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About Jeffrey Bristol
I began my adult life as a Persian linguist in the US Army. Later, I earned a commission in the US Navy Reserves where I continue to serve. In between, I worked with the US government as a geo-political analyst. I then entered the academy, earning my M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago and my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Boston University. My primary academic interests are Islamic law, the history and culture of the Islamicate world as well as political and legal theory. I am also a practicing attorney. I received my J.D. from the University of Michigan and have practiced as a litigator, focusing on criminal defense, admiralty, insurance coverage, defense contracts and general litigation.Jeffrey Bristol holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Boston University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago. He practices law, works as an independent scholar and serves as an officer in the US Navy Reserve. He lives with his wife and two children in Tampa, Fl.
NBN Episodes hosted by Jeffrey:
January 31, 2022
How Isis Fights
In How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Edinburgh UP, 2021), Omar Ashour has written a detailed and data-rich analysis o…
April 9, 2021
The Last Platoon
The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War (Bombardier Books, 2020) is a riveting book of infantry ground combat. As a work of fiction it is sup…
March 3, 2021
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy (US Naval Institute Press, 2019), is a readable introduction to the world of maritime strategy. While Prof Holmes b…
November 9, 2020
Natural Law in Court
R. H. Helmholz's book Natural Law in Court (Harvard UP, 2015) serves as a guide to the uses of natural law in the past. It shows how lawyers, judges a…
October 27, 2020
Crafting Masculine Selves
Against the backdrop of four decades of continuous conflict in Afghanistan, the Pashtun male protagonists of this book carry out their daily effort to…
April 1, 2020
Captured at Sea
Captured at Sea: Piracy and Protection in the Indian Ocean (University of California Press, 2019) is a pirate story of a different kind. Based on year…
January 24, 2019
Under Contract
Noah Coburn's Under Contract: The Invisible Workers of America's Global War (Stanford University Press, 2018) is about the hidden workers of American’…
January 15, 2019
The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy
John Witte, Jr.'s The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is an extensively researched book showcasing the auth…
November 8, 2018
Sacred Rice
Sacred Rice: An Ethnography of Identity, Environment, and Development in Rural West Africa (Oxford University Press, 2015) is a book about change. The…
October 5, 2018
Rojava
Thomas Schmidinger's Rojava: Revolution, War and the Future of Syria’s Kurds (Pluto Press, 2018) is an exploration of the history and present of Syria…
July 10, 2018
Lawsuits in a Market Economy
Stephen C. Yeazell's Lawsuits in a Market Economy: The Evolution of Civil Litigation (University of Chicago Press, 2018) is an in-depth look at the de…
June 20, 2018
Anthropology and Anthropologists
Adam Kuper's Anthropology and Anthropologists: The British School in the Twentieth-Century (Fourth Edition; Routledge, 2014) is an excellent, comprehe…