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'''Dennis E. Showalter''' |
'''Dennis E. Showalter''' is a professor emeritus of history at [[Colorado College]].<ref>https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/four-faculty-members-promoted-receive-tenure#.Wvn8jogvyUk </ref> Showalter specializes in [[German military history]]. He was president of the American [[Society for Military History]] from 1997 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/history/people/profile.html?person=showalter_dennis_edwin|title=Dennis Showalter • History Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu}}</ref> In addition, Showalter is an advising fellow of the [[Olinto Barsanti|Barsanti Military History Center]] at the [[University of North Texas]].<ref>[http://military.hist.unt.edu/advise_fellows.htm Advising Fellows], Military History Center, University of North Texas.</ref> |
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==Career == |
==Career == |
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Showalter has previously taught at the [[United States Air Force Academy]], the [[United States Military Academy]], and the [[Marine Corps University]].<ref name=Potomac>[http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=1423 Dennis Showalter], Potomac Books, Inc.</ref> He has written extensively on the wars of [[Frederick the Great]], the [[Kingdom of Prussia#1848–1871: German wars of unification|German Wars of Unification]], [[World War I]], and [[World War II]]. |
Showalter began teaching at Colorado College in 1969.<ref>https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/four-faculty-members-promoted-receive-tenure#.Wvn8jogvyUk</ref> Showalter has also previously taught at the [[United States Air Force Academy]], the [[United States Military Academy]], and the [[Marine Corps University]].<ref name=Potomac>[http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=1423 Dennis Showalter], Potomac Books, Inc.</ref> He has written extensively on the wars of [[Frederick the Great]], the [[Kingdom of Prussia#1848–1871: German wars of unification|German Wars of Unification]], [[World War I]], and [[World War II]]. |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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Dennis E. Showalter | |
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| Known for | German military history |
| Notable work | Tannenberg |
Dennis E. Showalter is a professor emeritus of history at Colorado College.[1] Showalter specializes in German military history. He was president of the American Society for Military History from 1997 to 2001.[2] In addition, Showalter is an advising fellow of the Barsanti Military History Center at the University of North Texas.[3]
Career
Showalter began teaching at Colorado College in 1969.[4] Showalter has also previously taught at the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Military Academy, and the Marine Corps University.[5] He has written extensively on the wars of Frederick the Great, the German Wars of Unification, World War I, and World War II.
Awards and honors
- 1992 Paul M. Birdsall Prize for best new book given by the American Historical Association, for Tannenberg[5]
- 2005 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement given by the Society for Military History[6]
Selected works
- "Manifestation of Reform: The Rearmament of the Prussian Infantry, 1806-13," The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 44, No. 3, September 1972
- Railroads and Rifles: Soldiers, Technology, and the Unification of Germany. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon/Shoe String, 1975. ISBN 0-208-01505-1
- Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, 1914. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon, 1991. ISBN 978-0-208-02252-3. Repr. Washington: Brassey's, 2004. ISBN 978-1-57488-781-5
- The Wars of Frederick the Great. London/New York: Longman, 1996. ISBN 978-0-582-06260-3
- The Wars of German Unification. London: Arnold, 2004. ISBN 978-0-340-73210-6
- Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism. Military Profiles. Washington: Potomac, 2005. ISBN 978-1-57488-653-5 (with William J. Astore)
- Patton and Rommel: Men Of War in the Twentieth Century. New York: Berkley Caliber, 2005. ISBN 978-0-425-19346-4
- Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II. Random House, 2013. ISBN 978-1400066773
References
- ^ https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/four-faculty-members-promoted-receive-tenure#.Wvn8jogvyUk
- ^ "Dennis Showalter • History Colorado College". www.coloradocollege.edu.
- ^ Advising Fellows, Military History Center, University of North Texas.
- ^ https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/four-faculty-members-promoted-receive-tenure#.Wvn8jogvyUk
- ^ a b Dennis Showalter, Potomac Books, Inc.
- ^ "Samuel Eliot Morison Prize previous winners". Society for Military History. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
