John C. McManus
Autor(a) de The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach
About the Author
John C. McManus is an award-winning professor, author, and military historian, and a leading expert on the history of the American combat experience. He is the Curators' Distinguished Professor of US military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and recently completed a mostrar mais visiting professorship at the US Naval Academy as the Leo Tifrin Chair of naval and military history. His critically acclaimed books on World II include Deadly Sky, September Hope, and The Dead and Those About to Die. mostrar menos
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Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2008 (2008) — Author "In Review: The Second Battle of the Marne" — 12 cópias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2009 (2008) — Author "In Review: One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro..." — 9 cópias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2010 (2009) — Author "In Review: Tonight We Die as Men" — 7 cópias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2009 (2009) — Author "In Review: We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam" — 6 cópias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2009 (2009) — Author "In Review: The Gamble" — 6 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1965-09-13
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Educação
- University of Missouri, Columbia (B.J. ∙ 1987)
University of Missouri, Columbia (M.A. ∙ 1991)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Ph.D. ∙ 1996) - Ocupação
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, instructor and research associate, 1992-98
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, assistant director of Center for the Study of War and Society
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, instructor in history, 1998-2000
Missouri University of Science and Technology, instructor, 2000
Missouri University of Science and Technology, assistant professor, 2003-07
Missouri University of Science and Technology, associate professor of history, 2007- - Organizações
- Society for Military History
University of Missouri-Rolla
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 1,396
- Popularidade
- #18,409
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Resenhas
- 25
- ISBNs
- 74
- Idiomas
- 1
McManus gives a vivid account of the fighting but also provides descriptions of the logistics effort that only the American economy could sustain. His pen portraits of the main commanders and their various intra and inter-service machinations was something that is not usually covered.
These books provide an understanding of the US Army contribution in many unknown locations that hardly ever feature in the Pacific narrative.… (mais)