Name Donald Vandergriff Role Writer | ||
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Books The Path to Victory: America's Army and the Revolution in Human Affairs | ||
Education University of Tennessee | ||
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Major Donald E. Vandergriff, United States Army (Ret.), is a teacher, writer and lecturer who specializes in military leadership education and training.
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Background
Vandergriff served with the United States Marine Corp and United States Army. He retired after 24 years of service. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Tennessee and a Master’s degree in military history from American Military University. He was the first major from the Army to lecture at the Naval War College.
Influence
Military sociologist Charles Moskos called him “the most well-known Major in the Army”. Lecturer, author and expert on military personnel issues, Dr. Jonathan Shay, refers to Vandergriff as “the most influential major in the U.S. Army”. Journalist James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly has sought out Vandergriff for consultation of several of his articles, mentioning him in his piece “Will Iran be Next”, (December 2004).