St. John’s College
Olivia A. Garard served as an active duty officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2014 to 2020. She is currently investigating to what extent we can understand the phenomenon of warfare through the mind of the commander in Carl von Clausewitz’s On War. She hopes to do the same with The Sunzi. She holds an A.B. in philosophy from Princeton University, a M.A. in war studies from King’s College London, a M.A. in liberal arts from St. John’s College, and is working towards a M.A. in eastern classics from the same. Her first book is An Annotated Guide to Tactics: Carl von Clausewitz’s Theory of the Combat (Marine Corps University Press, 2021). She tweets at @teaandtactics.