Steven T. Ross (July 4, 1937 – August 12, 2018) was an American military historian. Steven T. Ross was born to Ruth Ross and Michael Ross and raised in

Hewlett, New York Hewlett is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 6,819 at the 2010 census. Hewlett is usually included as one of the Five Towns i ...

. Ross graduated from

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

and earned a doctorate from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

and taught at the

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and the

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before joining the

United States Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associ ...

faculty, where he remained for thirty years and was named the

William V. Pratt William Veazie Pratt (28 February 1869 – 25 November 1957) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the President of the Naval War College from 1925 to 1927, and as the 5th Chief of Naval Operations from 1930 to 1933. Early ...

Chair in Military History. He also served as a visiting professor at

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and Williams College, worked for the

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as a military analyst and was a scholar-in-residence at the

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. He was awarded the United States

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. He died on August 12, 2018, aged 81, and was buried at

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on Wyatt Road in

Middletown, Rhode Island Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,075 at the 2020 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown." History Issue ...

Publications

* ''European diplomatic history, 1789-1815 : France against Europe'' (1969, 1981) * ''The French Revolution : conflict or continuity?'' (1971) * ''Quest for victory: French military strategy, 1792-1799'' (1973) * ''From Flintlock to Rifle : infantry tactics, 1740-1866'' (1979) * ''French military history, 1661-1799 : a guide to the literature'' (1984) * ''Napoleon and maneuver warfare'' (1985) * ''American war plans, 1945-1950'' (1988) * ''American war plans, 1941-1945: the test of battle'' (1997) * ''Historical dictionary of the wars of the French Revolution'' (1998) * ''U.S. war plans, 1939-1945'' (2000) * ''American war plans, 1890-1939'' (2002)

References

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