About the Author

Rodney P. Carlisle earned his B.A. in history from Harvard (cum laude) and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a former chair and professor emeritus of the history department at Rutgers University, Camden, where he taught for more than 30 years, specializing in 20th-century history, in particular military history. Carlisle is now professor emeritus there