Donald Stoker (historian)

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Name Donald Stoker		Role Historian

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Donald J. Stoker is an American military historian.

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Education

He earned his bachelor's degree in 1989 and his Master's of Arts in 1990 from Valdosta State University.

Career

Donald Stoker is currently Professor of Strategy and Policy for the U.S. Naval War College’s program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Personal life

He lives with his wife and daughter in Salinas, California.

Publications

Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939: Grand Strategy and Failure. London: Frank Cass, 2003. ISBN 0714653195 OCLC 51607351

Girding for Battle: The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815 - 1940. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. ISBN 0275973395 OCLC 845526470

Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815-2007. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 9780415770156 OCLC 148729762

With Harold D. Blanton, and Frederick C. Schneid. Conscription in the Napoleonic Era: A Revolution in Military Affairs? London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 9780415349994 OCLC 226984653

The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780195373059 OCLC 463454485

With Kenneth J. Hagan, and Michael T. McMaster. Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 9780415367349 OCLC 373060002

Clausewitz: His Life and Work. New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780199357949 OCLC 876005873

Awards

The Grand Design was recognized with Fletcher Pratt award for best non-fiction Civil War book of 2010 by the Civil War Round Table of New York and was a Main Selection of the History Book Club.

He was named as an Outstanding Alumnus of Valdosta State University by the Department of History in 2014.

References

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