Robert M. Citino | |
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Born | June 19, 1958 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | (age 66)
Awards | Paul M. Birdsall Prize for Best Book in Strategic Studies Distinguished Book Award, Society for Military History |
Academic background | |
Education | Ohio State University Indiana University |
Academic work | |
Era | 19th and 20th centuries |
Institutions | University of North Texas U.S. Army War College (visiting professor) |
Main interests | Military history: History of warfare, World War II and the Wehrmacht |
Notable works | Books on the Wehrmacht and the Reichswehr |
Notable ideas | Development of the German operational doctrine into the "German way of war"[1] |
Robert M. Citino (born June 19, 1958) is an American military historian and the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at the National WWII Museum. He is an authority on modern German military history, with an emphasis on World War II and the German influence upon modern operational doctrine.[2]
Citino received recognition for his works from the American Historical Association, the Society for Military History, and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. The Historically Speaking journal described him as "one of the most perceptive military historians writing today".[1]