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Dr.
Adrian R. 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 R. 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][2]

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.[1]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Honors

  • University of Kansas, Professorship, David B. Pittaway, 2019[5]
  • University of Kansas, KU Leading Light Award, 2011
  • University of North Texas, Honors Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, 2000-2001
  • University of North Texas,Professing Women Award, 1997-1998

Publications

  • 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. [6]
  • 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.[7]
  • The American Culture of War: A History of American Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom. New York: Routledge, 2007.[8][9]
  • Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Conscription, the Republic and America's Future" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory by Adrian R. Lewis, 2001 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ^ "Adrian R. Lewis". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. ^ "First class of students from Wounded Warrior program to graduate May 16 - KU News". archive.news.ku.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. ^ "$500K gift establishes KU professorship for military history". LJWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  6. ^ Lewis, Adrian R., (2018). The American culture of war : the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom (Third edition ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-84506-4. OCLC 1003517708. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (2012). The American culture of war : the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom (2nd ed ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-89020-5. OCLC 754518643. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (2007). The American culture of war : the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97976-5. OCLC 70131086.
  9. ^ "A JSTOR Time Line", JSTOR, Princeton University Press, pp. XXVII–XXXVI, 2012-12-31, ISBN 978-1-4008-4311-4, retrieved 2020-05-28
  10. ^ Lewis, Adrian R.,. Omaha Beach : a flawed victory. Chapel Hill. ISBN 0-8078-5469-7. OCLC 51234628.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "A JSTOR Time Line", JSTOR, Princeton University Press, pp. XXVII–XXXVI, 2012-12-31, ISBN 978-1-4008-4311-4, retrieved 2020-05-28


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