Edward M. Coffman
Edward M. Coffman (January 27, 1929 – September 16, 2020) was a military historian and
Early life
He was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and earned his BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Kentucky. While an undergraduate member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), he was a member of the National Society of Pershing Rifles as well as Scabbard and Blade.[2]
Military career
He served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, serving in Japan and Korea.
Academic career
He taught at
Coffman has served on the
Coffman has received a Southern Faculty Fellowship and a
Coffman's research interests were the American participation in World War I and the social history of the U. S. Regular Army, including not only officers and soldiers but the wives and children who lived on the posts. He has published numerous articles since 1956. In addition to research in secondary scholarly works, he depended on unpublished and published memoirs and records as well as oral history and correspondence, particularly in his books on World War I and his most recent book about the Regular Army.[citation needed]
Legacy
His research files have been donated to the George C. Marshall Foundation.[6] He has been inducted into the University of Wisconsin-Madison Army ROTC Hall of Fame.[7]
Bibliography
- Edward M. Coffman (1966). The Hilt of the Sword: the Career of Peyton C. March. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-03910-2.
- Edward M. Coffman (1998). The War To End All Wars: the American military experience in World War I. Oxford University Press, NY (re-printed by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1986, and the University Press of Kentucky in 1998). ISBN 978-0-8131-0955-8. (see Army Quarterly, October 1969, p. 126-7 for review)
- Edward M. Coffman (1986). The Old Army: A Portrait of the American Army in Peacetime, 1784-1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503750-2.
- Edward M. Coffman (2004). The Regulars: the American Army, 1898-1941. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01299-8.
- Edward M. Coffman (2014). The Embattled Past: Reflections on Military History. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813142661.
References
- ^ "Dr. Edward M. Coffman". Milward Funeral Directors. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ The Kentuckian 1951, the University of Kentucky Yearbook, p. 312
- ^ "Samuel Eliot Morison Prize previous winners". Society for Military History. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ "Distinguished Book Awards previous winners". Society for Military History. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ ABC-CLIO press release Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine May 26, 2010.
- ^ "Edward M. Coffman Collection" (PDF). marshallfoundation.org.
- ^ "Badger Battalion Hall of Fame".
External links
- Coffman discusses The Regulars: The American Army, 1898 - 1941 at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
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