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Robert A. Doughty
Born
Robert Allan Doughty

(1943-11-04) November 4, 1943 (age 81)
Tullos, Louisiana, U.S.
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineMilitary History
InstitutionsUnited States Military Academy

Robert Allan Doughty (born November 4, 1943) is an American military historian and retired United States Army officer.

Early life

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Doughty was born in Tullos, Louisiana, on November 4, 1943, to parents John and Georgia Doughty.[1][2]

Career

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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

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He is the father of the singer-songwriter Mike Doughty.[5]

Awards and recognition

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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 [de].[7]

Selected books

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Doughty, Robert A. 1943–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Annual War Studies Symposium". University of North Texas. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ^ Doughty, Mike (January 28, 2012). The Book of Drugs. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. pp. 252. ISBN 978-0-306-81877-6.
  6. ^ "Paul Birdsall Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Samuel Eliot Morison Prize". Society for Military History. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Reviews include of The Breaking Point include:
  9. ^ Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. I include:
  10. ^ Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. 2 include:
  11. ^ Reviews of Pyrrhic Victory include:
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