George Nafziger

George Nafziger

Dr. George F. Nafziger (born March 1, 1949) is an American writer and editor of numerous books and articles in military history.

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Biography

He was born on March 1, 1949, [1] in Lakewood, Ohio to Betty Elizabeth Olson and George Andrew Nafziger. [2]

He earned his BS from Miami University in 1971, his MBA from Miami University in 1976, and his Ph.D. in Military History from The Union Institute in 1999. He was commissioned as an Ensign USN in 1971 and served 4 years on active duty, including two tours to Vietnam aboard the USS Hull (DD-945). In 1975 he left the regular Navy and joined the Reserves in 1977. He retired from the US Navy Reserves as a Captain in 1995.

Dr. Nafziger is a former director of the Napoleonic Society of America and the Napoleonic Alliance. He currently serves on the board of directors of HMGS East.

Dr. Nafziger is the owner of The Nafziger Collection[3] publishing house, specializing in military history. The Nafziger Collection, Inc., produces, as of 2007, 205 different titles on military history ranging from the Middle Ages through the Korean War, with a heavy emphasis on the Wars of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and World War II. As a publisher of obscure military works, he is constantly seeking authors with unpublished manuscripts on military history that are seeking a publisher. [4]

He currently works in a US Department of State program known as ACOTA, where he trains African officers in peacekeeping operations.[5]

List of works

For a complete list, see The Nafziger Collection

Medieval wars

  • Colonel Hardy de Perini. French Military Campaigns 1214 to 1542. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.
  • Commandant de Coynart. The Battle of Dreux, 1562. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.
  • Delpech, Henry. The Battle of Muret (1213) and the Calvary Tactics in the 13th Century. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

Wars between 1600 and 1700

  • Baron von Holtzendorf. War of Bavarian Succession (1778-1779). Translated by G. F. Nafziger.
  • Lt. Col. Charles Townsend Wilson. The Duke of Berwick, Marshal of France. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.
  • Sautai, Maurice. The Battle of Malplaquet. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.
  • Skrine, Francis H. The Battle of Fontenoy. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

The Seven Years War

  • Moulliard, Lucien. The French Army of Louis XV. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

Napoleonic works

  • Nafziger, George F. Imperial Bayonettes.
  • Anonymous. Operations of the 7th Polish Light Calvary Division in the Leipzig Campaign. Translated/annotated by G. F. Nafziger.

World War II tactical studies

  • The United States Army. American Tank Company Tactics. Edited by G. F. Nafziger.
  • The United States Army. Employment of Tanks With Infantry. Edited by G. F. Nafziger.

References

  1. ^ "George F(rancis) Nafziger." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Literature Resource Center. Web. 26 Apr. 2011.
  2. ^ "George F(rancis) Nafziger." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Literature Resource Center. Web. 26 Apr. 2011.
  3. ^ The Nafziger Collection website
  4. ^ http://george-nafziger.co.tv/
  5. ^ http://george-nafziger.co.tv/

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