world politics as well as written a number of books. He has an M.Sc. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs. Joseph has lectured extensively on military history and world affairs at a variety of venues, and also frequently speaks on the history of food, wine and spirits. He is fluent in Italian and English.


		Doug Nelson Enrichment Speaker J.D., Ph.D.

Coming from:		Palm Beach, Florida USA

Douglas Nelson is an accomplished, well-respected professional and a knowledgeable, entertaining speaker at academic, business, social and political events. Having both a PhD in European history and a JD in law from Columbia University, Nelson has had a career that included positions as college professor, Wall Street lawyer, corporate executive, senior trade association manager, president of a tax-exempt research foundation and a security-cleared advisor to the Bush II, Obama and Trump administrations, both domestically and abroad.


		Bruce Petty Military History WWII IN THE PACIFIC

Coming from:		New Plymouth, Taranaki NZ

Bruce Petty was born and grew up in Long Beach, California. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves at Alameda Naval Air Station in 1962, while still in high school. After graduation from high school, he served two years aboard USS Yorktown, CVS-10, as an aviation ordnanceman, and is a Vietnam War veteran. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara, with a degree in history. In 1995, he moved to Saipan in the Mariana Islands, returning to California in 2000. Bruce is an accomplished author and now lives in New Zealand. Bruce is a regular speaker on cruise ships.


		Peter Power The Secret Saboteurs of WW2

Coming from:		Lyndhurst, Hampshire UK

A highly informative and passionate presenter with considerable experience gained from supporting clients in several different countries at a wide range of venues. Cruise ship presentations focus on unique tales of Heroes, Hazards & Honours experienced by Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII, as well as its Characters, Courage and Calamities. Peter came to know some of the agents who have now all sadly passed away. He is a member of the London based Special Forces Club and has researched extensively on the SOE, a subject he is regularly asked to talk about. He occasionally gives talks about his own life experiences.


		Jeremy Prescott Military History

Coming from:		Southsea, Hampshire UK

Jeremy Prescott was an Army Officer for 26 years reaching the rank of Lt Col seeing operational service in Northern Ireland and Dhofar, Oman. After leaving the Army he was appointed CEO of a charity supporting rural communities. Initially he developed the Sacrifice and Remembrance presentation from a successful bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to support communities in their own commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WW1. From interest from audiences from this presentation this led on to the creation of 13 presentations in the Sacrifice and Remembrance series.


		Jeffrey Shaw Military History, World Affairs, International Relations

Coming from:		Newport, RI USA


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		Bill Simpson OBE Military/Aviation Historian, Author & Port Speaker OBE

Coming from:		Poole, Dorset UK

Bill Simpson served in the Royal Air Force for 25 years. Responsible for air transport operations in Northern Ireland, he was awarded an MBE in 1979. He then commanded two RAF Stations, receiving an OBE from Queen Elizabeth in 1988. Bill's acclaimed biography �The Prince� was published by HarperCollins in 2006 and he now writes historical novels. Bill is an experienced enrichment and destination speaker having completed almost 60 cruises over 7 years and he has employed his passion for - and comprehensive knowledge of - military & aviation history to great effect. In March 2017, Bill was selected to join Viking Ocean as a Resident Historian.


		Dr Robert Sutton General History

Coming from:		Bethesda, MD USA

Dr. Robert K. Sutton retired as Chief Historian of the National Park Service in 2016, culminating a 33-year career in the Park Service. As Chief Historian and as Superintendent at Manassas Battlefield, Sutton led the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the Civil War for the Sesquicentennial. Since retirement, Dr. Sutton started giving lectures on Viking Ocean cruises. He has lectured on the Vikings, the Romans, the histories of various countries in Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, and more. Dr. Sutton is also an award- winning author.


		William Thayer History, Science/Technology & World Affairs

Coming from:		San Diego, California USA

William Thayer received his BS in Math from Stanford, an MS in Aerospace Engineering from USC and an MBA from USC. He has spent 30 years in the aerospace industry in aircraft, missiles and spacecraft and 10 years in real estate/finance. Although he has a technical/financial background, history has always been his passion. He enjoys lecturing on great human accomplishments and great historical events. William enhances his historical experience by actually traveling to where history happened. He has visited all 7 continents, over 60 countries and been around the world 3 times.


		Tony Van Maanenberg South East Asia & Oceania Destinations Historian Navy-Military-Maritime-Australia-New Zealand-Asia

Coming from:		Eli Waters, Qld Australia

Tony loves researching Enrichment and Destination Port topics and strives to have fun with his presentations. His trade background supported by formal qualification from Ballarat University and experience with an amateur theatre group makes his topics, informative, enjoyable and easy to listen to. Tony loves cruising which helps fulfil his passion as a world traveller. He is an amateur Historian and enjoys investigating General, Maritime, Naval, Military and Social History. He also has a fascination for Egyptology, People, Places and things.


		Bjorn Watson Military History BEM MSc MICE

Coming from:		Shrivenham, Oxfordshire UK

Bjorn Watson BEM is a retired Consulting Civil Engineer with a lifetime of experience working in construction. He has served his community since retiring and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2020 for services to his community. He started a U3A military history group after retiring and has a wide knowledge of history, engineering architecture and current affairs. He gives talks to local groups all over the southwest mainly in military history but also in the history of architecture & engineering and he has has also extended this to his extensive travels abroad during his long career.


		Julian Whippy Military History and Battlefield Tours Military History and Law enforcement

Coming from:		Ringshall, Suffolk UK

Julian has had two careers, Military Historian, and Police Officer. He is an experienced and engaging speaker with 25 years in the travel industry as a battlefield guide and 25 years Police service tackling serious and organised crime. Julians latest book, Burning Horizon is the result of many interviews with veterans from the Iraq war. His use of digital media, drone footage and a chameleon like personality allows him to both educate and entertain with captivating presentations on Military History and his Police experiences.


		Professor Jon A. Wiant World Affairs, Intelligence & Military History SES (Ret.), Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies

Coming from:		Falls Church, Virginia USA

Jon Wiant is an authority on the intelligence and international affairs. His career spanned the Cold War and the global national security challenges that followed. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and the NSC Director for Intelligence Policy as well as senior positions at CIA and Defense. In retirement, this recipient of the Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal has taught at Washington universities. Cruise passengers will be intrigued by his talks on intelligence and international affairs.


		Peter Williams CMG OBE Espionage & Military Intelligence Historian Major General

Coming from:		Highworth, Wiltshire UK

After studying History at Cambridge University, Peter Williams spent over 30 years in the British Army (Coldstream Guards) and retired in 2005 as a major general. During his military career he received many medals, an MBE, OBE, CMG and a Mention in Despatches. He currently helps to train British defence attach�s, edits a prestigious military journal, and lectures on military history and current affairs in the cruise and education sectors. He is a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.