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* ''[[Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle]]'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Richard B. |date=January 1992 |title=Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle |publisher=Penguin Publishing |isbn=9780140165616}}</ref>—Won the General [[Wallace M. Greene]] Award from the U.S. Marine Corps<ref name="USNI">{{cite web |title=Richard B. Frank |url=https://www.usni.org/people/richard-b-frank |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=22 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle]]'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Frank |first1=Richard B. |date=January 1992 |title=Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle |publisher=Penguin Publishing |isbn=9780140165616}}</ref>—Won the General [[Wallace M. Greene]] Award from the U.S. Marine Corps<ref name="USNI">{{cite web |title=Richard B. Frank |url=https://www.usni.org/people/richard-b-frank |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=22 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire]]'' (1999). {{ISBN|9780141001463}}.
* ''[[Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire]]'' (1999). {{ISBN|9780141001463}}.
* "No Bomb, No End", in ''[[What If? 2]]'' (2001).
* "No Bomb, No End", in ''[[What If? 2 (essays)|What If? 2]]'' (2001).
* [http://www.weeklystandard.com/why-truman-dropped-the-bomb/article/7093 "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb"], ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' (August 8, 2005): p.&nbsp;20.
* [http://www.weeklystandard.com/why-truman-dropped-the-bomb/article/7093 "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb"], ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' (August 8, 2005): p.&nbsp;20.
* ''MacArthur'' (2007). {{ISBN| 9781403976581}}.
* ''MacArthur'' (2007). {{ISBN| 9781403976581}}.

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Richard B. Frank (born November 11, 1947) is an American lawyer and military historian.[1]

Born in Kansas, Frank graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969, after which he served four years in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War, he served a tour of duty as a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1976, he graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center.[1]

Bibliography

Frank has written several books and articles on the Pacific campaign of World War II and Southeast Asia:

  • Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle (1990)[2]—Won the General Wallace M. Greene Award from the U.S. Marine Corps[3]
  • Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (1999). ISBN 9780141001463.
  • "No Bomb, No End", in What If? 2 (2001).
  • "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb", The Weekly Standard (August 8, 2005): p. 20.
  • MacArthur (2007). ISBN 9781403976581.
  • "George Polk's Real World War II Record", Washington Examiner (February 26, 2007)
  • Frank, Richard B. (2020). Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, July 1937–May 1942 (First ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9781324002109.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b MILITARY HISTORIAN WINS 2000 TRUMAN BOOK AWARD Harry S. Truman Library
  2. ^ Frank, Richard B. (January 1992). Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle. Penguin Publishing. ISBN 9780140165616.
  3. ^ "Richard B. Frank". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War (1937–1942) with Author Richard B. Frank". The National WWII Museum. 7 July 2020.
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