Jules Archer (January 27, 1915 – November 13, 2008)Guide to the Jules Archer Papers 1947-1977
/ref> was an American author who wrote many volumes of non-fiction history for a general audience and for young adults. Archer attended

DeWitt Clinton High School , motto_translation = Without Work Nothing Is Accomplished , image = DeWitt Clinton High School front entrance IMG 7441 HLG.jpg , seal_image = File:Clinton News.JPG , seal_size = 124px , ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

and the College of the City of New York, where he received a degree in advertising. Archer served four years during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater. He was the author of many books on U.S. history, political events, and personalities, including ''The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR,'' and ''Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign''. Jules Archer lived the remainder of his life in

Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles (48 km) south of downtown San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mount ...

.Penguin
Jules Archer
accessed January 16, 2011 His papers are held by the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

Libraries.

Works (partial list)

*''Battlefield President Dwight D. Eisenhower'' *''Fighting Journalist Horace Greeley'' *''Front-Line General Douglas MacArthur'' *''Man of Steel Joseph Stalin'', Julian Messner 1965 *''Twentieth Century Caesar Benito Mussolini'' *''Angry Abolitionist William Loyd Garrison'', Julian Messner 1969 *''The Philippines' Fight for Freedom'', Crowell-Collier Press 1970, *''Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent'', E P Dutton 1971, *''Ho Chi Minh: Legend of Hanoi'', Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd 1973, *''They Made a Revolution, 1776'', 1975 *''The Plot to Seize the White House'', 1973/2007 *''Mexico and the United States'', 1973 *''The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America'', 1986 * ''Who's Running Your Life?: A Look at Young People's Rights'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979, *''Resistance'', 1973 *''They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle'', 1993 *''Winners and Losers: How Elections Work in America'', 1984 *''Mao Tse-Tung'', 1972 * ''Breaking Barriers: The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret ...'', 1998 * ''You Can't Do That to Me: Famous Fights for Human Rights'', 1980,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Jules 20th-century American historians Historians of the United States American non-fiction children's writers American military writers American political writers American male non-fiction writers United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II City College of New York alumni DeWitt Clinton High School alumni People from Scotts Valley, California 1915 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York (state) Historians from California