Richard B. Frank

Richard B. Frank (born November 11, 1947 in Kansas) is an American lawyer and military historian.

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 Georgetown University Law Center.

Bibliography

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

• Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle (1990)
• Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (1999)
• MacArthur (2007)
• "No Bomb, No End", in What If? 2 (2001)
• "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb", The Weekly Standard, (August 8, 2005): p. 20.
• "George Polk's Real World War II Record", The Weekly Standard, (February 26, 2007)

External links

• Panel discussion on the 132nd Infantry Regiment at Guadalcanal which included Richard B. Frank at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on October 23, 2013
• Appearances on C-SPAN