Trevor N. Dupuy

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Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Burma Campaign
AwardsLegion of Merit
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)
Distinguished Service Order (UK)[1]
Other workMilitary historian
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (May 3, 1916 – June 5, 1995) was a colonel in the United States Army and a noted military historian.

Early life

Born in Staten Island, New York, the son of accomplished illustrator and artist, Laura Nevitt Dupuy, and noted military historian,

R. Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Dupuy followed in his father's footsteps.[2][3]

Military career

Dupuy attended

Burma than any other American, and received decorations for service or valour from the U.S., British, and Chinese governments. After the war Dupuy served in the United States Department of Defense Operations Division[4] from 1945 to 1947, and as military assistant to the Under Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1948. He graduated from the Joint Services Staff College in England in April 1949.[5] Dupuy was a member of the original Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) staff in Paris under Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Matthew Ridgway
from 1950 to 1952.

Dupuy went on to achieve eminence as a military historian and theorist. He is perhaps best known for his very large book The Encyclopedia Of Military History (co-written, like many of his books, with his father R. Ernest Dupuy). In this work Dupuy discusses the world's major and minor military conflicts from the dawn of history to the present day. Entries are arranged chronologically and by region, and most of them give little more than the names of the commanders and (often) very rough estimates for the size of the forces involved in the campaigns. Dupuy was not afraid of expressing an opinion and he classified some of his subjects as Great Captains (such as

Frederick II of Prussia and Napoleon
). The book mainly describes American and Western European conflicts but offers some coverage of other regions of the world.

The Encyclopedia Of Military History has been revised (and updated) several times, most recently in 1993. It can be found in the reference section of most American libraries.

Academic and research career

Dupuy began the academic phase of his career in 1952, when

Burma. From 1960 to 1962 Dupuy worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses
, a government-funded think tank.

In 1962 he formed the first of his research companies dedicated to the study and analysis of armed conflict, the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization (HERO), and served as President and Executive Director until 1983. From 1967 to 1983 he was also President of T. N. Dupuy Associates Inc. (TNDA), which became the parent organization for HERO. In 1983, TNDA sold its assets (including HERO) to a new corporation he formed called Data Memory Systems, Inc. (DMSI). Trevor was the president and largest stockholder in DMSI. In 1990, Dupuy resigned from DMSI, sold his stock and reactivated TNDA. In 1992 TNDA was closed out, and he established the non-profit The Dupuy Institute (TDI).[8]

Dupuy's main contribution to military operation analysis is the assessment method Quantified Judgment Method or QJM, where the outcome of a battle is predicted using a fairly complicated multiplicative-additive formula in which various factors relating to the strength and firepower of the fighting parties as well as the circumstances are taken into account. Dupuy and his associates adjusted the parameters of his model by using known statistical facts of several recorded battles.

Family life and death

Dupuy killed himself by gunshot at his home in Vienna, Virginia on June 5, 1995; he had learned three weeks earlier that he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[9] During his lifetime he wrote or co-wrote more than 50 books.

When he died, he had been married five times. He fathered nine children – six boys and three girls.[10]

Books and publications

  • To the Colors: The Way of Life of an Army Officer (with R.E. Dupuy), Chicago, 1942
  • Faithful and True: History of the 5th Field Artillery, Schwabisch-Hall, Germany, 1949
  • Campaigns of the French Revolution and of Napoleon, Cambridge, Ma, 1956
  • Brave Men and Great Captains (With R. E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1984, 1993
  • Compact History of the Civil War (with R.E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1991
  • Civil War Land Battles, New York, 1960
  • Civil War Naval Actions, New York, 1961
  • Military History Of World War II, New York, 1962–65 (in 18 fairly short books):
Vol. 1 – European Land Battles: 1939–1943 Vol. 2 – European Land Battles: 1944–1945
Vol. 3 – Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, And Italy Vol. 4 – The Naval War In The West: The Raiders
Vol. 5 – The Naval War In The West: The Wolf Packs Vol. 6 – The Air War In The West: September 1939 – May 1941
Vol. 7 – The Air War In The West: June 1941 – April 1945 Vol. 8 – Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion Of Japan In Asia
Vol. 9 – Asiatic Land Battles: Japanese Ambitions In The Pacific   Vol. 10 – Asiatic Land Battles: Allied Victories In China And Burma
Vol. 11 – The Naval War In The Pacific: Rising Sun Of Nippon Vol. 12 – The Naval War In The Pacific: On To Tokyo
Vol. 13 – The Air War In The Pacific: Air Power Leads The Way Vol. 14 – The Air War In The Pacific: Victory In The Air
Vol. 15 – European Resistance Movements Vol. 16 – Asian And Axis Resistance Movements
Vol. 17 – Leaders Of World War II Vol. 18 – Chronological Survey Of World War II
  • Compact History of the Revolutionary War (With R. E. Dupuy), New York, 1963
  • Holidays, Editor, Contributor., New York, 1965
  • Military Heritage Of America (With R. E. Dupuy, Paul Braim), 2 Vols., New York, 1966, 1986, 1992
  • Summation: Strategic and Combat Leadership, New York, 1967
  • Military History Of World War I, New York, 1967
    OCLC 1173614
    (in 12 fairly short books):
Vol. 1 – 1914: The Battles In The West Vol. 2 – 1914: The Battles In The East
Vol. 3 – Stalemate In The Trenches, November 1914 – March 1918   Vol. 4 – Triumphs And Tragedies In The East: 1915–17
Vol. 5 – The Campaigns On The Turkish Fronts Vol. 6 – Campaigns In Southern Europe
Vol. 7 – 1918: The German Offensives Vol. 8 – 1918: Decision In The West
Vol. 9 – Naval And Overseas War: 1914–15 Vol. 10 – Naval And Overseas War: 1916– 18
Vol. 11 – The War In The Air Vol. 12 – Summary Of World War I
  • The Battle Of Austerlitz, New York, 1968
  • Modern Libraries For Modern Colleges: Research Strategies For Design And Development, Washington, D.C., 1968
  • Ferment In College Libraries: The Impact Of Information Technology, Washington, D.C., 1968
  • Mediapower: A College Plans For An Integrated Media Service System, Washington, D.C., 1968
  • Military History Of The Chinese Civil War, New York, 1969
  • The Military Lives Series (published in 1969 and 1970) :
The Military Life Of Alexander The Great The Military Life Of Hannibal
The Military Life Of Julius Caesar The Military Life Of Genghis Khan
The Military Life Of Gustavus Adolphus The Military Life Of Frederick The Great
The Military Life Of George Washington   The Military Life Of Napoleon
The Military Life Of Abraham Lincoln The Military Life Of Hindenburg And Ludendorff
The Military Life Of Adolph Hitler The Military Life Of Winston Churchill

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Col. Trevor Dupuy; Military Historian, Author". Los Angeles Times. June 9, 1995. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Laura Nevitt Dupuy". AskArt. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  3. ^ {{Dupuy, R. Ernest. Where they have trod; the West Point tradition in American life, by R. Ernest Dupuy. Illustrated from photographs, portraits and engravings, and with decorations from woodcuts by Laura Nevitt Dupuy. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1940.}}
  4. ^ Cline, Ray S. (1990) [1951]. "Chapter XVIII: After OPD". Washington Command Post: The Operations Division. US Army in WWII. CMH Pub 1-2.
  5. ^ Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York since its establishment in 1802: Supplement, 1940–1950. Vol. IX. The Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy. December 1955. p. 943. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Trevor Nevitt Dupuy". Assembly. Vol. LV, no. 3. January–February 1997. p. 161. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Henry Kissinger – Biographical". Nobel Media AB. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  8. ^ "Trevor Nevitt Dupuy Biography". Dupuy Institute. 2003. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  9. ^ ANC Explorer
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 20, 2015.

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