Steven Joseph Zaloga (born February 1, 1952) is an American author and defense consultant. He received a
bachelor's degree
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cum laude
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'' at
Union College
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and a
master's degree
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at
Columbia University
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, both in
history
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He has published many books dealing with modern military technology, and especially
Soviet
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and
CIS tanks and
armoured warfare
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. He is a senior analyst at the Teal Group.
He is also a noted
scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the
World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a
modelling website.
He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine ''Military Modelling''. He is a member of the
Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
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* Gale Biography In Context.
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1952 births
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Living people
Union College (New York) alumni
Writers from Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jagiellonian University alumni
People from Abingdon, Maryland
American military historians
American male non-fiction writers
Historians of armoured warfare
Historians from Massachusetts
Historians from New York (state)
Historians from Maryland
Historians of weapons