David F. Trask (1929–2017)
Author of The War with Spain in 1898
About the Author
David F. Trask holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University (1958). He taught history at several colleges and universities, including Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska (Lincoln), and SUNY at Stony Brook. He served as the Director of the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of show more State (1976-1981) and the Chief Historian of the United States Army Center of Military History (1981-1988). He is the author or editor of five works on World War I, The War with Spain in 1898 (1981), the leading study of the subject; Victory Without Peace: American Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century (1968); a co-compiler of two major bibliographies; co-author of a textbook on American foreign relations; and author of numerous articles and essays. He was a member of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (1976-1981) and the president of the Society for History in the federal government (1981-1982). show less
Works by David F. Trask
The United States in the Supreme War Council: American War Aims and Inter-Allied Strategy, 1917-1918 (1978) 5 copies
The Civil War on the River Lines of Virginia, 1862-1864: Decision on the Rappahannock and the Rapidan Rivers (2009) 4 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1929-05-15
- Date of death
- 2017-02-05
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Wesleyan University (BA|1951)
Harvard University (AM|1952, PhD|1958) - Organizations
- United States Army (Infantry|1952-1954)
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations
Society for History in the Federal Government
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (show all 9)
United Nations Association of the United States of America
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Alpha Theta - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
Underscoring an emerging revisionist view of the American Expeditionary Forces, David Trask argues that the performances of the AEF and General John J. Pershing were much more flawed than conventional accounts have suggested. This can best be seen, he shows, by analyzing coalition warfare at the level of grand tactics - i.e. campaign military operations. President Wilson and Gen. Pershing's initial insistence on an integration with exisitng French and British armies resulted in costly delays show more and bitter victories in the decisive Allied counteroffensives against Ludendorff and the Central Powers. show less
Statistics
- Works
- 12
- Members
- 124
- Popularity
- #161,164
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 14