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Adrian R. Lewis is an United States Army veteran, American historian and the David B. Pittaway Professor and Quincy Institute Fellow at the University of Kansas, where he has been a history professor since 2008.[1]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.[2][3][4][5] . 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. [2][3][4][5]

Education

Lewis earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. .[6][7] He earned his Masters of Arts from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in European and Military history. He also earned his Masters of Business Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Edwardsville. Lewis earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1995 under historian Michael Geyer. His' dissertation became his first book, Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory (2001, University of North Carolina Press). The book analyzes the Normandy Invasion and the battle for Omaha Beach.[8][9][10] His second book, The American Culture of War, was published by Routledge,in 2007. (2nd ed, 2012, third, 2018.)[11][12]

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.[13] 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 advanced degree programs. This included the creation of the Wounded Warriors Program at the University of Kansas. Lewis specializes in 20th-century warfare: World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the more recent military operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.[14][15]

Honors

  • University of Kansas, Professorship, David B. Pittaway, 2019[16]
  • University of North Texas, Honors Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, 2000-2001

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.[17]
  • 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.[18][19]
  • The American Culture of War: A History of American Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom. New York: Routledge, 2007.[20][21][22]
  • Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 2001.[23][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Adrian R. Lewis, Author at Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft". Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (November–December 2009). "Conscription, the Republic and America's Future" (PDF). Military Review.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory by Adrian R. Lewis, 2001". Retrieved 2020-05-28 – via Questia.
  4. ^ "Adrian Lewis". Department of History. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ^ "Lewis, Adrian R." Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (1998-10-01). "The Failure of Allied Planning and Doctrine for Operation Overlord: The Case of Minefield and Obstacle Clearance". The Journal of Military History. 62 (4). Lexington, VA: 787 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (2009-06-06). "On D-Day's 65th Anniversary, Americans' Reluctance to Serve Is Shameful". US News & World Report.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Military historian available to discuss D-Day anniversary". The University of Kansas. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. ^ Copp, Terry (2004). "Review of Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory". War in History. 11 (4): 479–481. ISSN 0968-3445.
  10. ^ "Reception and Keynote Address: Dr. Adrian Lewis, "Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory"". Eisenhower Foundation, KS. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  11. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (November–December 2009). "Conscription, the Republic and America's Future" (PDF). Military Review.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Tovy, Tal (2012-10-01). "Review of Lewis, Adrian R., The American Culture of War: A History of U.S. Military Force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom". H-Net. Retrieved 2012-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Adrian R. Lewis". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  14. ^ "First class of students from Wounded Warrior program to graduate May 16" (Press release). University of Kansas. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  15. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (October 2001). "Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy by Russell A. Hart". The Journal of Military History. 65 (4): 1150–1151. Retrieved 2020-06-15 – via JSTOR.
  16. ^ "$500K gift establishes KU professorship for military history". LJWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  17. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (2018). The American culture of war : the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-84506-4. OCLC 1003517708.
  18. ^ 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.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-89020-5. OCLC 754518643.
  19. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. (2014-10-24). The American Culture of War: A History of US Military Force from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-12615-8.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ a b Schonfeld, Roger C. (2012-12-31). A JSTOR Time Line. Princeton University Press. pp. XXVII–XXXVI. doi:10.1515/9781400843114.xxvii. ISBN 978-1-4008-4311-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  22. ^ "The American culture of war: the history of U.S. military force from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom". Chicago: Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  23. ^ Lewis, Adrian R. Omaha Beach : a flawed victory. Chapel Hill. ISBN 0-8078-5469-7. OCLC 51234628.
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