Colonel Cole Christian Kingseed, Ph.D. (Ret.) is an Army veteran, military historian, author, consultant, and professor. He is the author of ''The New York Times'' bestseller, ''Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters''. Kingseed, a 30-year army veteran, served as a Full Professor of History and Chief of Military History at the

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at West Point.

Education

Kingseed graduated from the

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(OH) in 1971 with his

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degree. He later earned his

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and

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in history from

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. He also holds a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the

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Career

Throughout his thirty-year career in the

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, Kingseed served in various command and staff positions. Kingseed was granted tenure at the US Military Academy at West Point as Professor Emeritus of History and Chief of Military History. He served as Chief of Military History for four years. As an historian and author, Kingseed has written more than fifty articles on leadership and 300 book reviews. He has also written and edited six books. A trusted expert on military history, he appeared on the

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in documentaries for

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and Douglas MacArthur. Kingseed, who co-wrote the war memoirs of Major Dick Winters with Winters, organized a memorial service for him when he died. In 2009, he was awarded the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for his article on US Army leadership during

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. Currently, Kingseed is the founding partner and consulting historian for Battlefield Leadership. Kingseed is also the President of The Brecourt Leadership Experience, Inc., a leadership consulting firm. Its clients include

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, and

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. In May 2016, Kingseed was a commencement speaker at

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and received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Personal life

Kingseed lives in

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with his family.

Published work

Books *''Conversations with Major Dick Winters''; *''Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters''; 2006; *''Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in WWII''; 2006; *''From Omaha Beach to Dawson's Ridge; 2005; *''The American Civil War''; 2004; *''Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956''; 1995;

External links

Cole C. Kingseed: ''Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II''

Marshall's Men by Cole C. Kingseed

America in WWII: Genuine Legend, Genuine Man by Cole C. Kingseed

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingseed, Cole C. 1949 births Living people University of Dayton alumni Ohio State University alumni Naval War College alumni United States Army colonels United States Military Academy faculty 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from Ohio