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Robert M. Citino

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Robert M. Citino
Citino in 2009
BornJune 19, 1958(1958-06-19)(age66)
Cleveland, Ohio,U.S.
AwardsPaul M. BirdsallPrize for Best Book in Strategic Studies
Distinguished Book Award,Society for Military History
Academic background
EducationOhio State University
Indiana University
Academic work
Era19th and 20th centuries
InstitutionsUniversity of North Texas
U.S. Army War College(visiting professor)
Main interestsMilitary history:History of warfare,World War IIand theWehrmacht
Notable worksBooks on theWehrmachtand theReichswehr
Notable ideasDevelopment of the German operational doctrine into the "German way of war"[1]

Robert M. Citino(born June 19, 1958) is an Americanmilitary historianand the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at theNational WWII Museum.He is an authority on modernGerman military history,with an emphasis onWorld War IIand the German influence upon modern operational doctrine.[2]

Citino received recognition for his works from theAmerican Historical Association,theSociety for Military History,and theNew York Military Affairs Symposium.TheHistorically Speakingjournal described him as "one of the most perceptive military historians writing today".[1]

Early life and education

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Citino was born and grew up inCleveland,Ohio.[1]His father was aUnited States Armyveteran of thePacific Warwho served in theGuadalcanal Campaignas acombat medicand gave Citino a copy ofGuadalcanal DiarybyRichard Tregaskis.[3]

After graduatingmagna cum laudewith his Bachelor of Arts in history fromOhio State Universityin 1978, he earned his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy fromIndiana Universityin 1980 and 1984.[4]Citino is fluent in German, having first learned it as an undergraduate, and is a prolific reader of early 20th-century German military literature.[1][3]

Career

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Citino has held academic postings at theUniversity of North Texas,Lake Erie College,Eastern Michigan University,United States Military Academy at West Point,and theUnited States Army War College.[5]

He is a fellow of theBarsanti Military History Center,a trustee of theSociety for Military History,and a consultant for theWhite Housestaff. He has also appeared as a consultant on theHistory Channel.[6]

He currently chairs the Historical Advisory Subcommittee of theDepartment of the Army.

Wehrmacht history

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Throughout his career Citino has advocated changing the current nomenclature of German military tactics. Although he uses the wordBlitzkriegon the cover of his books, he has always espoused the view that it should be called by its proper German military term,Bewegungskrieg,ormanoeuvre warfare.Citino has taught courses onNazi GermanyandAmerican military history,includingKorea,Vietnam,and theCold War.[1]

On March 15, 2013, Citino was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Book Award by theSociety for Military Historyfor his workThe Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943.The book explores German losses in key campaigns in 1943—losses which would eventually lead to an erosion of the German military's strategic advantage. It is his second Distinguished Book Award; he previously received one in 2004 for his bookBlitzkrieg to Desert Storm.[7]Citino was a visiting professor at theUnited States Army War Collegein Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the 2013–14 academic school year.[8]

Awards

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Works

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  • Citino (1991).Germany and the Union of South Africa in the Nazi Period.Greenwood Press.
  • Citino (1994).Armored Forces: History and Sourcebook.Greenwood Press.
  • Citino (1999).The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920–1939.Lynne Rienner; Stackpole Books (paperback, 2008)
  • Citino (2000).Was the Reputation of the Wehrmacht for Military Superiority Deserved?InHistory in Dispute4,World War II, 1939–1945Detroit: St. James Press.
  • Citino (2001).The Weimar Roots of German Military Planning.InMilitary Planning and the Origins of the Second World War in Europe.edited by B.J.C. McKercher and Roch Legault. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
  • Citino (2002).Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899–1940.University Press of Kansas.
  • Citino (2004).Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare.University Press of Kansas.ISBN0-700-61300-5
  • Citino (2005).The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich.University Press of Kansas.ISBN0-700-61410-9OCLC61362770
  • Citino (2007).The Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942.University Press of Kansas.ISBN0-700-61531-8OCLC123485685
  • Citino (2007).Military Histories Past and Present: A Reintroduction.American Historical Review vol.112 no.4
  • Citino (2012).The Wehrmacht Retreats: The Campaigns of 1943.University Press of Kansas.ISBN0-700-61826-0OCLC755904583
  • Citino (2017).The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945.University Press of Kansas.ISBN0-700-62494-5

Notes

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  1. ^abcdeYerxa 2011.
  2. ^"Robert M. Citino".New York Journal of Books.RetrievedApril 3,2012.
  3. ^abNational WWII MuseumRobert M. Citino, PhD, joins Museum as Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian
  4. ^"Military History Center - Department of History".military.hist.unt.edu.
  5. ^National WWII MuseumStaff profile on Robert M. Citino
  6. ^"Citno, Robert (faculty profile)".UNT.RetrievedApril 3,2012.
  7. ^ab"Book Awards - The Society for Military History".The Society for Military History.
  8. ^Citino offers expertise on military history,The Jackson Sun,October 29, 2015
  9. ^"The 119th Annual Meeting: Awards, Honors, and Prizes".American Historical Association.
  10. ^"Distinguished Book Award".Society for Military History. November 29, 2010.
  11. ^"nymas.org".nymas.org.

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