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Carlo Winthrop D'Este

かるろ うぃんすろっぷ ですて

Karuro Winsuroppu Desute

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-08-29 (Oakland, California)
死没
2020-11-22 (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) 84歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Unknown
居住地歴
Oakland, California → Germany → Vietnam → Mashpee, Massachusetts

経歴

職業
Military historian, Biographer, Military officer
活動期間
1956年〜2020年
所属
Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee, Board of Fellows of Norwich University, President of the Friends of Norwich Library, Trustee of Mashpee Public Library
影響を受けた人物
Barbara Tuchman, John S.D. Eisenhower, Martin Blumenson

学歴

New Mexico Military Institute
卒業年: 1956
国: United States
Junior college
Norwich University
学位: B.A.
卒業年: 1958
国: United States
magna cum laude
University of Richmond
学位: M.A.
卒業年: 1974
国: United States
University of London
国: United Kingdom
Attended under the G.I. bill
Norwich University
学位: D.H.L.
卒業年: 1992
国: United States
Honorary doctorate of humane letters

受賞歴

Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
2011
主催: Tawani Foundation
結果: Winner
Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize
2010
主催: American Veterans Center
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign

1983年 Military History

The unwritten story of Montgomery and the Allied campaign in Normandy.

MontgomeryAllied Campaign

Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943

1988年 Military History

The battle for Sicily in 1943.

Sicilian Campaign

Patton: A Genius for War

1995年 Biography

Biography of George S. Patton.

PattonWorld War II

Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, 1890–1945

2002年 Biography

Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a soldier.

Eisenhower

Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874–1945

2008年 Biography

Winston Churchill's life at war.

ChurchillWar

全著作

  • Decision in Normandy
  • Bitter Victory
  • World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945
  • Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome
  • Patton: A Genius for War
  • Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, 1890–1945
  • Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874–1945

作風・主題

文体
Detailed military analysisBalanced narrative
頻出モチーフ
World War II leadersAllied campaigns

評価・遺産

Renowned military historian specializing in World War II and biographies of generals. Recipient of the Pritzker Literature Award and numerous military decorations as a U.S. Army Lt. Col.

豆知識

  • Co-founded the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium with W.E.B. Griffin.
  • Served as trustee of Mashpee Public Library for 21 years.