PUBLICATIONS
"Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man."
- Anonymous -
Books
Palka E.J and Galgano FA (eds.), 2001. The Scope of Military Geography: Across The Spectrum From Peacetime To War. New York, New York: The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.
Palka EJ and Galgano FA (eds.), 2005. Military Geography: From Peace to War, New York, New York: The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.
Palka EJ and Galgano FA (eds.), 2005. Regional Perspectives: North Korea. New York, New York: The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.
Galgano FA and Palka EJ (eds.), 2011. Modern Military Geography. New York: Routledge.
Galgano FA 2019 (ed.). The Environment–Conflict Nexus: Climate Change and the Emergent National Security Landscape. New York: Springer.
Publications
Recent Peer Reviewed Papers
McKenzie R. and Galgano FA. 2026. The Geography of Fragility: Climate Change and the Escalation of Violent Conflict in Mali. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 64 (1): 23-63. DOI 10.66518/XLUB4092
Laughlin A. and Galgano FA, 2025. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Drought and Violence in Darfur, Sudan. African Security Review, 34 (1): 60-83.
Galgano, FA, 2024. The 1964 Jordan River Diversion Plan: Transboundary Water Basins and Conflict. Case Studies in the Environment, 8 (1): 1-18.
Galgano, FA, 2023. Hostis Humani Generis: Pirates and Global Maritime Commerce. Research in Globalization, 8 (2024) 100188
Miller, M. and Galgano, FA, 2023. Potential Effects of Sea–Level Rise on Critical Infrastructure in New York City and Los Angeles. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 60 (2): 1–21.
McRae M, Lee RA, Steinschneider S, and Galgano FA, 2021. Assessing Aircraft Performance in a Warming Climate, Weather, Climate and Society, 13 (1): 39-55.
Galgano FA, 2013. Disasters and Conflict: The Ogaden War of 1977. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 51 (2): 66–90.
Galgano FA, 2012. Water and Conflict: The Evolving Environmental Security Landscape. Middle States Geographer. 45: 29–39.
Krakowka A, Hiemel N, and Galgano FA, 2012. Modeling Environmental Security in Sub–Saharan Africa. Geographical Bulletin, 53: 21–38.
Galgano FA and Krakowka A, 2010. The Environment's Influence on Regional Stability and Conflict. The Pennsylvania Geographer, 48 (2): 11–40.
Recent Chapters in Peer Reviewed Scholarly Books
Forthcoming in 2026:
Galgano FA. and Laughlin A. The First Climate War? An Environmental Security Analysis of the Darfur Conflict. In Henrico, I. and Kleynhans, E.P. (eds), The Geoscience Compass: Navigating the New Terrain of Military Operations. Springer Verlag.
Galgano FA. Evolution of the Scope of Military Operations: The Emergence of Failed States and Effective Sovereignty Doctrine. In Henrico, I. and Kleynhans, E.P. (eds), The Geoscience Compass: Navigating the New Terrain of Military Operations. Springer Verlag.
Published:
Galgano FA, 2022. Contemporary National Security Threats on the High Seas, In Military Geoscience: A Multifaceted Approach to the Study of Warfare, Ehlen J, and Bondesan A, (eds.), New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 267–285.
Galgano FA, 2020. Fort Eben Emael: Geographic Pivot of the Western Front, 1940, Military Geoscience, Bridging History to Current Operations, Guth P, (ed.), New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 99–114.
Galgano FA, 2016. Environmental Security and Trans-Boundary Water Resources, pp 169–191. In Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare, McDonald E, Bullard T, (eds.). New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 169–189.
Galgano FA, 2011. Effective Sovereignty and Western Pakistan. In Understanding Pakistan, Through Human and Environmental System, (eds.) Hummel LJ and Wolfel RL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Center for Strategic Studies, United States Army War College, pp. 271–304.
Galgano FA, 2009. Sichelschnitt: The German Attack Through the Ardennes – A Geographic Analysis of a Decisive Campaign. In The History and Technology of Military Geology and Geography. P Nathanail, B Abrahart and R Bradshaw (eds.), Nottingham, United Kingdom: Total Graphics, Ltd, pp. 185–198.
Galgano FA, Decisive Terrain: A Military Geography of Fortress West Point. In Studies in Military Geography and Geology, Caldwell DR, Ehlen J, and Harmon RS, (eds.), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 105–121.
Other Scholarly Publications
Galgano FA, 2018. Military Geography. In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Edited by Barney Warf, New York: Oxford University Press.
Galgano FA, 2013. Military Geography. In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Edited by Barney Warf, New York: Oxford University Press.
Galgano FA, 2011. Geography of National Security. In 21st Century Geography Reference Series, Stoltman, J. (ed.), Sage, pp. 219–229.
Galgano FA and Rose, E.P.F. 2021. Military Geosciences. In: Alderton D H M and Harmon R S, (eds.) Encyclopedia of Geology 2d Edition, Volume No. 6, pp 648–659, United Kingdom: Academic Press.
Galgano FA and Leatherman SP, 2019. Modes and Patterns of Shoreline Change. In. Encyclopedia of Coastal Processes, Finkle C W and Makowski C, (eds.), New York, Springer. pp. 1171–1180.
Galgano FA 2011. Geography and National Security. In In 21st Century Geography Reference Series, Stoltman, J. (ed.), Sage, pp. 219–229.
Galgano FA, 2010. Geography of War. In Encyclopedia of Geography, Warf, B. (ed.), Los Angeles: Sage, 3044–3048.