Robert A. Doughty | |
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| Born | November 4, 1943 Tullos, Louisiana |
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| Discipline | Military History |
| Institutions | United States Military Academy |
Robert Allan Doughty (born November 4, 1943) is an American military historian and retired United States Army officer.
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Early life
Doughty was born in Tullos, Louisiana, on November 4, 1943, to parents John and Georgia Doughty.[1][2]
Career
He attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1965. Doughty subsequently completed a tour of duty in Germany before deploying to Vietnam in an advisory role in 1968. Upon his return to the United States, Doughty pursued graduate study, earning a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972, followed by a doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Doughty served a second stint in Germany. In 1985, he was named head of the history department at West Point, and retired from the position in 2005.[1][2]
Doughty devoted much of his career to studying French military actions during the world wars.[3] He held the Harold Keith Johnson Chair in Military History at the U.S. Army Military History Institute from 1995 to 1996.[4]
Personal life
He is the father of the singer-songwriter Mike Doughty[5]
Awards and recognition
In 1986, Doughty received the Paul Birdsall Prize from the American Historical Association.[6] The Society for Military History named him the 2006 awardee of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize.[7]
Selected books
- Doughty, R. A. (2014) [1985]. The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919–39 (Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA ed.). Hamden, CT: Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-1460-0.
- Doughty, Robert A. (1990). The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940. Archon Books. ISBN 978-0-208-02281-3.[8]
- Doughty, Robert A.; Flint, Roy K.; Gruber, Ira D. (1995). Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations from 1600 to 1871. Vol. I. D.C. Heath. ISBN 978-0-669-20939-6.[9]
- Doughty, Robert A.; Flint, Roy K. (1995). Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations Since 1871. Vol. II. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-669-20940-2.[10]
- Doughty, Robert A. (2005). Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Belknap. ISBN 978-0-674-01880-8.[11]
References
- ^ a b Doughty, Robert A. (March 14, 2006). ""Fighting The Wolves At The Door": From Advisor In Vietnam To Department Head At West Point" (Interview). Interviewed by Lance Betros. West Point, New York. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "Doughty, Robert A. 1943–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Kiesling, Eugenia C. (July 2007). "Illuminating Strange Defeat and Pyrrhic Victory : The Historian Robert A. Doughty". The Journal of Military History. 71 (3): 875–888. doi:10.1353/jmh.2007.0212. JSTOR 30052893. S2CID 159519771. ProQuest 195643894.
- ^ "Annual War Studies Symposium". University of North Texas. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Doughty, Mike (January 28, 2012). The Book of Drugs. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. pp. 252. ISBN 978-0-306-81877-6.
- ^ "Paul Birdsall Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Samuel Eliot Morison Prize". Society for Military History. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Reviews include of The Breaking Point include:
- Maurer, John H.; Doughty, Robert Allan (1992). "The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940". Naval War College Review. 45 (4).
- Cairns, John C. (April 1, 1991). "The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940 by Robert Allan Doughty (Book Review)". The Journal of Military History. 55 (2): 265. doi:10.2307/1985921. JSTOR 1985921. ProQuest 1296638517.
- ^ Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. I include:
- Cohen, Eliot A. (May–June 1997). "Warfare in the Western World by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Foreign Affairs. 76 (3): 128. doi:10.2307/20048052. JSTOR 20048052.
- Cooper, Jerry (August 1998). "Warfare in the Western World. Volume I: Military Operations from 1600 to 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber; Warfare in the Western World. Volume II: Military Operations Since 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Journal of Southern History. 64 (3): 514–516. doi:10.2307/2587794. JSTOR 2587794.
- Showalter, D. E. (April 1, 1998). ""Warfare in the Western World", vol. 1, "Military Operations from 1600–1871"; by Robert Doughty et al. (Book Review)". The Journal of Military History. 62 (2): 388. doi:10.2307/120728. JSTOR 120728. ProQuest 1296703448.
- ^ Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. 2 include:
- Cooper, Jerry (August 1998). "Warfare in the Western World. Volume I: Military Operations from 1600 to 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber; Warfare in the Western World. Volume II: Military Operations Since 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Journal of Southern History. 64 (3): 514–516. doi:10.2307/2587794. JSTOR 2587794.
- Showalter, D. E. (April 1, 1998). ""Warfare in the Western World", vol. 2, "Military Operations Since 1871", by Robert Doughty et al. (Book Review)". The Journal of Military History. 62 (2): 388. doi:10.2307/120728. JSTOR 120728. ProQuest 1296703473.
- ^ Reviews of Pyrrhic Victory include:
- Smith, Leonard V. (April 2006). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War (review)". The Journal of Military History. 70 (2): 487–488. doi:10.1353/jmh.2006.0131. S2CID 159719489.
- Porch, Douglas (2007). "Learning That Fire Kills". The Review of Politics. 69 (1): 165–167. doi:10.1017/S0034670507000484. JSTOR 20452869. S2CID 143599133.
- Bach, André (2009). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". Politique étrangère. 74 (3): 678–681. JSTOR 42715670.
- Implay, Talbot (June 2007). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". The English Historical Review. 122 (497): 784–786. doi:10.1093/ehr/cem120. JSTOR 4493926.
- Young, Robert J. (2007). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". The International History Review. 29 (1): 174–176. JSTOR 40109922.
- Mosier, John (2006). "Reviewed Work: Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". The Historian. 68 (4): 872–873. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2006.00169_46.x. JSTOR 24453793. S2CID 218495117.
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