Lynn Montross
Lynn Montross was born in Battle Creek, Nebraska in 1895, and lived in Denver, Colorado, before moving to Washington, D.C. He studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I, and afterward became a free-lance writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961, about a year after the publication of the third edition of his book War Through the Ages.[1][2][3]
From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps.
References
- ↑ Arquilla, John. "The ABCs of Strategy". Retrieved Oct 23, 2020.
- ↑ Montross, Lynn (January 1, 1960). War Through the Ages (Revised and enlarged 3rd ed.). Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0060130008.
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External links
Media related to Lynn Montross at Wikimedia Commons- "America's Most Imitated Battle." by Lynn Montross. American Heritage, Vol. 7, No. 3 (April 1956), pp. 35–37, 100–101.
- List of works by Lynn Montross
- Lynn Montross Papers at Syracuse University
- Works by Lynn Montross at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1961 deaths
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American male non-fiction writers