David Alan Rosenberg (born 1948) is a military

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, and was Admiral Harry W. Hill Chair of Maritime Strategy at the

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from 1996 to 2003 and held the Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair of Naval Heritage at the

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in 2015–2016.

Life

He graduated from

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, and from

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with an M.A., and Ph.D. He taught at

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. He has received scholar grants for research from the Harry S. Truman Library Institute (1974, 1975, 1983), the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation (1983, 1992), the

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(1985, 1986). In 1995, he was appointed and elected Chair of the

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Awards

* 1980 Binkley-Stephanson Prize from the

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* 1980 Bernath Article Prize from the

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* 1988

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* 1995 Department of the United States

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from the

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* 2000 Department of the

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by the Chief of Naval Operations

Works

*"The Origins of Overkill: Nuclear Weapons and American Strategy 1945 - 1960", ''International Security'', 7 No. 4 Spring 1983 *"Being "Red": The Challenge of Taking the Soviet Side in War Games at the Naval War College". ''Naval War College Review'' 41:81-93 Winter '88 *"Pincher : campaign plans", ''America's plans for war against the Soviet Union, 1945-1950'', New York : Garland Pub., 1989.
"Admiral Arleigh Burke: Instinct"
Joseph J Thomas, Ed., ''Leadership Embodied: The Secrets to Success of the Most Effective Navy and Marine Corps Leaders'' (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005): 145–149. *''The admirals' advantage: U.S. Navy operational intelligence in World War II and the Cold War'', Authors Christopher A. Ford, David Alan Rosenberg, Randy Carol Balano, Naval Institute Press, 2005, *

References

External links

, ''American Experience'', PBS
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1948 births American naval historians American University alumni University of Chicago alumni United States Naval Academy faculty Naval War College faculty Temple University faculty MacArthur Fellows Living people {{US-mil-bio-stub