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Dr.
Adrian Richard Lewis
Ph.D
File:Dr. Adrian Richard Lewis.jpg
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, (MA) University of Chicago (PhD)
Occupation(s)Army Veteran, Historian and Professor
Years active1977-present

Dr. Adrian Richard Lewis, is an United States Army Veteran, American Historian and Professor. His areas of expertise include, National Security, 20th Century Warfare, Military Affairs, Korean War, Vietnam War, World War II, D-Day - Normandy Invasion at Omaha Beach and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a David B. Pittaway Professor, and Quincy Institute Fellow. He is currently a Professor at University of Kansas in the History Department. He is also a retired United States Army Officer, who served in the Ninth Infantry Division and the Second Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis, Washington.[1]

Education

Lewis earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1995 under, Michael Geyer, historian at University of Chicago. Lewis’ dissertation became his first book, Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory, published in 2001 by University North Carolina Press, https://uncpress.org/. Omaha Beach is still considered the best analysis available on the Normandy Invasion and the battle for Omaha Beach. He earned his Masters of Arts degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in European and Military history. Also, Lewis earned his Masters of Business Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Lewis has researched and written extensively on war, national security, and military affairs. The second edition of his book, The American Culture of War, was published in 2012 and third edition published in 2018.[2]

Career

Lewis has taught at the United States Military Academy, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of North Texas, Denton, where he chaired the Department of History. He has also taught the Strategy and Policy course for the Naval War College. At the University of Kansas, Lewis served as the first Director of the Office of Professional Military Graduate Education, an office he helped create. This office worked extensively with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, creating new, advance degree programs. This included the creation of the Wounded Warriors Program at the University of Kansas. Lewis specializes in twentieth century warfare: World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the more recent military operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.[2]

Personal

Born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1950s. Graduated from Calumet High School in 1970. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1972. He served 2 years as an active duty enlisted soldier. After exiting active duty, he joined the Army Reserves and served 2 more years, after which, he entered US Berkeley. He graduated from Berkeley in December 1977 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Infantry Officer in the Regular Army of the United States.

Honors

University of Kansas, Professorship, David B. Pittaway, 2019[3]

University of Kansas, KU Leading Light Award, 2011[1]

University of North Texas, Honors Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, 2000-2001[2]

University of North Texas,Professing Women Award, 1997-1998[2]

Publications

A list of other contributions can be found at: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415979757/curriculumvita.asp

Books:

  1. The American Culture of War: A History of American Military Force from World War II to the Global War on Terrorism. 3rd Edition. New York: Routledge, 2018. https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/95859598/the-american-culture-of-war/adrian-r-lewis/
  2. The American Culture of War: A History of American Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom, 2nd Edition. New York: Routledge, 2012. (Accompanying website at: www.routledge.com/cw/lewis-9780415890199/.) This book was published as an E-Book in March 2014.)
  3. The American Culture of War: A History of American Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom. New York: Routledge, 2007. (Accompanying website at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415979757.)
  4. Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001. (This book was selected by the History Book Club as the “dual main selection,” May 2001. It is in its sixth print and was published in a paperback edition in spring 2003. In 2002 it was translated and published in Barcelona, Spain by Ariel Press in the Ariel Grandes Batallas series. In 2004 Tempus Press published it in the U.K. Chapters of this book are required reading at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and on the recommended reading list of the Naval War College.) https://uncpress.org/book/9780807854693/omaha-beach/.[2]

Essays Published:

  1. “Allied Plans for the Normandy Invasion,” Introductory essay for The National World War II Museum, America in World War Two, Oral Histories and Personnel Accounts website, June 2019. https://www.amdigital.co.uk/primary-sources/america-in-world-war-two
  2. “Combat Power, Measurement of,” (1000-word essay) Encyclopedia of Military Science, edited, G. Kurt Piehler, Los Angeles, California: SAGE Reference, 2013, 360-362.  file:///C:/Users/Robox3ofus/Downloads/p245801coll10_185506.pdf
  3. “Too Few Serve in Today’s America,” U.S. News and World Report, Weekly, June 5, 2009, Vol. 1, No. 20, (available online). http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/opinions/52758088/too-few-serve-todays-america
  4. “Enola Gay,” “Blitz,” “Flying Tigers,” “Wingate’s Raiders,” The World Book Encyclopedia, Associate Editor, Jake Bumgardner, 2008.
  5. “Matthew B. Ridgway” and others for The World Book Encyclopedia, 2006. https://archive.org/stream/BooksCommunistManifestoEssaysArticlesReports-VariousPdfFiles2/TheAmericanCultureOfWar-AHistoryOfUsMilitaryForceFromWorldWarIiToOperationEnduringFreedom_djvu.txt
  6. “The Korean War,” “The Vietnam War,” “The Normandy Invasion,” “The Sicily Invasion,” “The United States Army.” Encyclopedia of U.S. Military History, edited by Spencer C. Tucker, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Publishers,
  7. 2003.https://www.academia.edu/31716370/22_short_articles_in_Spencer_Tucker_ed._Encyclopedia_of_the_Vietnam_War_A_Political_Social_and_Military_History._3_vols._Denver_ABC-Clio_Publishing_1998_._Award-winning_title_4_times_over._2nd_edition_published_in_4_vols_ABC-CLIO_2011
  8. “Admiral Alan G. Kirk,” “Admiral John Lesslie Hall,” “Admiral H. Kent Hewitt,” “Amphibious Warfare,” and “Amphibious Vehicles: Landing Vehicles, Tracked (LVT).” Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia, edited by Spencer C. Tucker. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio Publishers, 2002. These are 500 to 2000-word essays.https://books.google.com/booksid=ELDlCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT650&lpg=PT650&dq=adrian+lewis+Naval+Warfare:+An+International+Encyclopedia&source=bl&ots=hYNNb8tWYU&sig=ACfU3U0aXA3HGHtl4u9o-3VpEmGH0aZOuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPnZXElLzoAhVsknIEHcrzCRQQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=adrian%20lewis%20Naval%20Warfare%3A%20An%20International%20Encyclopedia&f=false
  9. “The Causes of War” (3000-word essay) and “The Korean War” (1000-word essay). The Reader’s Guide to Military History, edited by Charles Messenger. London, England:Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001.
  10. Encyclopedia Britannica World Wide Web site articles on the Normandy invasion. The following entries were written for the Encyclopedia Britannica Normandy Web site: Ranger, Commando, Sherman Tank, Half-track, Tank Destroyer, Mulberry, Landing Ship, Landing Craft, DUKW (amphibious truck). The Normandy Web site was released on 1 June 1998. http://normandy.eb.com/normandy/articles/landing-craft.html.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Adrian Lewis". Department of History. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lewis, Adrian R. (2008-01-31). "The American Culture of War". cw.routledge.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. ^ "$500K gift establishes KU professorship for military history". LJWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.

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