Gerhard L. Weinberg (1) (1928–)
Author of A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II
For other authors named Gerhard L. Weinberg, see the disambiguation page.
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Works by Gerhard L. Weinberg
Associated Works
If the Allies Had Fallen : Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II (2010) — Contributor — 310 copies
Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf (1961) — Editor, some editions — 182 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (1992) — Author "Why Hitler Declared War on the United States" — 17 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "Rearranging World War II" — 14 copies
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1998 (1998) — Author "Strategic View: The Anglo-American Alliance in World War II" — 13 copies
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- Canonical name
- Weinberg, Gerhard L.
- Legal name
- Weinberg, Gerhard Ludwig
- Birthdate
- 1928-01-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
Germany (birth) - Birthplace
- Hanover, Germany
- Places of residence
- Hanover, Germany (birth)
- Education
- State University of New York, Albany
University of Chicago - Occupations
- historian
military historian
diplomat - Organizations
- US Army
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Michigan
University of Kentucky - Awards and honors
- Pritzker Military Library Literature Award (2009)
Western Association for German Studies' Halverson Prize (1972)
American Historical Society's George Louis Beer Prize (1972)
Society for Military History Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (2011)
American Academy of Arts inductee - Short biography
- Professor Gerhard L. Weinberg was born in Germany. He and his parents escaped Nazi Germany and fled to England. Dr. Weinberg immigrated to the United States in 1940. He joined the US Army and served in the occupation of post-war Japan. He earned his MA and PhD from the University of Chicago. He taught at the University of Kentucky and the University of Michigan before joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has become a respected expert on Nazi Germany and even though he is retired still continues to lecture at seminars and other events on World War II.
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