William Howard Russell Brompton Cemetery, London. He married twice. His first marriage was to Mary Burrows, of Irish origin. After her death in 1867, he married Countess Antoinette Malvezzi, an Italian. They remained married until his death. Russell's dispatches via telegraph from the Crimea remain as his legacy; for the first time he brought the realities of war home to readers. This helped diminish the distance between the home front and remote battle fields. Russell's war reporting (often in semi-verbatim form) features prominently in Northern Irish poet Ciarán Carson's reconstruction of the Crimean War in "Breaking News" (2003). His biography was written by
Russell D. Howard was the Founding Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies at The Fletcher School, before leaving in September 2008. Presently, General Howard is a Senior Fellow at Joint Special Operations University and an Adjunct Professor at The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Russell D. Howard Brigadier General (retired) Russell D. Howard is an American veteran Special Forces officer, academic, tutor, writer and counter-terrorism strategist. BG. (ret) Russell Howard is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program (MonTREP) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. General Howard served as an "A" Team Commander