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Major Edgar “Paddy” O'Ballance (17 July 1918, Dublin, Ireland – 8 July 2009, Wakebridge, Derbyshire, England) was an Irish-born British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems. He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941.As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948. He served in the British army until 1948.

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  • العقيد إدجار أوبلانس (بالإنجليزية: Edgar O'Ballance)‏ (ولد في 17 يوليو 1918- 28 يوليو 2009) هو ضابط بريطاني وصحفي وباحث ومحاضر أكاديمي متخصص في العلاقات الدولية والقضايا الدفاعية. خدم إدجار في الجيش البريطاني حتى عام 1948 حيث عمل صحفيًّا لوكالة أنباء أمريكية حتى عام 1962 وخلال عمله كصحفي غطى أكثر من 20 حربًا ونزاعًا مسلحًا حول العالم، وكتب العديد من المقالات حول العلاقات الدولية، لديه مايقارب 40 مؤلفًا، والعديد من المقالات الدفاعية وعن العلاقة الدولية، كان عضوًا في المعهد الدولي للدراسات الإستراتيجية. (ar)
  • Major Edgar “Paddy” O'Ballance (17 July 1918, Dublin, Ireland – 8 July 2009, Wakebridge, Derbyshire, England) was an Irish-born British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems. He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941.As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948. He served in the British army until 1948. In April 1953 he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a captain, serving with the Sherwood Foresters. He was promoted major in March 1955. In June 1963 he transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the General List. In July 1965 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration. In 1968 he transferred from the General List (Territorial Army) to the General List (Regular Army Reserve of Officers) and having achieved the age limit on 17 July 1968 (his 50th birthday) retired retaining the rank of major. He worked as a journalist for a US Wire Agency from 1948 to 1962, and was thereafter a freelance journalist. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on international relations, defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Chairman of the London-based Military Commentators' Circle. He wrote many articles for military journals and was the author of over forty books. (en)
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  • العقيد إدجار أوبلانس (بالإنجليزية: Edgar O'Ballance)‏ (ولد في 17 يوليو 1918- 28 يوليو 2009) هو ضابط بريطاني وصحفي وباحث ومحاضر أكاديمي متخصص في العلاقات الدولية والقضايا الدفاعية. خدم إدجار في الجيش البريطاني حتى عام 1948 حيث عمل صحفيًّا لوكالة أنباء أمريكية حتى عام 1962 وخلال عمله كصحفي غطى أكثر من 20 حربًا ونزاعًا مسلحًا حول العالم، وكتب العديد من المقالات حول العلاقات الدولية، لديه مايقارب 40 مؤلفًا، والعديد من المقالات الدفاعية وعن العلاقة الدولية، كان عضوًا في المعهد الدولي للدراسات الإستراتيجية. (ar)
  • Major Edgar “Paddy” O'Ballance (17 July 1918, Dublin, Ireland – 8 July 2009, Wakebridge, Derbyshire, England) was an Irish-born British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems. He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941.As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948. He served in the British army until 1948. (en)
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  • إدجار أوبلانس (ar)
  • Edgar O'Ballance (en)
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