H·R·麦克马斯特

赫伯特·雷蒙德·“H·R”·麦克马斯特（英语：Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster，1962年7月24日—），美国陆军中将、无党籍政治人物，毕业于美国北卡罗莱纳大学历史系博士，曾任美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的国家安全事务助理，退伍前曾任陆军能力综合中心主任、美国陆军训练和作战指挥部副指挥官，著有《全球战场：美国如何摆脱战略自恋，面对全球七大安全挑战？》与《玩忽职守：林登·约翰逊、罗伯特·麦纳马拉、参谋长联席会议及那些导致出兵越南的谎言》等书。

国家安全事务助理

2017年2月，在迈克尔·T·弗林因涉与俄罗斯交流外交情报而辞职，八天后总统特朗普提名麦克马斯特为国家安全事务助理。

著作

《全球战场：美国如何摆脱战略自恋，面对全球七大安全挑战？》（Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World，纽约：哈泼柯林斯，2020；中文译本，谭天/译，台北：八旗文化，2022）

Herbert Raymond McMaster (born July 24, 1962) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 25th United States National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He is also known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Born in Philadelphia, McMaster graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1984 and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1996. His dissertation was critical of American strategy and military leadership during the Vietnam War and served as the basis for his book Dereliction of Duty, which was a NYT Bestseller and is widely read in the United States military. During the Gulf War, then Captain McMaster commanded Eagle Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of 73 Easting.

After the Gulf War, McMaster attended graduate school at UNC Chapel Hill then taught military history at the United States Military Academy from 1994 to 1996. After serving as a squadron executive officer and a regimental operations officer in the 11th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Irwin, California, he commanded the 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry at Schweinfurt, Germany from 1999 to 2002. After an Army War College Fellowship at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, he served as an executive officer and director of the Commander's Advisory Group at United States Central Command forward headquarters command in Qatar. In 2004, he took command of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and fought the Iraqi insurgency in South Baghdad and Tal Afar from 2005 to 2006 after which he became a top counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in Baghdad from 2007 to 2008. Brigadier General McMaster was the Director of Concept Development and Learning at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) from 2008 to 2010. From 2010 to 2012, he commanded Task Force Shafafiyat (Transparency), International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Major General McMaster commanded Fort Benning, Georgia and the Maneuver Center of Excellence from 2012 to 2014. In 2014, Lieutenant General McMaster became Director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General (Futures) at TRADOC.

In February 2017, McMaster succeeded Michael Flynn as President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor. He remained on active duty as a lieutenant general while serving as National Security Advisor, and retired in May 2018. McMaster resigned as National Security Advisor on March 22, 2018, effective April 9, and accepted an academic appointment at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, in 2018.

McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, a lecturer in management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business., serves as the chairman of the Board of Advisors at the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and a distinguished visiting fellow at Arizona State University.

McMaster is also the host of Battlegrounds With H.R. McMaster, a platform for leaders from key countries to share their assessment of problem sets and opportunities that have implications for U.S. foreign policy and national security strategy.

Early life

H.R. McMaster was born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1962. His father, Herbert McMaster Sr., was a veteran of the Korean War who retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel. His mother, Marie C. "Mimi" McMaster (née Curcio), was a school teacher and administrator. He has a younger sister, Letitia. He attended Norwood Fontbonne Academy, graduating in 1976; and high school at Valley Forge Military Academy, graduating in 1980. He earned a commission as a second lieutenant upon graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984.